Preparing for Building a Website
Church Website Planning & Content Checklist
🧠 Things to Decide or Plan
☐ Domain name – Please do this with us so that we don’t have to transfer it
☐ Purpose of the Site – We suggest you keep it simple and link to your Facebook page for current events, calendar of events, tec. and to YouTube channel for sermons, etc.
☐ Primary Audience – not your congregation – they know about you. This is your public face to those who do not know you yet.
☐ Hosting – we will set this up with Hostinger
☐ Church Branding – Color pallet (Google it)
📄 Content to Gather or Write (Suggestions – don’t feel that you need all these)
📍 Home Page
☐ Welcome message
☐ Service times and location
☐ Directions/map
☐ Call to action (e.g., “Plan a Visit”)
👋 I'm New Page
☐ What to expect (dress, format, kids’ programs)
☐ Parking info
☐ FAQs for visitors
☐ Testimonies or welcome video (optional)
📅 🧍♂️ About Page
☐ Mission & vision
☐ Statement of faith
☐ Brief History
☐ Leadership bios/photos
☐ Links to YouTube, Facebook, etc.
📖 Ministries Page
☐ List of ministries (youth, small groups, missions, etc.)
☐ Contact info for each leader
💬 Contact Page
☐ Contact form
☐ Email & phone
☐ Office hours
☐ Physical address
☐ Embedded map
💝 Give/Donate Page
☐ Online giving link or platform (e.g., Tithe.ly, PayPal, Stripe)
☐ Instructions for recurring giving
☐ Info about where the funds go (optional)
🎨 Media & Files to Collect
☐ Logo (high-res PNG/SVG)
☐ Photos of the church, services, and members
☐ Leadership/staff headshots
☐ Background images or banners
☐ PDFs or downloadable resources
