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		<title>Do Christians really read these???</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a web developer I pay a ton of attention to design trends. This is particularly true when it comes to church websites.One of the things I have noticed is how deeply burried within the site content the statement of faith is. It&#8217;s becoming as hard to find as an honest politician or a decent [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a web developer I pay a ton of attention to design trends. This is particularly true when it comes to church websites.<span id="more-161"></span>One of the things I have noticed is how deeply burried within the site content the statement of faith is. It&#8217;s becoming as hard to find as an honest politician or a decent US President. I went to a church website recently to find out what they believed because some friends of mine started going to that church. I remembered at one time that they had some unorthodox beliefs and so I went to their site to see if they had changed, thinking, &#8220;There&#8217;s no way they would attend a church like that.&#8221;</p>
<p>The statement of faith was really hard to find. That got me to thinking about why these are becoming increasingly difficult to find on church websites. I soft of think it may have something to do with the fact that people generally do not read them, either because they just don&#8217;t care, or they simply don&#8217;t understand much of the theological jargon.</p>
<p>Regardless of the real reason, I think this trend is slightly disturbing and work needs to be done to reverse it. Maybe churches can shorten them or rewrite with less confusing language. Or maybe Christians need to take the belief system of a church they are considering joining seriously and start asking more questions.</p>
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