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Not even the Vatican can ignore the power of the World Wide Web. This seemingly secular tool primarily used by national and international businessmen has found some uses in the clergy classes. From Buddhist sects to evangelical Christian groups common in our country, religious websites or church websites are proliferating like wild grasses in the web. No one has expected that the priests, druids and monks decide to use a tool which they have heavily criticized as being too open and unregulated. Practitioners of Zen Buddhism are beginning to use websites to promote their way of life and recruit people who are willing to embrace an ascetic form of existence. Religions which are said to be unique because of their exclusivity like Hinduism and Judaism have some websites to guide their followers wherever they are in the world. Some Jewish groups for example create websites to guide their members regarding their numerous holidays, kosher foods, and socio-cultural issues. As for religions like Islam and Christianity where their leaders tend to proselytize and preach to attract more members as instructed by their respective creeds, websites are extremely important because they can reach more possible converts these days rather than invitations to congregations, churches, and mosques. That is why many want to create a church website or a website extension for mosques. Yoga schools were the first ones to first take advantage of the surge in the number of internet users. Using some free website making tools, owners and managers can create a yoga website in a couple of hours complete with the necessary items like contacts page with a location map and multicurrency systems to attract tourists. Churches and mosques then saw the success of yoga schools and the former started building websites to expand their flock. In some Catholic diocese websites, an online confession booth is added to guide their busy followers or for those working in places devoid of any cathedrals or chapels. If you want to create an online extension for your church, you better download a free web template from our collections.

