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Last updated: last Christmas.
The newest thing on the site is a service that already happened. Guests read old dates as a closed door.
Website design and management for churches · US & UK
Your website is your church's front door. Is it open?
Most first-time guests look at your website before they ever walk in. We build you a new one in 21 days, then keep it current every week, so it never depends on one volunteer again.
- Live in 21 days
- Updates within 2 working days
- You own it, outright
76%
of first-time visitors to one church had looked at its website before deciding to come.
Trinity, The Woodlands, visitor survey43%
of people who visited a local church's website went looking for the service times.
Grey Matter Research, via Christianity Today7 in 10
first-time guests tell church researcher Thom Rainer they visited the church's website first.
Thom Rainer, Lifeway ResearchThe problem
The welcome on Sunday is warm. Online, nobody's at the door.
It isn't anyone's fault. Church websites are built once, by someone generous, and then left to whoever has a spare evening. Here's what a first-time guest finds.
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One volunteer holds the keys.
When they're busy, away or tired, the website stops.
The times are hard to find.
Service times sit in a newsletter PDF, three clicks deep, on a page that doesn't fit a phone.
Nobody knows who's coming.
There's no way to plan a visit, so the welcome team meets every guest cold, if they come at all.
Giving takes six taps.
Generosity shouldn't need a login, a scroll and a second attempt.
Saturday, 9:40pm
Somebody is deciding whether to come tomorrow. They're looking at your website.
- 9:40 They search for a church near them.
- 9:41 They tap your website on their phone.
- 9:41 In five seconds they look for when, where and what to expect.
- 9:42 They either plan a visit, or close the tab.
How it works
Built once, properly. Looked after every week.
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A 20-minute call
We look at your current website together, the way a first-time guest sees it, and agree what Sunday-ready means for your church.
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Live in 21 days
Send us what you have. We write the rest, design the site in your colours and your words, move your sermons over and launch it.
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Looked after, every week
Sermons go up every week. Send us any change, by email or message, and it's live within 2 working days.
What "management" means
Send it like a text. We do the rest.
No logins to remember, no page builder to learn, no volunteer staying up late. Here's a normal week.
- An example week
- You · Monday
Sunday's sermon is on YouTube. Can it go up?
Live · Monday - You · Tuesday
Harvest supper on the 18th, 6pm, church hall. Bring a dish.
Live · Wednesday - You · Thursday
New youth leader starts next week. Photo attached.
Live · Friday - Us · Friday
Your Front Door Report: 312 visits this month, 9 visit plans, 41 giving clicks.
Monthly
What's included in Care
A website and a web team, for one monthly fee.
Priced as if you bought each part on its own. Your new website is built in, with no build fee.
Bought separately
Care, everything above
Plus four bonuses
What it costs you now
"A volunteer does it for free." Does it?
Move the sliders to match your church. Volunteer time is a gift. It's also finite, and it's the first thing to go when life gets busy.
A year of website time
A year of CareA new website included, nobody's evenings spent
Built for where you are
One team, two countries' details right.
US Churches in the United States
- Your giving, church-management and streaming tools linked or embedded, not replaced
- Accessible design, so everyone can find and read you
- Google and Apple Maps listings kept to this week's times
- Prices in dollars, invoices in dollars
UK Churches in the United Kingdom
- A privacy notice and cookie choices written for UK GDPR
- A safeguarding page with your reporting contacts
- Your charity status shown where it's needed, and Gift Aid prompts where your giving tool supports them
- Prices in pounds, invoices in pounds
The risk is on us
The Sunday-Ready Guarantee.
- Live in 21 days, from receiving your content, or your first three months of Care are free.
- Every update live within 2 working days, or that month is free.
- It's yours. You own the website and the domain, and you can take both with you.
Pricing
Three ways in. No surprises.
Compare the three side by side
Just need one thing?
Smaller doors, same team.
Keep your current site and fix what matters, or start with something free.
Free, either way
Not ready to talk? Start here.
Free Front Door Review
We'll record a five-minute review of your website.
Opened on a phone, the way a first-time guest sees it: what they find in the first five seconds, and the three fixes that matter most. In your inbox within 2 working days.
The Sunday-Ready Checklist
12 things first-time guests look for on a church website.
- This Sunday's time and place, at the top
- An address that opens in maps
- A Plan your visit page
- Where the children go
- …and eight more
Questions
Straight answers.
Anything else? The free review is the easiest way to ask.
We're a small church. Is this for us?
Yes, if your website matters to the people looking for you. Care is a fixed monthly fee with the build included, so there's no large upfront bill. If you only need one thing, the Website Rescue or a Plan-a-Visit page are available on their own.
A volunteer already looks after our site.
Then you know what it costs them. We can take the weekly work off their plate, or, with Launch, build a new site and train them to run it more easily.
Who writes the words?
We do, from what you send us and a 20-minute call. You approve every page before it goes live.
Do we have to change our giving or church-management system?
No. You keep the giving, church-management and streaming tools you already use. We link or embed them in the site.
Do we own the website?
Yes. You own the website and the domain, and you can take both with you.
What happens after the 12 months?
Care continues month to month, and you can stop with 30 days' notice. If you leave, we hand everything over.
We're in the UK. Do you handle GDPR and safeguarding?
We write a privacy notice and cookie choices for UK GDPR, add a safeguarding page with your reporting contacts, and show your charity status where it's needed. Your own policies stay yours; we put them where people can find them.
You're based in Nigeria. Does that matter?
Mike Bruce Design is based in Abuja and works with organisations in the US and the UK. Calls are booked in your time zone, and updates are handled during your working week.
The Front Door Check
How open is your front door?
Three taps and your details. You'll see your score and a recommended plan straight away, and the full results arrive by email.