Richmond—When CrossPoint Baptist Church started meeting last year, Pastor Randy McPheron wanted to spread the word about the new congregation without spending a fortune. His solution: the Internet.

Lacking expertise in cyberspace, McPheron relied on church members to set up and maintain the church’s Web site—www.crosspointbaptist.net. Because of it, a number of visitors have attended services at the elementary school where CrossPoint holds worship services.

“I think we’ve had good success with it,” McPheron noted. “We wanted to be exposed to the community and be easy to find on the Web. We wanted folks to get a basic idea of who we are.”