Reformed Faith and Practice As part of celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2016, Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) decided to produce its own journal. It would be called Reformed Faith and Practice, and would be produced three times per year, with a twist: it would be published exclusively online. RTS’s main website had been redesigned by…
What are the top three WordPress pitfalls people face when building a church website? WordPress pitfalls? Wait, isn’t WordPress supposed to be wonderful? Yes. And it is. But then, taking a road through the Rocky Mountains is gorgeous and worthwhile — and you still need to be careful driving! It’s the same principle with building a…
There are three main ways churches often neglect their websites: NOT having a website at all. NOT updating the design of your website to keep pace with advancements in web technology. Most designs have a “shelf life” of three to five years. NOT logging in to the website and updating pages on a regular schedule, e.g….
Dr. Michael Milton can correctly be called a pastor, professor, musician, author, and former top-secret Navy linguist — a true Renaissance man. In 2013, he formed a new non-profit organization called Faith for Living, Inc. He turned to us to transform his personal blog into a standalone website for Faith for Living. We performed two essential services…
Reformation Scotland’s mission is to bring wisdom from great authors of the Second Reformation period (1638 to 1661) to the present-day church, unearthing their insights and republishing them in booklets, e-books, and blog posts. Despite their quality of content, Reformation Scotland garnered little online attention. Their existing website platform had many frustrating constraints—links refused to…
Located in Sioux Falls, SD, Heidelberg Theological Seminary is dedicated to training and preparing men who are committed to being faithful and devoted pastors in the Reformed Church in the United States and sister denominations. One of the smallest Reformed seminaries, they are co-located with an RCUS congregation. Heidelberg Theological Seminary wanted to expand its online visibility. Their out-of-date website, not…
When the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland first came to 5MT in 2013 and asked us to redesign their denomination’s website, we soon realized it was the largest, most complex project we had undertaken to date. Talk about a challenging task — and exciting. Using WordPress with Custom Post Type, 5MT fulfilled the denomination’s desire for…
The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension, or CHMCE for short, deals with the church planting work of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC). The CHMCE originally appeared online as a section of the opc.org page, but as the CHMCE grew, that arrangement became too confining. In order to keep information flowing freely, and to…
Sovereign Grace Community Church works and grows in Hughson, nestled in California’s fertile Central Valley region. Groves of almond trees spread around the church building, but the church’s presence online was hardly as beautiful. A page on a community website gave limited information, but that was all. When Sovereign Grace requested Five More Talents to…
Reformation OPC in Morgantown, West Virginia had a website, but it was rarely updated. Its HTML-based code kept everything effectually nailed in place, so posting updates of any kind required knowing computer code. It provided basic information about the church, but the stilted layout looked unappealing. In early 2014, ROPC contacted Five More Talents about…