Our Website

Purpose

The purpose of this website is to Glorify God and strengthen His Kingdom here on earth. This is not a vanity site for the purpose of glorifying any individual, but attempts to present a accurate, balanced and interesting view of our church. We have four goals in mind:

1. Evangelism and Church Extension. We want to reach out to any in the community who may be looking for a church and who are using the web to assist their search.
2. Ministry. We want to speak to those who have sincere doubts about the relevance of our church to today's world. The lack of a website is used by the devil to suggest we are out of touch, stuck in the past, have nothing to offer our youth, etc.
3. Information Resource. We want to provide a central repository of information about our church, our people and our activities that is readily accessible to anyone with a computer or a library card (most libraries have PCs which anyone with a library card can use) An announcement may be forgotten. We want to provide the answer to who, what, when and where.
4. Scrapbook. We want to share among ourselves the memories of good times in the Lord and share with others the joys we have experienced as members of Star Bethlehem Church.

Design Criteria

Keep it simple. We have kept the design of this website as technically basic as possible in order to reach as many people as possible. It is estimated that 10% of all PC users have older browsers. Many still use phone lines and 56K modems. Others do not have computers at all and rely on their local library. The local libraries often have security set-ups that limit access to websites with animation and will not permit scripts to run. When you add it all up, many of the folks we are trying to reach may have difficulty viewing state-of-the-art websites. We don't want anybody to get discouraged because of long download times or because all they can get is a box containing a little red X because the computer they are using will not run Macromedia Flash animations. We want to be inclusive, not exclusive. Y'all come.

YOU CAN DO IT

Creating a website for your church is not that difficult. If you are comfortable using a computer, you can teach yourself the basics in a week or two, as the webmaster of this site did. To make it even easier, we have prepared a site outlining the steps for creating a minimal website. Click here to learn how to build a website. It is not difficult and it is not expensive. The cost can be as low as $50 per year. Note: a large site like this is very time-consuming, but very rewarding.

Contact Us

You may contact us via traditional mail at:
Webmaster, Star Bethelehem Church, 18 Lester Street, Ansonia CT 06401.
We had to discontue the email contact because all it did was encourage the spammers.

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