2022
Website Traffic
Email List Subscriber Data
Instagram Follower Data
The Story Driving The Data
In 2022, we got the privilege to work with Remnant Leesburg, pastored by Ryan Armstrong and Darren Goodrich. Ironically, this church underwent a merger with One Family Apopka pastored by Melo Suval halfway through our 12 month contract, where Pastor Ryan Armstrong became the discipleship pastor. Remnant Leesburg was a church plant that lasted for 18 months, and was focused on simple discipleship and the power of simple multiplication to spread the gospel. When we partnered with Remnant Pastor Ryan shared with us that his approach to ministry did not emphasize the complimentary use of technology, that he wanted it to be more driven by the markers of success that drove the first century church. So Good Grain Creative gave his site a small refresh, and some basic infrastructure, consulted on some best practice and then maintained the site as needed.
The site did not get deactivated until our contract closed, and that’s what I found so staggering, the stats the site had generated, even after the merger for such a simple church. For the 11 months their site was up, Remnant Leesburg saw a 1K unique visitors to the site. For a church whose size was 30-40 people this represented an sizable reach for a small, upstart church in the Central Florida area.
While the story of this church plant continues on under another banner, there is an incredible point to be made here for all people in ministry.
Websites matter, and having a website might make the difference in the lives of countless more lives than those you see, know and love on a regular basis every Sunday morning. Even after your church goes through a merger or the story in some way changes or ends, your digital presence if you leave it up for as long as Remnant did after their merger, will continue to serve the Gospel. It’s almost poetic, the website is the digital remnant of remnant church, and while their story continues with One Family Apopka, their site outperformed their expectations, even for a ministry that was more concerned about the practical evangelism than with the complimentary advantages that having an active digital presence.