Are church websites ready for advertising?

Is your church looking for more money?

Here in mid-Michigan where the economy is mired in unemployment organizations of all stripes are looking for ways to pay the bills.  I know that the local church especially in our part of the state has to be included.

What about selling ads on church websites?

The blog, Church Marketing Sucks, asked for reaction in a recent poll and found that 62 percent of the respondents felt that they viewed that as a sellout and 38 percent liked the idea.

In our part of the country, I’ve heard very few church leaders brag about the number of visits to their website.  In most situations, their website is a static electronic brochure giving the who, what, when, where, how, why and so what of their program.

How many churches use their website as a virtual church dining room where members, attenders and seekers get together and compare notes? 

Anybody know of church websites with revenue producing ads?

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