Better church websites, one Saturday at a time

Church Website Ideas was founded by a church communications volunteer who got tired of the same two options: an expensive agency build the budget couldn't survive, or a template so generic it embarrassed the congregation. Between those poles sat an empty space — practical, specific, affordable ideas for the pastors, admins, and volunteers who actually update their church's website. The publication was built to fill that space, one shippable idea at a time.

What we publish

The core of the site is a curated library of thousands of screenshots from real church websites, tagged by denomination, congregation size, and feature — so a small rural parish can see what churches its size actually do, not what a cathedral's agency showcase pretends is normal. Around the library sit practical resources: templates, copywriting prompts for the pages every church needs, seasonal planning guides, and a weekly idea designed to be shippable by a volunteer team on a Saturday morning. The open playbook the team maintains has been downloaded tens of thousands of times and walks a church from domain to launch without assuming a designer on staff.

Our approach

We review real sites with respect — highlighting what works, never mocking what doesn't — and every recommendation is tested against a constraint volunteers know well: limited time, limited budget, no IT department. Denominational differences are treated as features, not bugs.

• 2,100+ real church screenshots tagged by denomination and size
• Copywriting prompts for the pages every church needs
• A weekly idea shippable by a volunteer team on a Saturday

Church Website Ideas serves pastors, communications directors, and volunteer web teams building ministry websites that actually serve their congregation. If your church's site needs help that fits in a Saturday, start with the library.