It’s been an idea for a long time.

Creating a place online where Christians from throughout Erie and Northwestern Pennsylvania could find out what’s happening in our community and come together to pray for each other and celebrate what God is doing in our lives and in this region.

That’s what TheChristianBanner.com is all about. News and features, photos and videos of our faith community. Inspiring stories of life change. Details on legislation and devleopments that may affect your family. Opinion pieces from national Christian leaders. Book reviews, the latest music releases, and perspectives on media and culture.

We want to serve the churches of Erie and the area with a forum to get the word out on their special events and services. We’ll feature blogs from area pastors and ministry leaders. And what we are most excited about: we will give a free one-page website to every Christian church in Erie County who wants one. If your church is interested, make sure keep watching the Church Directory page for when we open that up.

Right now, we are in beta development, which means that much of the site will be under-construction and kind of, for lack of a better word, ugly. But over the next few weeks we hope to get all our departments in good order.

So pray for us and please tell us that you found us! E-mail info@thechristianbanner.com or tweet @christianbanner on Twitter. We would love your input as we go fully online.