It’s not uncommon for a church’s graphic designer to be whoever has a camera, a good computer, and a little spare time—even if they don’t have graphic design training. After all, the majority of churches don’t have room in the budget for a full-time or half-time designer. But that often results in using church graphics that don’t look quite right, and you don’t know how to fix it.
Creating church graphic designs for social media, posters, flyers or advertisement for churches is always challenging yet very fulfilling. In my lengthy exposure with media, I realized that graphic art for churches and ministries require a more mature, sober yet relevant and inquisitive approach.
Why is a church logo so important? Because logos capture and communicate the identity of your church. And in a world bombarded by advertisements at every turn, this is more important than ever.
Merriam-Webster defines a logo as "an identifying symbol." In his book, Logo Design Love, designer David Airey explains, "For thousands of years, humans have needed and desired social identification. Think of the farmer who brands his cattle to mark his ownership or the stonemason who chisels his trademark."
We've written about Canva free creative software on ChurchTechToday in the past to help church communicators. Really, Canva is for anyone out there who needs to create church graphics, flyers, social media graphics, and pretty much any other graphic design project. It's easy-to-use, simple, and best of all, free.
Canva is a wonderful online graphic design tool for church communicators (and everyone else who's ever had to design a flyer or graphic). I've used Canva to design graphics for this site, presentations, social media headers, Facebook images, and much more. It's an incredibly easy tool to use that can help with a plethora of design needs.
Summer gives us a chance to look ahead and dream about fall ministry opportunities. With ministries launching and school starting, your church needs to be ready.
In today's world, every church needs a website. This is just a fact of today's society--the sooner you face that fact, the better. Many people visit a church's website before they ever even step foot in the door. That's why having a simple yet functional church website is necessary.
Listed below, in alphabetical order, is a round-up of some of the top church website companies. Their focus is to serve the faith-based market, and they all do it well.