Last month, Collision Media and I teamed up to host the “Battle Ugly Church Website Giveaway”. Good Shepherd Church of Huntington, Indiana won a free custom website. Here’s their current ugly website. (Yep, that’s ugly.)

About a year ago, Molly and Josh Kesler were called to pastor a small church in Indiana. However, life was good in Minnesota where Molly had landed her dream job and Josh was a pastor at a healthy church with over 12,000 in attendance. Leaving these great jobs and relationships to “breathe life” into a dying church was not on their list of desires.

Out of obedience to Christ, they moved to the city of Huntington, Indiana, where they currently pastor a small, older church in need of change. Good Shepherd has lost several key staff leaders in recent years through difficult circumstances. Stepping into a hurting church and trying to restore it has been challenging for the Kesler’s.

The church website was the last of their worries, yet they knew the importance of a web strategy. They tried to remove their current website simply because it is horrible, but they were unable to do even that. Good Shepherd Church is looking forward to starting fresh as they change locations, change their name, and change their website.

For those of you who submitted your church into the “Battle”, thanks. We have been encouraged by your stories and do agree that your websites are ugly.

I’ll keep you posted on Good Shepherd’s new site. Until then, be grateful that your website is not as ugly as theirs.

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