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Why the Ads?

11 Jan 2025 1 min read 4 comments Updates
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You’ve probably noticed the ads on our site. No one likes ads, and we’re working on streamlining the user experience so the ads aren’t such a bother, but we figured it might be a good time to mention why we have ads.

KJV Churches is run by a full time, church planting missionary on the field in South America. Some of you may know who I am, and that’s ok. I don’t overtly advertise who I am, but I’m not exactly trying to be anonymous.

The ads, then, help keep our family on the field. In fact, if it wasn’t for the ad revenue over the last few years, we wouldn’t have been able to stay on the field. Despite almost three years of deputation, we never made it to “full” support, and our 2019-2020 furlough was cut short thanks to a certain preview of global tyranny in the name of health.

The future of ads on KJV Churches

I am not a great marketer or designer, so it’s been a rough process to fix the ugly and ad-overrun site, but our goal is to sell advertising directly to churches, ministries, and Christian businesses that have products and services relevant to our visitors’ interests. Please bear with us as we try to get off of Google ads and move to more relevant advertising.

If you have a product or service that you think would be good for Christians searching for churches, please reach out to us. The sooner we can switch to only Christian advertising, the better we’ll all be.

Thank you

Thank you for using KJV Churches. We know that the ads aren’t great, but browsing our site and maybe clicking on the occasional relevant ad helps this missionary family stay on the field and pay the bills. There are other copycat sites out there that intend to steal our place as the #1 site for independent Baptist and KJV church information, but your continued preference in using our site makes all our hard work worth it.

Also, if you or your church are interested in meeting the crazy guy behind this website, feel free to reach out and we can discuss a meeting next time we’re on furlough. I don’t generally leverage my position as the KJV Churches guy to get support, but if someone is interested, I’m always open to discuss it.

4 responses to “Why the Ads?”

  1. Brandi Newman Avatar
    Brandi Newman
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    Well, after leaving a comment here and then returning to the “Churches” tab, it worked well. I had always just started my search from the home page, but it looks like it will work best if I click on the churches tab before I start my search. I still liked the older format with all the church information visible without having to click on an individual church to see it, but at least it is still populating the results. Thank you for keeping the site going!

    1. KJV Churches Avatar
      KJV Churches
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      Thank you for your comments! With the redesign we kept the info cards cleaner since it’s a mobile-first design, and having too much “stuff” on the results page can make it hard to use for mobile users. That said, we’re kind of stymied by the slowness of the front page search as well; we’re looking into it, but it’s definitely best to just start on the /churches/ or /search/ page for the quickest and most efficient search experience. Thank you for using KJV Churches!

  2. Brandi Newman Avatar
    Brandi Newman
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    I love the site, it has been very useful. I must say, though, that I do not like the last change. I do not mind the ads, but since the website makeover, it is very slow and difficult to use or get results. I have always entered a state and it would populate the listings for that state, but that has not been working well since the makeover.

  3. John (Rusty) Graham Avatar
    John (Rusty) Graham
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    I am glad you are out there. Grace and Peace to you.

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