Church website: the five pages it needs and what three website builders cost
The five pages a small church website needs, how to keep the domain in the church's name, a one-weekend launch order, and prices for WordPress.com, Squarespace and Nucleus read October 13, 2026.
Every price here was read off the vendor's own page on October 13, 2026.
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A small church website has one main job, which is to tell a visitor when and where the church meets and what to expect. Five pages do that, and a church can put them up in a weekend.
The five pages
| Page | What goes on it |
|---|---|
| Home | The service times, the street address with a map, and a photograph of the building or the congregation |
| Visit | Where to park, which door to use, what happens in the service, how long it lasts, and what there is for children |
| What we believe | The church’s statement of faith, or a link to the confession it holds |
| Sermons | Recent sermons with the passage and the date, as audio or video |
| Contact | The office phone, an email address, the pastor’s name and the office hours |
Put the service times and the address at the top of the home page, where a visitor sees them without scrolling. A home page that does the job shows five lines at the top.
Grace Baptist Church, Springfield
Sundays at 9:15 for Sunday school and 10:30 for worship. 100 Main Street, with parking behind the building.
New here? Come in the front doors. Someone at the welcome table will show you where the children go.
Office: 555-0100, Monday to Thursday, 9 to 3.
The church finder lists churches that have claimed their listing, so a visitor who searches your town has one more place to find those lines, and you can claim your church’s listing.
Keep the domain in the church’s name
The domain is the church’s web address, such as gracebaptistspringfield.org. Register it in the church’s legal name, with an email address the church controls, and give two people their own logins to the account, if the registrar, the company that sells the domain, allows it. When the one person who registered the domain leaves, a church can lose its address and its email with it.
A launch order for one weekend
- Register the domain, or find the login for the one you have.
- Choose a website builder from the table below and pick its simplest design.
- Write the five pages, starting with the service times and the address.
- Add one good photograph to each page.
- Ask someone who has never been to the church to find the service time and the parking on a phone, and fix what slows them down.
- Put the address on the bulletin and the church’s sign.
What three website builders cost
Each price below was read on the company’s own page on October 13, 2026.
| Builder | What it is | Price |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress.com | A general website builder with a free plan | Personal at $9 a month paid monthly or $4 a month paid by the year, and Premium at $18 or $8 |
| Squarespace | A general website builder with a 14-day free trial | Basic at $25 a month paid monthly, Core at $39, and less on either plan paid by the year |
| Nucleus | A website builder made for churches | Essential at $65 a month, Standard at $99 and Complete at $199 |
Squarespace’s page says a church can “pay annually to save up to 36%.” A general builder costs less, and a builder made for churches includes church pages, such as sermons and events, that a general builder leaves you to set up yourself.
Ask these questions before you choose.
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Can two people edit the site? | The site should not depend on one volunteer |
| Can you connect the domain the church already owns? | A new address means updating the bulletin, the sign and every saved link |
| Does the price include email at the church’s domain? | Mail from the church’s own address looks like the church |
| Can you download a copy of the pages and photographs? | You will need them if you move to another builder |
Keep it current
Check the service times and the staff names on the site every quarter, and the week after any change. Take down an event the day after it happens.
The address on the sign, the bulletin and the website should match to the letter. The bulletin maker puts your web address and giving link in the contact panel every week.
Free tool you can try here
Put the web address on the bulletin
Type your church name and see the cover. The real maker has a contact panel for your address, phone, website and giving link.
This free tool is made by Hamilton Holdings LLC, the company behind Covenant OS, and published on Church Posting.
Order of Service
- Welcome and announcements
- Call to worship Psalm 95:1-7
- Song Come, Thou Fount
- Prayer
- Scripture Hebrews 12:18-29
- Sermon A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
- Offering
- Benediction
Cedar Hill Baptist Church
Sunday Worship
Today: A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
The maker is free, needs no account to start and opens with your words already in it.
Pages cited
- WordPress.com Pricing | Find the Perfect Plan for Your Site, WordPress.com. Read October 13, 2026.
- Squarespace Pricing Plans & Features, Squarespace. Read October 13, 2026.
- Church Website Pricing and Plans | Nucleus, Nucleus. Read October 13, 2026.
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