Cornerstone
Episcopal, Anglican and Lutheran parishes that keep the calendar
Bethel
Baptist and independent evangelical churches teaching through books
What it is
For a church that works through one book at a time and wants a website organised the same way. The other thing it does properly is baptism: this tradition gets asked about it constantly and answers it badly, usually in a sentence buried on an About page.
For a church working through one book of the Bible at a time. The teaching series is the organising idea of the whole site — current series on the front page, past series archived by book — and baptism gets a page that explains what it is and how to ask, which is the question this tradition is asked most and answers worst.
What is in it
- The teaching series as the organising idea — current series on the front page, past series archived by book
- A baptism page covering what happens on the day and how to ask
- “Why immersion, and why not babies” — answered plainly rather than avoided
- “Where we disagree, and how”, which says more about a church than a statement of faith does
- “How decisions get made”, for a tradition where the congregation actually decides
All 8 pages
Every one is written — there is no placeholder text in any of them. Click any page to open it in the live demo.
What to change first
The current series. It is the front page's headline and the reason somebody comes back — everything else on the site can stay as shipped for a month and nobody will notice.
Questions about Bethel
We do not preach through books. Does it still fit?
The series structure works for any run of connected sermons — a topical series, a season, a set of evenings. It is a container with a title and a list, not a doctrine.
Why is baptism a whole page?
Because it is the question this tradition is asked most often by people who are nervous about asking. A page that says what happens on the day, what you wear, and who to speak to removes most of the reason not to ask.
