The Four Things Every Church Website Must Have

A church website does not need to be beautiful or complex. It needs to answer four questions for someone who has never visited:

1. When do you meet? Service times, prominently displayed on the homepage.
2. Where are you? Address and a Google Maps link.
3. What do you believe? A brief statement of faith or “About Us” page.
4. Who can I contact? A phone number or email address.

Everything else is secondary. A simple, mobile-friendly website that answers these four questions is more valuable than a complex site that is hard to navigate.

What Your Church Website Does Not Need

• A live sermon stream (unless you have the technical capacity to do it well)
• A complex events calendar (a simple list works better)
• Stock photos of people who do not attend your church
• A blog that has not been updated in two years
• A donation portal that is difficult to use

Affordable Website Options for Small Churches

• Squarespace or Wix: $16-$23/month. Easy to build and maintain without technical skills. Good for most small churches.
• WordPress.com: Free to $25/month. More flexibility but requires more technical knowledge.
• Church-specific platforms: Ekklesia 360, Ministry Brands, or Church Community Builder. More expensive but include church management features.

The Most Important Thing: Mobile-Friendly

More than 60% of people who search for a church do so on a mobile device. If your website is not mobile-friendly, you are invisible to most people who are looking for a church. Every modern website builder creates mobile-friendly sites by default — just make sure you preview your site on a phone before publishing.

Add online giving to your website: Online Giving for Small Churches — affordable platforms and step-by-step setup.