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Vineyard of Gainesville
One of the Gainesville Florida Churches you should visit is the Vineyard of Gainesville. Vineyard Christian Fellowship has been in Gainesville since 1988. We’re a community-driven church that ministers to families, students, and just about any type of person to walk through our doors. We exist to help everyone become followers of Jesus Christ and to advance the Kingdom of God in Gainesville by being “doers of the Word, and not hearers only.” We’re a part of The Vineyard, A Community of Churches, which was founded by John Wimber and now has more than 500 churches in the U.S. and several hundred more worldwide.
I would like to invite you to check out one of our services and join us for worship. We are committed to learning to live what Jesus called the two greatest commands in Scripture: “Love God with everything you’ve got, and love others in like fashion” (Mark 12:29-31). We are a community of faith learning to love God passionately and love others genuinely. We believe that God is to be experienced as well as believed. So come join us, and come with expectancy. We look forward to worshiping with you.
Blessings,
Arty Hart
Senior Pastor
If you have any questions you can call the Vineyard of Gainesville at (352) 371-0838 or visit the website at www.vineyardgainesville.org.
Your Gainesville Church Featured Here
Would you like to have your Gainesville Florida Church featured here? This is a great opportunity to help people find out about your church and attract visitors to your services. In today’s world, having a presence on the Internet absolutely makes a difference.
As a Pastor myself I have something I think you will find interesting. I have had a website for our church for years. I think it is a pretty good site with a lot of nice features. Some time ago I had a significant realization, the only way you would ever get to our web site was if you already had the web address. In effect, you would have to come to the church to get the web address, so that the only people who went to the website had already been to the church. My question became, “How can I get people who are visiting or moving in to the area to find our website (and thereby find the church)?”.
You are probably already aware of the number of people in our society who are on the Internet and who use Google to find out information about anything they are interested in. You probably do this yourself. So, I went to Google to find my website. I typed in the name of my church and it didn’t show up. That sent me on a journey of how to get my church to show up on Search Engines. I have a pretty good handle on that process now (if you search for anything even close to our church name now, our site shows up on page 1 in position 1, and generally sites that relate to my site show up in the next 5 or 6 positions as well.
Even with that problem solved, you would still only find the church if you had some idea of the name of the church. What if you were new to the area and just looking for a church? You would probably type in something like “Gainesville Florida Churches” or “Churches in Gainesville Florida” or “Gainesville Churches”. If you type that in on Google now, this site will show up somewhere on the first few pages. In the future I would expect it to show up in one of the first few positions of page 1.
What does this mean to you?
I have already included all the Gainesville churches I could find on the directory on the Gainesville Florida Churches site. There are also a total of 12 featured church spots available on this site.
If you look at the top of the home page you will see the window that scrolls every few seconds. I will put your church in a similar position on this site. I will also add your church to the featured list and put a page on the website just for your church information. I will do this for $120 for a year. That means for $10 a month you will have your church listed on a well maintained site that exists to point people in your direction. (Each of the 12 featured churches will take turns in the first position on the site)
I think that this service is worth a lot more. I am offering it to you at a very reasonable price for two reasons; the first is I want to be able to bless the whole church whenever I can, the second reason is I would like to make available to those of you who need some help with your church website my services in setting up your own church website (if you don’t have one or the website you have is impractical or out of date). I can offer you a couple of different plans.
I can set up and maintain a site for you for as little as $310 a year ($10 of this is to establish a domain name/web address for your church). We would do all the work. You just send emails with the updates you want on your site, we take care of the rest. We serve as your church web master online. This is probably the best deal for busy Pastors. This $310 will include your featured listing on the directory, so in effect you are only paying $190 a year to have your site developed and maintained.
If you prefer I can set up a site for you that is yours that you maintain. This would be a one time fee of about $500. It could be more or less depending on what you want on your website. (You will also need to purchase a domain name which is about $10 a year and to get your site hosted which is about $50 a year). The options are limitless. I will also include two years on the directory as a featured site, which means that this plan will effectively cost you $260.
If you can find a better deal anywhere, you should take it. All of these prices are introductory and they will all be going up in the future. If you lock in to your yearly rate now, it will always stay the same.
The video below explains how the directory will work for you:
For more information click on the Contact link and fill out the form. We will get back to you with details about how to add your church to the list of Gainesville Florida Churches.
New Options for Gainesville Florida Churches
As the tightening economy has an impact on many of the decisions we have to make in our churches, we want to offer Gainesville Florida Churches some exciting options to help attract visitors to your church and website. People are searching for Gainesville Florida Churches and Churches in Gainesville Florida every day. Our Gainesville Florida Churches site shows up on those searches, and we want to send those people to your Gainesville Florida Church. We have four (4) affordable options to help promote your church in Gainesville Florida.
($99/year) Featured Church - As one of our featured Gainesville Florida Churches you will be one of only 12 churches who get the highest level of promotion on our Gainesville Florida Churches site. You will be placed on our featured churches scroller, which will provide you with maximum exposure. You will be included on our featured churches list, and our suggested churches list. You will receive your own web page on our site, and we will link directly to your existing website (if you have one, if you don’t have an existing website we can create one for you for an additional $99/year) which will increase the traffic to your site and help improve your standing on the search engines. The regular price for becoming a featured church is $120/year. Right now you can become a featured church on the Gainesville Florida Churches site for $99/year.
($49/year) Suggested Church - We are adding a new option to our Gainesville Florida Churches site this year called Suggested Churches. This is a good option for you if the Featured Church option is not economically feasible for you at this time. As a suggested church your church will be included on a suggested churches list that is located in a prominent place in the center sidebar of our site. We will link directly to your existing website (if you have one, if you don’t have an existing website we can create one for you for an additional $99/year) which will increase the traffic to your site and help improve your standing on the search engines. You can also upgrade to featured church status at any time as long as there are still openings on the site.
(Free) Articles about Your Church - You can write articles about your church and ministry and email them to us and we will post them on our Gainesville Florida Churches site for free. The articles should be 200-300 words in length. You can write about the ministries in your church, your vision, your upcoming events, etc.
(Better than Free) Become a Suggested Church For Free - By writing and emailing us ten (10) or more 200-300 word articles about your church we will give you a free Suggested Church listing on our site. Why would we make this offer? We want to make a way for every church to be able to take advantage of the benefits that the Gainesville Florida Churches site offers. The more information we have about churches in the area, the better the site does with the search engines, which is better for every church involved with the site.
These very reasonable options make it possible for every church in Gainesville to establish an effective Internet presence. Use the Contact page to let us know which of the options works best for you. We look forward to partnering with churches in Gainesville Florida to advance the Kingdom of God!
How to Get the Most from Gainesville Florida Churches
The Gainesville Florida Churches site is designed to help you find a church while you are in Gainesville. We have some featured churches on this site that we encourage you to check out. These churches have provided us with a lot of information that we have made available to you. You can find out when these churches meet, get directions to where they meet, find out what the church is about and get a link to their website if they have one. You can see our featured churches scrolling by on the home page, or if you prefer you can click on any of the featured churches icons to get a list of our featured Gainesville churches.
We also have a directory listing all the churches in Gainesville Florida that you can access by clicking on the Directory tab or on the specific alphabetic portion of the church directory you want to see. The directory will provide you with the basic church information; address, phone number, and web address if available. We hope that you are blessed in your search for a church!
Finding a Gainesville Florida Church That’s Right For You
The search for a church that’s right for you can often be a lengthy and frustrating experience. Gainesville Florida Churches is here to help simplify the process for you. The following is a list of questions and ideas to help you in your search for a church.
1. Do you have a particular denomination you are looking for?
Throughout Gainesville you will find many denominations represented. There are Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Episcopal, Vineyard and more. There are also some excellent non-denominational churches in Gainesville.
2. What beliefs are important to you?
This is a question that you need to get answered pretty quickly when you begin to attend a new church. Ask someone for the church’s Statement of Faith and see if they hold to the beliefs that are important to you.
3. What style of worship is important to you?
Do you enjoy a more casual and contemporary approach or something more formal and liturgical? Both of these types of services are available in churches in Gainesville.
4. Do you like larger or smaller churches?
As in any area there are a wide range of smaller and larger churches here in Gainesville.
5. Do they offer ministries that interest you?
You need to find out what ministries the church offers. Do they have bible studies? Children’s programs? Youth Group? Check with the church to see what they offer.
6. Before you go you might want to contact the church.
It might be a good idea to either call or email the church before you go and ask any questions you might have. You should also see if the church has a website that might help to answer your questions.
As you look for a church remember there are no perfect churches. You do need to find a church where you feel like you are connecting with God, a place where people’s lives are being changed, and a place where you can have a sense of belonging and community. If you can find these things you have probably found the church for you.
