This theme showcases some of the latest in mainstream website design and technology mixed with the expertise of our ministry strategists. Augustine was built from the ground up to help churches attract and engage their communities.
Check out some reasons why you’re going to love Augustine.
Grow Your Ministry Using The Following Website Features
Use a Video Background to Evoke Emotion
One of our favorite new features is the ability to have a looping video background, one of the fastest-growing trends in web design. With this added functionality, you can capture website visitor’s attention using subtle motion. It’s uniquely suited to provide your visitors an instant impression of your church story. They say a picture is worth a thousand words; video is 24,000 words a second.
We understand that a looping video might not be for everyone, so you can just as easily use a static image or rotating banner images.
Speak Uniquely to Your Different Audiences
Either way you decide to use the top image area, you can include a “smart section” text overlay that calls attention to a next step that encourages visitors to take action towards growth. What is a “smart section” you ask? Well, as technology advances, so does the ability to speak directly to your different audience segments (new, regular, engaged and mature) in a smart way. Basically, your website will know who is viewing your site. If they are a new visitor, they will be see special content just for them.
This is extremely exciting, because now your website can welcome new visitors and provide them with a warm greeting, while giving relevant information to the rest of your church community. No one gets left out.
Promote Your Latest Sermon
Have a latest sermon or sermon series you want to promote? The scrolling homepage has an area that beautifully showcases a featured sermon. This could easily be a solid color, or an image you use for all sermons or a specific sermon series graphic.
The sermon page has easy-to-use filters for people to easily find the sermons interesting to them.
These filters are customizable. Some common ways to filter include sermon series, categories, date, speaker, and campus.
Showcase Your Blog Posts
Blogs are a great way to start a conversation or discussion. They also help you distribute valuable content. But, if no ones sees your blog, it can lose its value, quickly.
With Augustine, there is a section directly on the homepage that calls special attention to your blog. Viewers can scroll through posts without leaving the homepage.
Highlight Groups or Anything You Want
A lot of churches have groups for their community to come together and grow in their faith. Augustine has a section that is perfect for encouraging people to sign up to participate in a group.
Don’t have groups? This section is a completely customizable, you can design it to fit your needs. Use this area to highlight a ministry that is important to the life of your church.
Communicate Event Information
Chances are you spend lots of time and energy coordinating events at your church. And, you want as many people to attend as possible.
Communicate upcoming events directly from your homepage, and link to more information on your event page.
Encourage Newsletter Sign-Up and Social Engagement
If you have a newsletter or are active on social media, using the two-column section of the homepage provides a great way to encourage sign-up and engagement. You can edit the icon and text and even add custom buttons.
Endorse Important Resources
Providing your church community with resources on your website is a great way to encourage further spiritual growth. In the articles section on the homepage, you can provide more information to your congregation about the resources you’re suggesting.
On the resource page, you can allow viewers to filter the resources most relevant to them. Viewers can be engage more by listening to audio, reading articles, downloading, or taking notes.
