Why EmmanuelPress?

EmmanuelPress founder Chris Cree

There are a ton of website hosting companies out there, so why should you choose EmmanuelPress for your ministry website?

The answer to that question can be summed up in two words:
Service and Relationship.

I’m Chris Cree, the founder of EmmanuelPress. One of the things I’ve found over the years working with ministries and small businesses is that people are incredibly busy. You don’t want to have to deal with all the technical aspects of setting up a website and maintaining the software that will power it.

And even if you did want to learn all that, it isn’t the best use of your time. You have people to minister to. Time learning how to do technical website stuff is time that you can’t be helping people. You need someone to take care of the tech stuff so you can focus on your ministry.

EmmanuelPress Serves That Need

That’s where we come it. We get the technology out of the way so you can focus on building relationships with people. We install the software for your website, set it up with all the features you need to reach people online and configure everything optimally.

All you have to do is add your content – write your copy and add images with our user friendly interface.

When you fill out our form to get started you are doing exactly that – starting the process. One of our staff members will get with you to talk with you and make sure we provide the best solution for your needs. We walk you through the entire process.

Ongoing Relationship

Another challenge that people have with their websites is that questions come up from time to time. What do you do then?

Well we’re here for the long haul. We create training videos and provide tips and techniques so that you can get the most out of your website. When you have a question just ask. We’ll do everything we can to answer.

And when you’re ready to invest in a new look for your website we’ll be here then too.

Some Church Statistics

Did you know that the United States, the average church attendance size each week is 186 people? That average is skewed upwards significantly by the small number of mega-churches out there. When you look at the median church size, that number goes down to only 75 attendees.

So basically on any given week half of the churches in the USA have 75 or fewer in attendance.

These facts contribute to some major challenges when it comes to websites for the Christian community. And EmmanuelPress was created out of a need to address three big challenges in particular. They are:

Cost – The average church in the USA is operating on a very small budget and simply doesn’t have thousands of dollars available for their website.
Complexity – Creating an effective website take some technical skills that the average church in the USA doesn’t have on staff.
Effectiveness – Many of the more user-friendly technologies out there have significant drawbacks when it comes to ranking well in search engines, and that hampers your effort to reach more people with the Gospel.

Our Solution

EmmanuelPress overcomes these challenges. Here’s how we tackle them:

Cost
: We’ve worked really hard to minimize your costs. Our basic plan includes as many web pages as your ministry needs, full search engine optimization, and a fully featured blog. It’s our hope that most ministries will be able to budget that much in order to have a powerfully effective website that’s easy to use.
Complexity: We take care of all the back end software so that you can focus on publishing your content, whether it’s inspirational articles, ministry updates, photos from the youth retreat, or your updated worship service times. We’ve taken a proven web publishing platform that powers millions of websites world-wide (32 48 54 63 71 Million and counting) and customized it for the needs of the Christian community. If you can use Gmail or Yahoo mail then you have the basic skills you need to use EmmanuelPress. We even provide easy to follow training videos to get you started right!
Effectiveness: We saved the best for last. SuccessCREEations, the company behind EmmanuelPress has been working with small businesses, putting together systems to reach more people online, since 2007. We know from experience what works, and what doesn’t work. We’ve baked that knowledge and experience into EmmanuelPress for you. For example, we built EmmanuelPress on the wildly successful WordPress web publishing platform. That’s the same proven software that powers millions of websites (over 32 48 54 63 71 million and counting!). It’s easy to use.

Who We Serve Best

The bottom line is this. We saw a need and we’re serving that need because it falls right smack in the middle of our expertise.

If you are looking to have a website where you can easily edit your pages and not have to worry about all the tech stuff going on behind the scenes then we are probably a good fit for one another.

If you want to do it all yourself and tinker with the inner workings of your website, then we probably are not going to be the right service for you. That’s OK. We still love you. You are still welcome to check out all our free content and learn as much as you can about how to get the most from your website.

And if you ever change your mind and want a top notch team to take care of your site for you, we’ll still be here.