Here’s a 30 day list to take action on your church’s visibility to the community. It’s needed, trust me. I created after attempting to visit about 50 churches in my area. Nearly all of them had some outdated information making it hard to visit. So, the question is “Can the lost (unchurched, perhaps dechurched) find you?”
Embrace Colossians 3:23 and reach people to fulfill Matthew 28:18–20!
30 Day Challenge Worksheet
Can the lost find you?
After praying over this effort, here are the daily challenges:
Day 1. Assign a digital team or point person to manage the church’s online presence.
Who:________________________________________________
Day 2. Create a free email address (e.g., Gmail) specifically for the church to use for all
online profiles.
Email:_______________________________________________
Day 3. Search for your church on Google Maps to see if it already exists.
Day 4. Add or update your church’s Google Maps profile with address, phone, service
times, and a photo, being logged into Google Maps using the central email.
Day 5. Claim your church’s Google Maps profile using the central email.
Day 6. Set up email notifications for messages on your Google Maps Business profile to
the central email.
Day 7. Research one social media website relevant to your community (e.g., Facebook,
Yelp, Nextdoor). Ask and look around to find what people use.
Site selected:_________________________________________
Day 8. Create a profile for your church on that social media website using the central
email, and add basic info (address, phone, service times) and a photo.
Day 9. Set up email notifications for messages on this profile to the central email, if
possible.
Day 10. Research another social media website website and create a profile with basic
info and a photo using the central email.
Site selected:_________________________________________
Day 11. Set up email notifications for messages on this second profile to the central
email, if possible.
Day 12. Claim any unofficial profiles of your church on social media platforms using the
central email.
Day 13. Establish a routine for the digital team to check the central email daily for all
profile messages and respond promptly.
Routine:_____________________________________________
Day 14. Check your church’s physical sign for accuracy and update if necessary.
Day 15. Collect info for your church website: address, phone number, service times,
directions, doctrine, values, plan of salvation.
Day 16. Choose a free website builder like Weebly or Wix and create a practice site to
learn the tool – do not publish the practice site.
Chosen builder:______________________________________
Day 17. Create your church’s actual website using the collected info on the free builder.
At this point, only focus on homepage 1-2 other pages. I suggest the address, phone number,
service times & directions are on the homepage. The 1-2 other pages can have doctrine,
values & plan of salvation.
Day 18. Test the website with Google’s mobile-friendly tool (or just ask people to use
their own phones) to ensure it works on phones.
Day 19. Purchase a custom URL and redirect it to your free website for a professional
look. I use Namescheap.com, they are affordable.
Purchased from:_____________________________________
Custom URL:________________________________________
Day 20. Ask someone else to review your website for errors or broken links.
Day 21. Add a contact form to your website so visitors can reach out easily, linked to the
central email.
Day 22. Create a news blog page on your website and post about an upcoming event.
Day 23. Create a sermon blog page on your website for sharing audio sermons, if the
free website builder allows.
Day 24. Record and upload at least one sermon to the sermon blog, depending on day
23.
Day 25. Update all your online profiles (the social media sites selected day 7 and day 10,
and the business profile claimed in day 5) to include your website URL from day 19.
Day 26. Set a weekly schedule to update the website with fresh content (news, sermons,
or events).
Day 27. Create an event-specific page on your website for an upcoming event with
details and photos, perhaps a page for Vacation Bible School.
Day 28. Add more photos to your Google Maps profile to showcase your church.
Day 29. Encourage church members to leave reviews on your Google Maps profile.
Day 30. Review your progress over the past 30 days and plan for ongoing maintenance
of your digital presence.