Missouri church sanctuary with warm lighting welcoming Sunday visitors

Churches

Missouri church websites that welcome the first-time visitor.

A church website talks to two people at once: the member checking service times and the first-time visitor deciding whether to walk in Sunday. We build for both. Missouri congregations at the Lake of the Ozarks, in Jefferson City, Columbia, Springfield, and the Kansas City and St. Louis metros, with Planning Center, livestream, and sermon integrations that actually run. Since 2006. Fixed-fee pricing in writing. Call (573) 746-2417.

What first-time visitors want to know

Before a stranger walks in Sunday, they want five answers. Not the mission statement. Not the doctrine page. Those matter, but not at the moment a visitor is deciding whether to come.

When does it start?

Service times pinned at the top. Weekday programs too.

Where do I park?

Photos of the building and lot so the first-timer knows where to pull in.

What do I wear?

Short honest answer. Nobody wants to feel out of place.

What about my kids?

Photos of the kids area so parents see it is clean and safe.

How long?

Set expectations for the service length so people can plan.

Most first-time visitors evaluate a church the same way they pick a restaurant: they look at the website Saturday night. A "Plan Your Visit" section sits at the top of every church site we build.

Sermons, livestream, and the content that changes every week

Most church sites go stale because updating them is painful. A volunteer has to log in, fight a clunky editor, and give up. Then the homepage shows a sermon from August. We wire your site up to the tools your church already uses.

Auto-pulled sermons

YouTube channel feeds straight into the site. We handle the case where YouTube killed public RSS in 2025 by scraping the channel page for you.

Planning Center integration

Events and small groups auto-pulled through the Church Center API. What staff manages internally shows up on the public site. No double entry.

Livestream detection

Sunday morning you go live on YouTube, a "watch live" button appears on the homepage on its own. Not live? It shows the most recent sermon.

A volunteer with normal computer skills should be able to update the site in a couple of minutes. Not a developer.

Built for Missouri church volunteers to update

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 a person at the church who knows how to use a phone.

We have built sites for First Baptist Church of Camdenton, multiple congregations 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.

Welcome first-time visitors, week after week.

Written scope and price back within one business day.

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.

Do you only work with Lake-area churches, or farther out?

Both. We're based at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri 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.

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Services, industries & areas

Short reads on the projects we handle most. Service by service, industry by industry, and city by city across Missouri.