For getting traffic to your website you should advertise and following are the way to do so:
1. Submit your site to as many search engines.
2. Have dynamic content to your website
3. For Christian sites you can pay per click or per month. In Pay per month cost is fixed so it is cost effective as compare to pay per click.
4. Have your own domain name.

Everyone has been to Google or Yahoo or AltaVista. If your visitors are likely to be 'Internet novices' by all means make your site mimic these sites. This way, you will be sure your visitors will feel 'at home' on your site. Be selective of where you submit your site to.