How to Start a Christian Blog – Part 1

This site contains articles about how to start a Christian blog. The idea behind the site is to gather an army of believers who will use the Internet to advance the Kingdom of God. We want to encourage believers to start blogs that will reach out not only to believers but to people who are still seeking to know the Truth. With that in mind blogs can be started with a specific Christian theme, or can be more of a general topic with Christian undertones. For example, we have a blog called God’s Daytimer, which is targeted to believers by providing a daily Bible study. We also have a blog called Hurricane Tracking Sites which is a general theme, but we include a place for prayer and talk about the power of prayer before, during, and after a storm. In order to start a Christian blog that will have an impact you will have to consider it a ministry. It will take prayer, time, and effort. Like any ministry it will have ups and downs. There is an amazing potential, however, to reach out to people from all over the world. I am constantly amazed at the variety of people groups that come to my blogs.

You can start a nice blog for free. There are a lot of ways to do this. Our two favorite ways are Blogger (www.blogger.com):

and Wordpress.com (www.wordpress.com)

Both of these options are free, easy to use, and will provide most Christian bloggers with everything they will need for their Christian Blog ministry. As you explore the ‘blogosphere’ you will find a lot of blogs that are done using one of these options. If you want to invest a little in your ministry, however, I suggest you use WordPress on a self hosted basis. This means you will need a domain name and that you use a web host. I use GoodNewsDomains for my domain names and web hosting. They have good customer service (actual live people) and are always helpful. A domain name costs about $10 a year. You can get your site hosted on the web for $50 – $80 a year. That is a lot less then it costs to start most ministries. We will discuss this option further in our next article.

Before you do anything, take some time to pray. Everything must start with prayer. Pray for guidance on how God might use you in a web ministry. Pray for wisdom on what direction to take. Give Him a chance to answer you. Once you feel that starting a Christian blog is the direction you are supposed to take, then jump in and get started. The articles on this site will help to give you practical information on how to start a Christian blog.