http://churchcmsreview.com A review of the top Church CMS products Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:43:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My first impression of ACS Technology was that their website was hard to navigate and I could not find an organized list of specific features, then I found there CMS service, ExtendPlatform.com. They offer templates and custom design with conventional imagery and navigation layouts. ACS does not offer a ton ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/acs-technologies/ AdvancedMinistry, a creation of Electricurrent, includes products that integrate web-presence, design, content, commerce and online communities. They have an in-depth demo on their site, which illustrates the ease in adapting their templates and managing your content. Their template designs feature almost identical layouts, which leaves little room for creativity and ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/advancedministry/ CCB currently works with over 1,000 churches, from brand new church plants to established mega-churches. CCB not a content management system, but a church management system that can be integrated into an existing website. For this reason they partner with ElementFusion and SkyCMS to offer there customers a wider array ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/church-community-builder/ ChurchSites offers a variety of packages, which feature separate template designs. The Design+ Package offers over 3,500 templates to choose from, with a wide range of styles and layouts.  If the template you choose does not suit your churches identity, you can schedule a consultation with a ChurchSites rep to ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/churchsites/ Church Web Works just released Version 4.0 which touts 30 new features including media uploads, online form creator and animated flash integration. Their “Technology meets easy” platform ensures that you do not need any web design or development experience to utilize their product. Their sample templates and client websites ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/church-web-works/ Clover Sites differ from the others in this category due to their entirely Flash-based templates. There are 15 different templates and they all have a really edgy, current design and layout. For a non-tech person, Clover is perfect because they have hard-coded everything for you already all you need to ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/clover/ One of the things that really struck me about the Ekklesia 360 site, other than the great usability and look, was the step-by-step video for adding a sermon to your site. It was fast, easy and provided flexibility for the user. This is the only program that hits every point ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/ekklesia-360/ Elexio offers a wide variety of options for templates and layouts from Dynamic Canvas®, which includes adaptable templates to fully customizable designs. Their CMS products allow multiple content pieces to be edited at the same time, inline page editing and unlimited administrators. Though their pricing packages are limited, Elexio offers ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/elexio/ E-zekiel offers three different packages from $12-64 a month, with an initial set up fee of $18. With a low price, you are getting a small amount of features, which include templates, sermon modules, event calendar, newsletter and online giving. The template designs are more conservative than their competitors, but ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/e-zekiel/ FaithHighway furnishes a wide-range of products and services in web solutions, marketing options and church plant packages. They have standard templates, which can be customized through their design team and custom designs. As far as add-ons go, faithHighway provides a few key components for church ministry such as, a media ... http://churchcmsreview.com/cms-reviews/faithhighway/