Best church websites: 15 examples and what to copy (2026)

How we picked and described these sites

These 15 church websites were viewed in October 2026. Websites change often, so a feature described here may have moved by the time you click through.

“Best” here means worth studying, not a ranking. We grouped them by type: small churches, mid-size churches, multi-site churches and denominational parishes. Those labels are our own, since most homepages don’t state attendance. We describe what each site shows, not how many visitors or gifts it brings in, because none of that is public. Where we name a platform, it comes from a footer credit or the site’s code, so treat code-based IDs as likely rather than confirmed. Each entry ends with one “steal this” idea a small church can use on almost any platform.

Small churches

St. Lydia’s

Type: Small church. Platform: Squarespace, identified from the site’s code; newsletter on Mailchimp.

• Leads with its signature format, Dinner Church around a home-cooked meal, and lists upcoming dates.
• Separate pages for visiting, including visiting with a church, school or group.
• Small community events with times, such as a mending circle, a bluegrass jam and a clothing swap.
• Give links throughout and a newsletter signup.

Steal this: If your church has one thing it does differently, put it in the first line of the homepage.

Judson Memorial Church

Type: Small church. Platform: Squarespace, identified from the site’s code.

• A “What’s On” events section with a View Events button.
• A Give menu split into Pledge, Donate and Shop.
• A Space Sharing and Rentals page for outside groups.
• A Visit and Contact page and a newsletter signup.

Steal this: If outside groups use your building, give rentals their own page so requests don’t clog the church office inbox.

Church of the Village

Type: Small church. Platform: Squarespace, identified from the site’s code; forms on Google Forms.

• Worship time shown in two time zones (10:30am ET / 7:30am PT) with Zoom, YouTube Live and in-person options.
• A “Join Zoom” button next to the YouTube streams link.
• A Virtual Welcome Card and prayer request forms for newcomers.
• Separate Giving, Giving 2026 and Estate Planning pages.

Steal this: If people watch from far away, show your service time in their time zone too.

Mid-size churches

Park Street Church

Type: Mid-size church. Platform: WordPress, identified from the site’s code, with Planning Center Church Center for events and giving.

• Service times on the homepage (8:30 and 11 am Sunday, 11 am live-streamed) plus weekday prayer.
• A Watch Live link and a sermon archive.
• A newcomers’ lunch on the third Sunday and a Worship With Us page.
• Give Online and Ways to Give links.

Steal this: Mark which service is streamed right next to the service times.

Capitol Hill Baptist Church

Type: Mid-size church. Platform: Ekklesia360, per the “Powered by Ekklesia360” footer.

• The full Sunday and Wednesday schedule on the homepage.
• A “New Here?” link and a Directions and Parking page.
• The latest message with a Listen button, and an audio archive back to 1995.
• A Give button kept on the church’s own domain.

Steal this: Give directions and parking their own page and link it from “New Here?”

The Crossing

Type: Mid-size church. Platform: HubSpot CMS, identified from the site’s code; giving on its own my.thecrossingchurch.com subdomain.

• Three Sunday service times, each with an in-person or online option.
• Plan a Visit and Get Connected calls to action.
• A Watch Now livestream and a Recent Sermons series.
• Kids ministry promoted with a dated Fall Fest event.

Steal this: Use two clear buttons, Plan a Visit for newcomers and Get Connected for regulars.

Bethlehem Baptist Church

Type: Mid-size church. Platform: Fishhook, per the “Powered by Fishhook” footer.

• A location card with the address, “Sundays: 9am and 11am” and a Visit Us link.
• A livestream link in the header.
• The latest sermon with a See All Sermons link.
• Promotes small groups, classes and its mobile app.

Steal this: Put address, times and a Visit link together in one small card, so a phone visitor sees all three at once.

Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago

Type: Mid-size church. Platform: CTS, per the “Powered by CTS” footer, with an embedded Planning Center Church Center calendar.

• Sunday times, with the 9:30 service streamed on YouTube from September to May and a Zoom coffee hour.
• Entry instructions for sanctuary events (“enter from Michigan Avenue”).
• A Give Now link and an embedded events calendar.
• A Welcome page and an FAQ for newcomers.

Steal this: Say which door to use. A big building can be confusing on a first visit.

Multi-site churches

Sojourn Church (Midtown)

Type: Multi-site church. Platform: RockRMS with Fishhook, per the footer and the site’s generator tag.

• A campus page with the address and links to the other campuses (East, J-Town, New Albany, North).
• “Sundays at 9 and 11am” with a Plan Your Visit link.
• Kids check-in instructions by age and floor.
• The latest Sunday livestream, sermon downloads and an events list.

Steal this: Tell parents exactly where to take each age group, before they arrive.

Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Type: Multi-site church. Platform: not identified.

• Lists six New York City congregations (Brooklyn, Downtown, East Side, West Side, Lincoln Square, East Harlem), each linking to its own site.
• A Generosity section with one-time and recurring gifts, giving statements and account updates.
• Links to ministries such as Redeemer Counseling and Hope for New York.
• A Sermons and Resources link to a separate site, GospelInLife.com.

Steal this: Let givers download their own giving statements online, which saves the office a January rush.

Denominational parishes

Old St. Patrick’s Church

Type: Denominational parish. Platform: RyTech, per the “Site powered by RyTech, LLC” footer; giving through Pushpay.

• Full Sunday and weekday Mass times.
• States which Masses are livestreamed.
• Names its free Sunday parking garage, plus a “For Anyone New” section covering the elevator, restrooms and greeters.
• A Give to OSP button and links for children, youth and becoming Catholic.

Steal this: Answer the small worries in a newcomer section: where to park, where the restrooms are, whether there’s an elevator.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Georgetown)

Type: Denominational parish. Platform: WordPress, identified from the site’s code.

• An embedded YouTube livestream on the homepage.
• Mass times and a View All Events calendar.
• Sacrament pages (Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Funerals) and a New Parishioners form.
• Two addresses with an Hours, Directions and Parking page.

Steal this: Give weddings, baptisms and funerals their own pages. People search for them at big moments.

Church of the Advent

Type: Denominational parish. Platform: WordPress, identified from the site’s code, with The Events Calendar plugin.

• Sunday Mass times with a fuller weekly schedule.
• A “Learn What to Expect” visit path with phone and address.
• Dated events, including a free Orchestral Vespers with RSVP.
• A Listen section for sermons and Mass recordings, and a weekly free meal.

Steal this: Add an RSVP to free events, so you know how many chairs to set out.

St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery

Type: Denominational parish. Platform: Squarespace, identified from the site’s code, with giving on Tithely.

• A Sunday schedule with a 9:00 Mass, a 9:30 Bible study and an 11:00 Eucharist with a children’s program.
• YouTube livestreams that stay available afterward.
• Pledge Now and Donate Online buttons for a 2026/2027 campaign.
• A weekly Welcome Center drop-in for neighbors, with volunteer and clothing requests.

Steal this: Keep past livestreams up, so people who missed Sunday can still watch.

Church of the Holy Apostles

Type: Denominational parish. Platform: WordPress, identified from the site’s code; giving on its own donate subdomain.

• Sunday 11 AM Eucharist on site and livestreamed, with weekday services on Zoom.
• Soup kitchen and pantry hours on the homepage.
• Donate and Fundraise buttons with a concrete impact line (“Every $5 donation provides 5 meals”).
• Dated upcoming events, such as meal service and adult education.

Steal this: Tie your giving button to one concrete result people can picture.

Patterns worth copying

Look across all 15 and the same ideas keep coming back. Most cost nothing to copy.

1. Service times on the homepage. Park Street, Capitol Hill Baptist, The Crossing, Bethlehem, Sojourn, Old St. Patrick’s and St. Mark’s all put them up front.
2. A clear path for newcomers. Capitol Hill Baptist (“New Here?”), The Crossing and Sojourn (Plan a Visit), Church of the Advent (“Learn What to Expect”) and Old St. Patrick’s (“For Anyone New”) each give first-time visitors their own page or section.
3. A labeled livestream. Park Street, Fourth Presbyterian and Old St. Patrick’s say which service is streamed; Holy Trinity embeds the stream on the homepage.
4. Giving in more than one shape. Judson splits pledges, donations and a shop; Redeemer offers recurring gifts and giving statements; Church of the Village has an estate planning page.
5. Kids details before Sunday. Sojourn’s check-in instructions and St. Mark’s children’s program time answer parents’ first question.
6. Serving the neighborhood. Holy Apostles’ soup kitchen hours, St. Mark’s Welcome Center and Church of the Advent’s weekly free meal show the church’s life outside Sunday.

On platforms, 4 of the 15 run on Squarespace and 4 on WordPress as far as we could tell. Six use church-specific or other systems (Ekklesia360, Fishhook, Fishhook with RockRMS, CTS, RyTech and HubSpot), and 1 we couldn’t identify. Several pair their site with an outside giving or events tool, such as Tithely, Planning Center or Pushpay. We build on WordPress every week, so weigh our bias; see our Squarespace review and WordPress review.

What to skip on a small budget

• A branded app. Bethlehem promotes its app, but Tithely lists its church app at $89 a month. A fast mobile site does the same job for most small churches.
• A separate site for every congregation or for sermons. Redeemer runs several. One site with a page per campus is easier for a small team to keep current.
• A decades-long archive. Capitol Hill Baptist’s audio goes back to 1995. Start with the last few months of sermons and grow from there.
• A shop. Judson sells merchandise. A Give button is enough to start.
• Two streaming platforms. Church of the Village offers Zoom and YouTube. Pick one unless your congregation needs both.
• Heavy video on the homepage. An embedded stream can slow the first screen on a phone, which affects your Core Web Vitals. A “Watch live” link can work just as well.

Whatever you copy, caption your sermon videos and add alt text to photos; our web accessibility entry covers the basics.

What to do next

• Start at our church website builder guide for the options and the rules your site must follow.
• Price it out with what a church website costs over 3 years, giving fees included.
• On a tight budget, see what you get from free website builders.

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