Posted on February 2, 2015

How to get a free website for your church?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by .BIBLE Registry Categories: Online Presence

[Please refer to the updated list in this November 2018 blog post, Create a Free Website for Your Church.]

American Bible Society’s mission is to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford, so all people may experience its life-changing message. And from 1999-2013, American Bible Society (ABS) launched and operated ForMinistry.com to enable churches and ministries to create their own website with a free, easy-to-use web builder, as a digital channel for Bible engagement. Now there are many other good and affordable options for making a church website.

When ABS phased down ForMinistry.com’s operations, it recommended these 2 church-friendly website building platforms: OurChurch.com (free & paid) and SiteOrganic.com (paid only), because of their platform’s features and customer support.

List of Free Church Website Builders (2015)

There are also these other free church website options available (at the time of this writing):

  • FreeChurchWebsites.com –“a husband and wife team who love Jesus and feel God’s calling on our lives to serve Him in what we do best – design & websites”
  • ministrywebsites.biz – “free starter website template and hosting plan for your church or ministry”
  • Two Mites provides free church website design and implementation; “the only costs to you are the unavoidable fees. These are registering the domain name and purchasing the hosting for the account.”
  • Doodlekit.com offers “a free website builder that allows churches the ability to create their own website”
  • FreeChurchOnline.net – “FreeChurchOnline.net was started in March of 2008 as a ministry arm of ChurchOnline.net..”
  • SteepleSites.com – free plan has 3 Pages, 10 MB storage, 1 User; paid plans start at $29/month
  • Churchuna – “a WordPress-powered web publishing platform, created especially for the church” 
  • freechurchwebsites.org – “building and hosting websites for Christian churches... other religious organizations—- absolutely free-of-charge.”
  • free-christian-website.com – “Free Christian Website is a ministry of Living Light Web Design”

(Note that the options listed above does not necessarily mean an endorsement nor recommendation; these are provided as a starting point for your research.)

The significant responsibility involved in launching a church website does require understanding and learning about website basics, like: domain name registration, web hosting, content management system, adding & editing content, web design and other features. Building a website and selecting the right platform does require someone with basic computer literacy.

Learn More about Church Websites

To help your understanding for how to make a good selection, read and discuss these helpful articles about building a church website that is effective:

The Epic Guide to Building a Great Church Website by Abby Kahler (Capterra)

5 Questions You Should Ask Before Building Your Next Church Website by Matt Morrison (Church OS)

8 Questions To Ask Before You Build Your Church Website by Jordan Gillman (Jordesign)

3 Questions to Ask When Building a Church Website by Phil Schneider (ChurchMag)

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