I started Aboundant in 2014 and currently have eight people working for the organization, all in different cities. From the beginning we’ve been what’s known as a “distributed” ministry, meaning we all work remotely. Despite being in charge of a massive amount of...
Version 1.1 We've created an Online Communion Liturgy under the creative commons 3.0 license, meaning it's free to use and adapt, with attribution. If you look through some of our traditional communion liturgies and try to imagine them playing out online, you’ll...
Updated: 3/31/2020 at 10:20 am To all the churches that have taken your worship online at least once, WAY TO GO! Now that you’ve gotten that far, let’s look at how to make the experience even better for your participants. Many churches have been doing online...
Looking for our 2019 rankings? Here's our current list of the Best Church Websites. Ever noticed those "best church website" posts feature a whole lot of megachurches? Yeah, that disappoints us too when we look at them, because our own churches are decidedly...
We’re constantly scouring the web to find the best free stock image websites for your church use. We ranked these sites on the following categories: Sizing, making sure the graphics could be easily sized at 4:3 and 16:9. Editable - we looked at whether the...
We're constantly scouring the web to find the best free video websites for your church use. We ranked these sites on the following categories: sunrise/sunset, landscapes, cross, diverse people, city life, and seamless loops. 1. Pixabay (Score 27 out of 30) In...
We’re constantly scouring the web to find the best free stock image websites for your church use. Be sure to check out of definitive guide to free church media. We ranked these sites on the following categories: Church Life, including scenes of worship and study...
Bookmark this list: The only church graphic guide you'll ever need. Aboundant is constantly scouring the web to help you find the best graphic resources for your church. We took a close look at many of them and ranked the best ones. Here's what we came up with:...
Throughout my ministry I've created a lot of free church websites, and they rarely work out for the churches involved. This is one of the main reasons I founded Aboundant. I often get asked about the free solutions that are out there, including Weebly, Wix, and Dreamhost with WordPress, so I make it a point to keep up with the latest trends. There have been a few free church website platforms over the years, but they tend to all fizzle because they never have any type of sustainable business model. Regardless of the platform used, the free church websites that I've seen created--even those I initially set up--tend to fizzle within the first couple of years. Here's why.
With Christmas day fast approaching, churches are looking to add some extra oomph to help promote their worship services. One way to do that is by adding a countdown timer to the service somewhere on your homepage. Some churches choose to use a countdown timer for...