A weekly library of ideas for building church websites that actually work.
Real screenshots from 2,100+ live church sites, paired with templates, copy, and conversion notes a volunteer team can ship on a Saturday. No agency retainers, no jargon — just the Idea Letter, every Tuesday.
Replace your "Plan a Visit" button with a "What to Expect on Sunday" page.
Most churches bury the single most important question under three clicks: What will it actually feel like to walk in this Sunday morning? The 312nd issue of the Idea Letter walks through six working examples — three rural, three multi-site — that swapped their Plan-a-Visit button for a long-form expectations page with a parent-friendly section, a nervous-attendee FAQ, and a single, honest 30-second welcome video from the senior pastor. Average first-time-giver conversion on the six pilot churches climbed from 4.1% to 9.8% in the 90 days after launch. We're sharing the page template, the eight prompts the copywriter used for the FAQ, and the exact homepage button placement that outperformed the rest.
Six real church websites, annotated for what to steal.
A glimpse into the 2,100+ site archive — tagged by denomination, weekly attendance, and the feature that earned the screenshot its place. Members get the full-resolution capture, the design notes, and the ad-free preview page.
Grace Covenant Presbyterian · 240 weekly · First-Visitor Page
The Gathering Place · 1,800 weekly · Giving Page
Pineywoods Baptist · 90 weekly · Minimal Layout
CrossPointe Methodist · 4,200 weekly · Events Grid
New Hope Assembly · 620 weekly · Video Hero
St. Bernadette Parish · 410 weekly · Mass Schedule
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The Idea Letter
One curated church-website idea delivered every Tuesday morning since 2019. Includes a real annotated screenshot, a copy prompt, and the one change you can ship this weekend. Free.
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1,640+ Articles
An archive of how-tos on homepage copy, staff page bios, second-giver email sequences, statement-of-faith modules, and every other section a church site has ever needed — written by our team of seven writers and reviewed by 18 pastors.
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The Template Library
Every template ships with first-time-visitor copy, a second-giver email sequence, and a Statement of Faith module pre-written — you bring the church name and the photos. Annual membership includes the full set and weekly additions.
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Website Sundays Podcast
A weekly 25-minute conversation with a working church communicator about a single decision they made on their site. Downloaded 290,000+ times. We don't talk about us — we talk about their homepage buttons.
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"I spent eleven years building websites only for churches and faith-based nonprofits, and almost every project hit the same three walls — a volunteer team with a Saturday afternoon, a homepage that hadn't been touched since 2017, and a budget of zero. I started this publication in 2018 so the next pastor in that room could start from a real screenshot instead of a fresh blank page. Eight years and 1,640 articles later, that's still the only job."
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