Faith and Web

Thanks to ChurchCommunicationsPro, I just discovered a nifty web tool for finding local churches: Invite Someone to Church.

If you enter 37215, our church comes up in the top three. That would be Google at work, plus search engine optimization.

What this group has done is amazingly simple. Even I, a scripting rookie, could code this. They’re using PHP to enter a Google map search string, adding “church” plus the zip code to end of the string. But here’s the twist: they have signs and bumper stickers and cards with their URL to spread the word.

It sounds like a great idea to me. I’m going to ask our staff to request at least the bumper stickers. I want one for my car.