A website your people can find their way around, and your staff can actually keep up.
I design and build WordPress sites with clear paths for first-time guests, simple editing for whoever runs it on a Tuesday afternoon, and a real person to call when something breaks.
Or grab 30 minutes on my calendar and tell me what's going on.
Most church websites I see aren't broken. They're just tired.
Everything is on there
Beliefs, staff, ministries, all of it. A first-time guest still can't tell what to do on Sunday.
One person knows how
Updating the site lives in one person's head, and that person is already doing three jobs.
Five places for one thing
Giving, forms, events, and sermons each live somewhere different, and nobody remembers the passwords.
It looked great in 2019
Slow on phones, hard to read, and quietly telling visitors the church isn't paying attention.
The good news: none of that takes a giant budget to fix. It takes a clear plan, a well-built site, and someone who sticks around after launch.
A few sites I've built and still help care for.
Diocesan publishing hubs, merger-sized platforms, and parish sites that keep events, forms, and giving in one calm place.
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
A publishing hub with a church finder, news, and a podcast flow the staff can run on their own.
As part of my work with Beloved Media
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
A large diocesan platform with archives, ministry hubs, and public tools that stay findable.
As part of my work with Beloved Media
Diocese of the Susquehanna
One home for a reunified diocese: shared identity, church directory, calendar, and newsletter paths.
Direct client
St. Paul's Episcopal, Richmond
A historic parish with events, forms, and payments that are finally easy to scan and use.
Direct clientThree steps, no mystery.
We talk
Thirty minutes. You tell me what's going on, I tell you what I'd do. If you don't need me, I'll say so.
I map it out
A simple page plan: what stays, what moves, what goes, and a real price before any work starts.
I build it and stick around
Design, build, launch, and training for your team. Then hosting and care so it stays healthy.
Everything a church site needs, nothing it doesn't.
Built on WordPress, so you're never locked into a platform you can't leave.
- Mobile-first design that fits your church
- A homepage that tells guests what to do next
- Giving, forms, and events wired in
- Editing your staff can actually handle
- Training for staff or key volunteers
- Speed, security, updates, and backups
- Your search rankings carried over safely
- Church Comms Dashboard with church plans
Straight pricing, priced for churches.
Church website packages
A fixed scope and a clear price, with hosting, care, and Church Comms Dashboard included.
- Foundation and Growing plans
- Hosting, SSL, updates, and backups
- Light technical support
Custom builds
For larger churches, dioceses, nonprofits, and sites with more moving parts.
- Custom design and content structure
- Directories, integrations, migrations
- Ongoing care sized to your team
Pastor's heart, communicator's ear, developer's hands.
I started building church websites on WordPress back around version 1.5, before it was cool. Along the way I served as a pastor, worked on the communications team at Saddleback, and wrote a book about church communications.
So when we talk about your website, we're really talking about how your church welcomes people. That's the part I care about most. And yes, I answer my own email.
Brandon
Good questions.
Do you only work with churches?
Mostly churches, dioceses, and nonprofits. If your mission lives somewhere in that neighborhood, let's talk.
Can you fix our current site instead of starting over?
Often, yes. Sometimes a handful of focused changes beats a rebuild, and if that's true for you, I'll tell you.
Will we be able to update it ourselves?
That's the whole point. I build so your staff or volunteers can handle the everyday updates, and I train them before launch.
Do you host it?
Yes. Church packages include managed hosting and care. If you'd rather host somewhere else, we can work that out.
How long does it take?
It depends more on content than on code. After our first conversation I'll give you a real timeline, not a guess.
Let's make your website the easiest part of your week.
Tell me what's going on. I'll tell you what I'd do.