Choosing a Christian web hosting company isn't something you should rush into. We recommend asking as many questions as you can as well as doing a little research into the services provided by the hosting companies you've shortlisted. Once you've decided what services you require, it's then time to go through a checklist to make sure you're on the right track:
Here's a basic checklist to help you choose a good quality christian website hosting company:
1. Christian Hosting Features
Know what features you need for your website and make sure your hosting plan offers those features. This might include the ability to add custom programming, databases or stream video. If your site is anything more than a very plain basic website it's likely you'll have some unique hosting needs. If you aren't sure, ask lots of questions before signing your hosting contract.
2. Price
Don't always choose the cheapest christian web site hosting company. You'll likely not be satisfied with the quality or amount of service you receive from these low end hosting companies. Pay a little more to get the kind of service and support you'll need. You'll thank yourself in the end.
3. Disk space and Bandwidth
If you already have a website, figure out how much bandwidth you'll need. Bandwidth is the amount of traffic your website transfers to and from the server. Also figure our how much disk space (storage space) you'll need. How big are all of the files on your site? For example, church websites with a lot of photos and video and audio will require more disk space than a purely text-based website. Make sure your christian web hosting company offers competitive rates that match your disk space and bandwidth needs. Also find out how much each Christian web hosting company charges for going over the allocated bandwidth or disk space limits per month.
4. Operating System
You may find that most of the hosting companies you're looking at run on something that's called a Unix based operating system, usually Linux or BSD. This type of host will provice php, perl/cgi, frontpage, dreamweaver, and limited ASP. If you'll be needing asp, .net, mssql, sbs or access, you will need a windows based web hosting company.
5. Support, Backups, Guarantees
Make sure your christian hosting company offfers support, guaranteed uptime and backups. If they don't offer free support with the package you're looking at, don't take it. Make sure you can email them for support at any time 24/7/365 with a reasonable response time. If they don't do frequent backups of all of their client websites or if they don't guarantee at least 99% uptime for all of their websites, then keep shopping for a better company.
6. Location, Quality and Security
All Christian website hosting companies have one central location where they keep their servers. Make sure you find out whether the hosting company's servers are in someon'e basement or if they're in a professional server facilitywith quality bandwidth and adequate security. Any reputable web hosting company will make their data center information, security and bandwidth quality information available to the public.
Choosing A Christian or Church Web Design & Hosting Company
A professional Christian web page design company should be able to build & host custom or template-based websites, or web portal applications for Christian organizations, ministries, churches and non profit organizations around the world.
"Finally! Someone who takes the confusion out of creating websites.
The Rechurch team gave us exactly what we were looking for.
We have appreciated [Rechurch's] flexibility and willingness to listen to our
specific requirements. A pleasure to work with." Brad Hagkull, Pastor Broadway Church
"We now have a global online ministry and a cutting edge church website & Christian hosting thanks to Rechurch." Cam Hall, Media Pastor, SouthSide Church
Why Choose Rechurch?
A message from the Director:
Search in Google for a Christian website design and marketing company and you'll find over 2 million results, but you won't find better Christian web design hosting & Christian internet marketing solutions from a more experienced & trustworthy company than Rechurch. We understand the challenges of working in ministry. Our 10+ years experience working with Christian and non-profit organizations will help you get exactly what you need for your Christian website.
Giving Back
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