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Web Design for
Churches & Houses of Worship

What we build
Church Services

Built for Visitors.
Manageable by Staff.

A church website has a different job than a business website. It has to welcome a first-time visitor who's never heard of you, keep weekly communicants informed, integrate with giving and registration platforms, and hold up when a sermon series goes viral or a community event brings traffic from outside your congregation.

We build church websites that serve all of those needs simultaneously — without requiring a developer call every time the bulletin changes. We work with churches across every denomination and size, and we understand the operational realities of ministry communications.

Visitor-First Website Architecture

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The most important audience for a church website is the person who has never been. They're checking your site to answer a handful of specific questions before deciding whether to show up on Sunday: Where are you? When are services? What does it feel like when I walk in? Who's the pastor? Is there childcare?

Most church websites bury this information under mission statements, ministry lists, and sermon archives. We build church websites with visitor intent as the primary design driver — the answers to those five questions within one scroll of the homepage, every time.

Planning Center Integration

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Planning Center is the operational backbone for most modern churches — services, check-in, giving, groups, registrations. We build WordPress sites that integrate cleanly with Planning Center: online giving embedded on the site, event registration pulling live from your Planning Center calendar, group finder connected to your groups database.

We also integrate with Church Center for churches that want the full Planning Center-hosted app experience alongside their main website. The two systems complement each other when the integration is done right.

Online Giving & Generosity Tools

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Online giving should be frictionless. One click from the homepage, one or two fields, and done. We implement giving platforms — Planning Center Giving, Pushpay, Tithe.ly, and others — in a way that matches your site's design and doesn't feel like a jarring redirect to a third-party page.

We also build dedicated generosity pages that communicate the ministry context for giving, not just a transaction interface. Donors who understand the impact of their giving give more generously and more consistently than those who see only a form.

Multi-Campus & Multi-Site Architecture

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Multi-site churches have different website needs than single-location congregations. Each campus needs its own presence — address, service times, pastor, local events — while the parent organization needs a unified brand experience across all locations.

We build multi-campus WordPress architectures using subdirectories or subdomains for each campus, a unified navigation and design system, and campus-specific location pages optimized for local search in each neighborhood. Every campus shows up in its own city's search results.

Sermon Library & Media Archives

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A sermon archive is one of a church's most valuable digital assets — if it's structured well. A library with hundreds of sermons that nobody can navigate or search is not the same as a library that helps someone find a specific topic, series, or speaker in ten seconds.

We build sermon libraries with genuine usability: category and tag structure, series landing pages, audio and video embed options, and SEO-structured content so individual sermons can be found through organic search. Well-titled, well-described sermons on a properly structured site generate search traffic for years.

Staff Management & Easy Editing

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Church staff changes. New hires, transitions, volunteer coordinators rotating in and out. The website needs to reflect those changes without requiring a developer every time a pastor leaves or a new ministry director is added.

We build church websites with practical editorial tools: custom post types for staff and leadership, drag-and-drop page builders for non-technical editors, and a simple process for adding new events, announcements, and sermon content. We include an editing session in every church website launch.

150%

Social media engagement growth for a Spartanburg church in 30 days

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Contract clients who stayed 1+ year and had a negative ROI — zero, ever

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Month-one social growth at a broadcast station using our video strategy

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Years working alongside faith communities and ministries

Let's Build a Website
Your Community Deserves

Whether you're launching a new church or the site you have hasn't served your congregation well in years — we'd love to talk about what the right website looks like for your ministry.

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Church Website Questions Answered

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What should a church website prioritize?

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First-time visitors. The most important job of a church website is answering the five questions a prospective attendee has before they decide to show up: Where are you, when are services, what will it feel like, who's the pastor, and is there childcare? Most church websites bury this information. Visitor-first architecture puts it within one scroll of the homepage, every time.

Do you integrate church websites with Planning Center?

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Yes. We build WordPress sites with Planning Center integration — online giving, event registration pulled live from your Planning Center calendar, group finder, and Church Center. The integration should be seamless: visitors shouldn't feel like they're leaving your site to complete a transaction.

How do you handle online giving implementation?

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We implement online giving so it's frictionless — one click from the homepage, minimal fields, no jarring redirect to a generic third-party page. We work with Planning Center Giving, Pushpay, Tithe.ly, and others. We also build generosity pages that communicate ministry impact, not just a transaction form.

Can you build websites for multi-campus churches?

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Yes. Multi-campus churches need each location to have its own search presence — address, times, pastor, local events — while maintaining a unified parent brand. We build multi-site WordPress architectures with campus-specific location pages that rank in each neighborhood's local search, under a single cohesive design system.

How do you structure a sermon library for SEO?

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Well-structured sermon archives generate ongoing organic traffic. Each sermon gets its own page with a descriptive title (not just a date), a series landing page, category and tag taxonomy, and properly structured metadata. Someone searching for a specific topic or passage of Scripture can find relevant sermons through Google — which drives both discovery and return visits.

How much does a church website cost?

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Church websites from Sidestreet typically run $4,000–$12,000 depending on scope — number of pages, Planning Center integration complexity, sermon library size, and whether there are multiple campuses. We scope everything in writing before any work begins. We're also transparent about ongoing hosting and maintenance costs so there are no surprises after launch.