Comments on: We’re Giving Our [Old] Website Away

By: @dgoodmanson

@dgoodmanson — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:32:36 +0000

Thanks everyone who participated in the give-away! The website for the church plant is now live! See the site: http://www.2pillarschurch.com/

By: We Won a Website « Project 2 Pillars

We Won a Website « Project 2 Pillars — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:49:37 +0000

[...] while back I got an email or a DM or something where someone pointed me to this Website Giveaway contest. As a church planter, getting a full website up and running was on my near term radar and so I [...]

By: Kerem

Kerem — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:13:47 +0000

This is Kerem from Antalya, Turkey. We are starting a church plant here in Antalya. We have 75 millions muslim againist 3000 Christians -100 Christians in my city againist 1 million non-believers- and that put us number one non christian reached per capita. Our Country has persucition for Christians, but Lord can do bigger things here and I believe that with all my heart. We need a web site, so that we can reach non believers (there are a lot of modern non-believers) , I do believe a good web site can make big impact.

We would be so happy to have a free professional web site.

Even if we don't please still pray for us and our families safety.

Thanks

Kerem Koç
Antalya Protestan Church Pastor

By: @dgoodmanson

@dgoodmanson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:45:32 +0000

Tim, A lot of good options to choose between!

By: pastorajjones

pastorajjones — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:40:09 +0000

City of Hope Church is a multi-ethnic church where people from all ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds can find hope, forgiveness, acceptance and love in the good news of Jesus Christ. We seek to be a church of worship, prayer, encouragement, and vision. We are a church who connect people to God, grow together, serve the city, and extend God’s kingdom through church planting. We seek to be good news to those who are not a part of the church because God loves all people and we will love them also. We will love and serve the city because God loves the city. We will network and partner with other groups and organizations to collectively serve the city. Our values will shape every aspect of the life of our church.
We Value Outreach & Evangelism
We Value Application of Scripture
We Value Unity and Diversity
We Value Prayer
We Value Praise & Worship
We Value Planting New Churches
We Value Service
We Value Excellence
We Value Creativity and Innovation

By: pastorajjones

pastorajjones — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:39:57 +0000

My name is A.J. Jones and I am the Senior Pastor of the City of Hope Church in Bolingbrook IL. We are a new church plant currently in the gathering phase. We held our first informational meeting on January 28th and have a commitment from 20 individuals to support our church plant. We do not have a website right now because of limited funding. We are in desperate need of one for evangelism and outreach to our community. We need to be able to use it provide info to our launch team. A website will greatly assist us in living out our core value of creativity, innovation, and excellence. It is my hope that we win this great opportunity for our church in it's infant stages, but at the same time I know that any of the church plants that are seeking this website will also be well served by this as they seek to fulfill their mission and expand the kingdom of God. I'll pray that the Holy Spirit guide your decision and direct you to the church plant that needs this the most.__Thank you for the opportunity, __Pastor A. J. Jones____

By: Steven Castello

Steven Castello — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:48:08 +0000

Praise God for your generosity. We are starting Ardent Church in Birmingham, AL. We have been gathering and developing a core group for about 6 months and have seen God bless us and give us incredible opportunities to serve the community. Birmingham is in the heart of the Bible Belt and would seem to be the last place to start a church. But although Birmingham is incredibly "church saturated" it is not "gospel saturated". The spiritual ethos of the city is very nominal/traditional Protestant on one end and very new age on the other. Our desire is to be a church that is missional that is in the city and for the city.

"Missions exists because worship does not." – John Piper

This quote exemplifies our mission. We want to make much of Christ by being, living, and teaching the Gospel in all we do. As for most plants, money can be an issue. We currently use a wordpress site due to budget limitations.

Regardless of who you choose, praise God for your generous heart.

By: @CLETEBONTRAGER

@CLETEBONTRAGER — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:15:37 +0000

Hello Tim and Drew,

I just saw your twitter feed and am excited about this opportunity.
I was at Gospel Coalition a year ago and actually found your church in Chi-town through your website.

We are stepping away from a comfortable suburban ministry & going to the last frontiers of urbanity, Detroit MI (July 2010). We have a vision to plant multiplying gospel-centered missional-oriented churches for the marginalized.
Detroit MI has been neglected and look forward to what God will do in and through RESTORE DETROIT.
We currently have no website and that is on our to do list along with moving 2 families this summer. Money is a great factor to us and a windfall like this is would be incredible.

By: @jdarnell

@jdarnell — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:09:27 +0000

Hey Tim!

What a great opportunity for guys like me!

So the short and sweet version goes like this…

My name is John Darnell. My bride and I pastor Vivid Church in Jacksonville, FL. We will be celebrating our first year of ministry on March 6th. And what a year it has been!

Vivid began as a dream of connecting people back to God and to each other. With a big vision and no resources, we launched out and God has shown up for us time after time after time. We are seeing people connect to the vision and to the culture of love, grace, and fun that makes up Vivid.

We have attempted to leverage a wide variety of web based apps to create one larger maximized web presence. Sometimes it has worked great… other times, not so much. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Google Apps, Livestream, Wix, etc… been there, done that.

Our current site is based on the free hosted plan from SkyCMS. It has worked to meet the need, but as we are entering a new season of ministry we are really hoping for something more dynamic and complete. With your site and the resources God has given us, we could build a cohesive page that reflects that ministry in a way we've only barely been able to do until now.

We have the knowledge, skill set, and resources to really benefit from the site and the service of Ekklesia360.

And our hope is that we would one day be in a position to provide the site to some other church in a similar situation.

Ok, that's the story… maybe not as short and sweet as I'd hoped.

Really appreciate the opportunity to be considered. And I do not envy the decision you guys have to make!

Many thanks!

John Darnell
Lead Pastor
Vivid Church
VividChurch.tv

By: Rob Monroe

Rob Monroe — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:49:14 +0000

Hi, this is an awesome idea, thanks so much for this! I'd like to nominate my fellowship, The ROCK Brooklyn for a new website. We're a relatively new church plant in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn - http://www.rockbrooklyn.org. The vision God has given us is to lovingly make disciples and build His kingdom. We focus heavily on the Word. Our shepherd Pastor Louis Straker Jr., takes no salary and with his family's support has been pouring into our community. We've seen God move, heal and change lives. NYC is a very challenging place to reach. As we focus our efforts on college students, we need a web presence that can communicate, attract, nourish, challenge and inspire people to live sold-out lives for Him. Out of gratitude for what God has done and our love for the people of NYC, a fresh website would be a valuable tool. Thanks for your consideration!