Case study · Ministry · Sermon library
Howard Strickland
The personal ministry site of Pastor Howard Strickland: hundreds of sermons, searchable by topic, scripture and keyword, with a built-in King James Bible, glossary and study notes.
Client
Pastor Howard Strickland
Audience
Readers worldwide
Sector
Ministry & teaching
Our role
Design, development, custom plugin
Live site, captured October 2026. Select any screen to view it full size.
The client
What Howard Strickland does
Howard Strickland has spent a lifetime preaching and teaching. This site turns that body of work into a library people can actually use, rather than a list of files.
It sits alongside Coastal Community Church, where he serves as pastor, and keeps the study tools a reader needs on the same site as the sermon.
Who they serve
- Readers studying a passage or topic
- Pastors and teachers preparing lessons
- Church members revisiting a message they heard
Scope
What we built
Every feature has a job: helping visitors understand, trust and act.
01
A sermon on every page
Each message has its own readable, shareable page.
02
Search by topic, scripture or keyword
Readers find a sermon the way they think about it, not by date.
03
Built-in King James Bible
Scripture is available on the site, so study doesn’t mean leaving the page.
04
Glossary and study notes
Terms and background explained alongside the teaching.
05
A purpose-built ministry plugin
The library runs on a custom WordPress plugin that also powers sermon content elsewhere in the network.
UX & UI
Design decisions
The choices that shape how visitors experience the site, and why we made them.
01 Reading first
Long-form typography and generous spacing, because these pages are read, not skimmed.
02 Study tools beside the sermon
Bible, glossary and notes live with the content, keeping readers in context.
03 Findability over volume
A large archive is only useful if the right message is easy to reach.
Technical foundation
Under the hood
Checked on the live site in October 2026. We list only what anyone can verify.
- WordPress with a custom ministry plugin
- Structured data: Person
- Google Site Kit analytics
- Mobile-first responsive layout
- Served over HTTPS
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You’ve seen what Howard Strickland does and how the site works. Now explore it for yourself.
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