Category: Church Website Features

Church member portals sound great in theory — a private, logged-in area where members can update their contact information, sign up for events, view giving statements, access private documents, and manage their involvement. In practice, most churches that build member portals end up with an underused, poorly maintained feature that consumed far more resources than…

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…

Church websites serve everyone — including people who navigate the web with screen readers, keyboards, voice commands, or magnification tools. Website accessibility isn’t just a technical requirement or legal checkbox. For a church, it’s a reflection of your values. If your building has a wheelchair ramp but your website can’t be used by someone who…

Church websites handle sensitive information — donor credit card details, member contact data, prayer requests, and sometimes even children’s check-in records. Yet most churches give almost no thought to website security. The attitude is often “Why would anyone hack a church?” — and the answer is: because hackers don’t care that you’re a church. Automated…

Live streaming isn’t just a pandemic holdover — it’s become a permanent part of how churches connect with their communities. Homebound members, travelers, out-of-town college students, and people “church shopping” from their couch all rely on live streams. And increasingly, first-time visitors watch a live service before ever walking through your doors. The good news:…

Your church probably has more going on than Sunday morning — youth group, small groups, volunteer nights, potlucks, mission trips, seasonal events. But if none of that shows up on your website, visitors have no idea it exists. A well-maintained event calendar is one of the most practical things you can add to your church…

Your sermon archive is the second most-visited section of your church website — right behind the homepage. Members use it to re-listen to Sunday’s message, catch up on weeks they missed, and share sermons with friends. Visitors use it to preview your teaching before deciding to visit. And yet, most church sermon archives are a…

Churches that offer online giving see an average 32% increase in total donations. That’s not a projection — it’s what organizations like Tithe.ly and Pushpay have consistently reported across thousands of churches. When you make it easy for people to give digitally, they give more often, more consistently, and in larger amounts. Yet many churches…

When you’re building a church website, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the things you could include. Sermon archives, event calendars, live streaming, prayer request forms, small group finders, member portals — the list goes on forever. But here’s what we’ve learned from reviewing hundreds of church websites: the ones that actually help churches…