Comments on: NewSpring Church Web Campus Site

By: Mike Jones

Mike Jones — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:03:26 +0000

The NewSpring IC is great! We watch every weekend at LC now!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:48:34 +0000

Thanks for the love brother — so happy and proud to have been able to help you guys out, on a such a great mission and message.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:51:02 +0000

@David Gray – not until Apple makes streaming Flash video accessible for the masses. YouTube’s partnership with Apple lets you watch their videos, but we’re limited by technology right now.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:36:42 +0000

@Christian – I’d say initially, the audience is whoever finds their way there via Twitter/Facebook/Email invites. Right now, we obviously have a lot of what I call “Church Tourists,” people from other churches checking out what we’re doing. But we’re already starting to see non-church folks participating, which is great.

We’ll begin making a more pronounced push in-house soon, with the intent to coach our current members and attenders to invite their friends and family (whether they’re local or not.) I have a hunch that the Web Campus will be the first impression/entry point for a lot of folks who aren’t keen on the idea of going to a physical church.

By: David Gray

David Gray — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:23:54 +0000

Will I be able to watch on my iPod Touch?

By: Aaron Martin

Aaron Martin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:26:32 +0000

Looks good man. I built out a big church site in EE back in December, and I’m readying a rather large blog post outlining how I did it all. I’d love your input on tips you learned along the way.

Nice work on the site homie.

By: Christian Ross

Christian Ross — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:15:02 +0000

Awesome, sorry for the confusion. I was just wondering who your intended audience is today. Your congregation first? Just anyone who hears its available through the web (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc)? Any marketing surrounding the initial launch?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:55:13 +0000

Intended audience for the experience or for the phase 3 thing?

And no, not for profit. We want to give away as much as possible, I just want to get the codebase to the point where it’s a blessing to give it to someone, not a nightmare to deal with.

By: Christian Ross

Christian Ross — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:47:45 +0000

Looks great. Gonna watch for a little while this afternoon before going to well, church. Can I ask about the intended audience for this? Your plans for marketing it? A little more info about your phase 3 (for-profit sale and such)?

By: Nathaniel Buck

Nathaniel Buck — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:33:09 +0000

Joshua, you have done a terrific job with the NewSpring Church website. The Web Campus is no exception.

An ambitious plan, indeed. Considering the magnitude of the project, you’ve done well.

By: Graham

Graham — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:04:59 +0000

Nice job so far man! I understand there are always little behind the scenes things that can be fixed. That’s how it goes with any church… yours just happens to be rooted in internet language. Keep up the good work!