Has your church’s webpage been Faithsited yet? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, look at these sites:

• www.ottercreek.org
• www.brentwoodhills.org
• www.dianasinging.com
• www.faithmatters.com
• www.antiochcofc.org
• www.aultroad.com
• centralchurch.faithsite.com
• wingate.faithsite.com
• westend.faithsite.com

You’ll notice that the general layout of these sites are almost all the same…..navigation on the left; calendar on the right; banner on top; all having really small print. All of these sites are hosted by Faithsite.com. Faithsite offers low cost hosting to churches and businesses. Except for a few changes in colors and content, the general layout is all uniform. How depressing! A few years ago when I was looking for a host for my church’s website, I considered Faithsite. I’m glad I didn’t go through with it. I like experimenting around with the layout of my church’s webpage. I can’t do much experimenting with Faithsite. By using Faithsite, you will be assimilated into the Borg; with your creativity stifled. In principle, Faithsite is a good thing. However providing a bunch of uniform webpages just doesn’t cut it.
Somehow I wish more people would get creative with their webpages. Getting a template from Faithsite is just a cop-out.