Churches
Church websites that welcome the folks who've never been before.
A church website is talking to two people. The member checking the time of service or a sermon link. And the first-timer in their car Sunday morning, nervous, trying to figure out what to wear and whether the kids will be okay. We build church sites that answer both, fast. We've built ministry sites for churches around the Lake of the Ozarks (Lake Ozark, Camdenton, Osage Beach, Eldon) and beyond. Call (573) 746-2417 and a real person picks up.
What first-time visitors are looking for
Before a stranger walks in Sunday, they want to know five things. When does it start. Where do I park. What do I wear. What happens with my kids. How long is it. That's it. Not the mission statement. Not the doctrine page. Those matter, but not at the moment somebody's deciding to come.
We put a "Plan Your Visit" section right at the top of every church site we build, with photos of the building so they can find it, the kids area so they can see it's safe and clean, and the service so they know the vibe. Most first-time visitors decide on a church the same way folks decide on a restaurant: they look at the website Saturday night.
Sermons, livestream, and the stuff that changes every week
Most church sites go stale because updating them is a pain. A volunteer has to log in, post the sermon, fight a clunky editor, give up. Then the homepage shows a sermon from August.
We wire your site up to the tools your church already uses. YouTube for sermons, auto-pulled. We even handle the case where YouTube's RSS feed broke (which it did last year, took a few churches by surprise). Planning Center for events and small groups, auto-pulled through the Church Center API so the public site matches what your staff manages internally. Automatic livestream detection so when you go live on YouTube Sunday morning, a "watch live" button shows up on the homepage on its own. When you're not live, it shows the most recent sermon. Nothing to update. It just works.
Built for volunteer updates
A volunteer with normal computer skills should be able to add an announcement, swap a photo, post a sermon, or update the kids calendar in a couple of minutes. Not a developer. Not a paid plugin. Just somebody at the church who knows how to use a phone.
We've built sites for First Baptist Church of Camdenton, multiple churches running on the same Tailwind theme we share across ministry clients, and the SaaS marketing site for ChurchInviter (a postcard and social invite tool used by churches across the country). Planning Center, Subsplash, Pushpay, Church Center, livestream, sermon archives. Familiar territory.
Recent work
Live sites we've built lately
A sample from the portfolio. Every one of these is a site we designed, built, or are actively maintaining today.
First Baptist Camdenton ↗
Church website with live Planning Center integration, YouTube livestream auto-detection, raw-HTML editor for staff.
ChurchInviter ↗
SaaS product marketing site for a church-outreach tool. Multi-page content pattern served via custom raw-HTML plugin.
Faith at Home Ministries ↗
Ministry site with sermon/resource archive and donor pages. WordPress with a custom publishing workflow.
Own The Life You Deserve ↗
Lifestyle and personal brand site. Clean custom design paired with a content-publishing workflow the owner runs solo.
FAQ
Common questions
Can our volunteers update the site?
Yes. Every church site we build is set up so a volunteer with normal computer skills can add announcements, swap photos, post events, and manage pages without calling us. We walk your point person through it after launch.
Do you connect with Planning Center?
Yes. We built a custom plugin that pulls events and small groups from the Church Center API straight onto your public site, so what you manage in Planning Center shows up automatically. No double entry. Running in production on multiple churches.
What about livestream and sermons?
If you stream to YouTube, we wire up automatic detection. When you go live, a "watch live" button shows on the homepage on its own. When you're not live, it shows your most recent sermon. Sermons get pulled automatically too. Nothing to update by hand.
Are you a Lake-area church builder, or do you work farther out?
Both. We're based at the Lake of the Ozarks (Lake Ozark, MO) and have built sites for churches here and across the country. Local churches get in-person meetings if they want. Out-of-state churches get Zoom. The site quality is the same either way.
What does a church site cost?
Smaller churches with simpler sites land at the lower end. Bigger churches with full integrations (Planning Center, livestream, member portals, multiple campuses) are more involved. Tell us what you need and we'll send the price in writing within one business day.
Ready to talk?
Tell us what you're thinking.
We quote every project as a flat fee in writing once we understand the scope. Drop us a note, give us a call, or send a text. We'll get back within one business day.