Our New Website

So here we are - the new CCM website.

The internet has been a part of my life for almost fifteen years now. I remember first ‘browsing the web’ (for that’s what we called it back then) at university in 1995 (anyone else remember Netscape Navigator?), and how things have changed since then. Email, social networking, file-sharing – all things the web made possible – have revolutionised the way we all live and work.

Churches, as usual about 10 years behind the curve, are starting to get the hang of the internet now. Well, one or two are. But it’s clear from the bulk of church websites out there that deep down, most are still thinking, ‘We’re in the people business! Why should we bother with the internet?‘

Some are little more than a cheerless statement of faith and a library of downloadable preaches. Not much of an advertisement for Jesus who came ‘full of grace and truth’. Others make theirs sound like the world’s best church in every respect. So when you decide to show up on a Sunday you feel like asking for your money back. The most common problem though is the onward march of time: the vast majority of church websites are simply out of date.

We’ve decided that it is worth bothering with the internet, precisely because we’re in the people business. Very simply, we hope ccm.org.uk will give you a glimpse into what it’s like to belong to Christ Church Manchester, a Newfrontiers church on the east side of Manchester.

For members, you can keep up to date with what happened each weekend, find out what’s coming up and hear thoughts from Colin and others on the blog.

For visitors, we hope that you’ll get a sense from the home page, the media and the blog, what God’s up to here in east Manchester. And if you’re looking for a church, or you’re looking for a place to ask questions about God and Jesus, we hope you might think of trying us.

We’ve decided not to post lengthy articles about every tiny detail of life at CCM, but instead to keep it simple and, hopefully, factual. We’ve decided to base it around RSS-feeds which means that it’s easy to update, anyone can add comments and that users can subscribe to any one of our individual feeds (Coming Up, Media, Life, or Blog) so you can get updates sent automatically to your RSS reader. And we’re trying hard to get the balance right between what we hope you will find if or when you come along.

Throughout the development process we have worked closely with David and Matt of Box-head, a design company based in Leeds. David and Matt are both members at Mosaic church in Leeds and have been great partners in the process. We recommend them highly for your new church website.

Our New Website

So here we are - the new CCM website.