Author: Aigars Silkalns
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Google Business Profile for Churches: The Complete Local SEO Guide
A Google Business Profile is the free listing that puts your church on Google Maps and in the local “churches near me” results — with your service times, photos, directions, and reviews shown right at the moment someone is deciding where to go on Sunday. For most churches it is the single biggest driver of…
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Church Website Prayer Request Page: How to Set It Up
A prayer request page is one of the most meaningful features you can add to your church website. It tells visitors and members: “We care about what you’re going through, and we will pray for you.” It also serves a practical purpose — giving your prayer team a structured way to receive and organize requests…
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Church Email Marketing: Getting Started Guide
Email is still the most reliable way to communicate with your congregation. Social media algorithms decide who sees your posts. Text messages feel intrusive for anything beyond urgent announcements. But email lands in an inbox that people check daily, and it’s the only digital channel where you control the audience completely. Email is one piece…
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Church Google Ads Grant: How to Get $10K/Month Free
Google gives eligible nonprofits — including most churches — up to $10,000 per month in free Google Search advertising. That’s $120,000 per year in free ads that can drive hundreds of visitors to your church website every month. The Google Ad Grant is one of the highest-ROI tactics covered in our complete church marketing guide.…
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Church Branding Guide: Logo, Colors, Fonts & Website
Your church’s brand isn’t a logo. It’s the complete visual and emotional experience people have when they encounter your church — online, in print, on social media, and in person. A strong brand communicates professionalism, intentionality, and identity. A weak or inconsistent brand communicates confusion, disorganization, or “we haven’t thought about this.” Your brand underpins…
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How to Master Redirects in Squarespace
Redirects are how you move a page without breaking links or losing your search rankings. If you’ve renamed a page, restructured your navigation, or migrated an old church website onto Squarespace, you need redirects to send both visitors and Google from the old URLs to the new ones. This guide covers exactly how to set…
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Church Website Design Ideas: 10 Trends That Actually Matter in 2026
Church website design has changed more in the last two years than in the previous decade. The pandemic forced churches online, and visitors’ expectations jumped to match the rest of the internet. A church website that looked fine in 2021 now feels dated — and “dated” means “untrustworthy” to the 83% of potential visitors who…
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Clover Sites Review: Is It Right for Your Church?
Clover Sites is a church website builder that’s been around since 2009, making it one of the older church-specific platforms still operating. It’s part of the broader Clover ecosystem that includes giving, church management, and media tools. The pitch is straightforward: a simple website builder designed specifically for churches, with templates and features that make…
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The Church Co Review: Pricing, Features, Pros & Cons
The Church Co positions itself as a premium, all-in-one platform for churches that want beautiful design without the hassle of piecing together separate tools. It combines a website builder, mobile app, giving, communication, and church management into a single dashboard. The pitch is compelling. But is it the right choice for your church? We evaluated…
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Small Church Website Examples That Prove Size Doesn’t Matter
There’s a myth in the church world that you need a big budget and a big congregation to have a great website. It’s not true. Some of the best church websites we’ve seen belong to churches with fewer than 200 people — churches that use simplicity, authenticity, and smart design to punch well above their…