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"If the church does not begin to encompass the online world in its ministry,
it risks losing even more of its eroding influence in society."
- George
Barna, Barna Research, 2001
Why a Website?
The Church – Its main purpose is to share and spread the gospel of Jesus
Christ and to worship God. So how can a website assist in fulfilling that
purpose?
In today’s information age people are using to the Internet more and more
each day to obtain information about what is going on and around them in
their local community or the world. As a church or ministry you should take
full advantage of this and offer information about your purpose to them.
The greatest benefit of having a website for your church or ministry is
offering real-time information around the clock to the members and for
prospects.
We could
list many others, but to summarize them, we have listed them below:
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A website
will helps enhance your existing local ministry, providing many ways to
support your church body.
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It will
dramatically extend the scope of your ministry by building relationships
with people and organizations outside your immediate location.
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It will
effectively communicate the Gospel to grow the Kingdom.
Why Choose SWS?
Being a
Christian based company, we want to honor God in obedience with the gifts He
has given each staff member and help with spreading the good news of Jesus
by assisting you. We have been honored to work with many different
ministries, church and non-profits so far and hope that yours is next. So
after you read the information below, go and sign up for an account, and as always
If you have any questions about our services, please contact us.
Below are the detailed services, with prices and account options.
A
non-profit/church account with SWS has a monthly hosting fee of $20.00 which
includes 50 megabytes of storage for your website and up to 5 email accounts.
The email service is accessible through different types of media and
applications. If you use Microsoft Outlook, Outlook express, Eudora or
Netscape products you can take advantage of the SMTP/ POP3 options. If you
do not have any email clients installed and have Internet access you can
access your email using the web mail option. The benefit of using the web
mail is that you are not tied down to a single pc and you can access your email
from any computer that has access to the Internet.
Website Maintenance
An additional
service that SWS offers our clients is website maintenance. Website
maintenance consists of making any changes to or updates to any existing
pages. This is an optional service that we offer, so if you are not
web savvy or do not know how to edit your own web content using Microsoft
FrontPage or Macromedia Dream weaver you can add this to your account. To
take advantage of this service an additional charge of $20.00 a month will
be added to your monthly hosting fee.
Setup Fee
Each new account
receives a 1-time setup fee of $20.00. This is for establishing and
configuring your Internet domain name to point to the SWS email and web
servers. This setup fee does not include the price of your domain name
registration.
Additional Web Space
If you need to purchase any
additional web space beyond your account limit, the monthly charge for the
additional server space is only $2.00 per 10 megabytes. Example: If you have
a non-profit/church account with the limit of 50 megabyte at $20.00 a month
and you wanted to purchase 10 more megabytes your new monthly hosting fee
would be $22.00.
Additional Email Accounts
If your
non-profit/church account needs more than the
package limit of 5 email accounts, SWS can offer the additional email
accounts for a monthly charge of $3.00 per account.
Challenge Us
In working with each of our
clients closely, we love to see their enthusiasm and to hear all their
different ideas of what they would love to offer on their website, we are
always asked if we can do varies items with sound, animation, forums etc. At
SWS we want to provide a solution to your request. So if you would like to
have something you have seen on another site or if you have a fresh idea, we
encourage you to share it with us.
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Services |
Churches |
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Web Space |
50Meg |
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FTP Access |
Yes |
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Web
Email |
Yes |
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POP3/SMTP |
5 accounts |
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Site Backup |
Yes |
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24/7 Support |
Yes |
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FrontPage
Extensions |
Yes |
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PHP
Supported |
Yes |
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Maintenance |
Optional/ $20.00 Monthly |
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Pricing |
Churches |
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Monthly
Fee |
$20 |
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Setup Fee |
$20 |
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