I will design a church and nonprofit website with online donations
About this gig
A church and nonprofit website designed to grow your congregation, share sermons, and accept online donations and tithing securely from any device.
When a visitor finds your ministry online, they decide in seconds whether to show up Sunday or give today. Most church and nonprofit websites bury service times, hide the donate button, and look broken on a phone. I design fast, mobile-first church websites and nonprofit websites with built-in online donations, recurring tithing, event calendars, and sermon archives, so your community can connect, attend, and give without friction.
What you get
- A custom-designed, mobile-responsive website built for churches, ministries, and nonprofit organizations that looks polished on phones, tablets, and desktops
- A clear, always-visible online donation and tithing flow connected to your chosen processor (Stripe, PayPal, Tithe.ly, Givebutter, or a similar gateway) supporting one-time gifts and recurring giving
- A homepage that leads with your mission, service times or program hours, location, and a strong call to give or get involved
- Core pages such as Home, About / What We Believe, Ministries or Programs, Events, Sermons or Media, Give, Contact, and Plan Your Visit / Get Involved
- An events calendar for services, small groups, fundraisers, and volunteer days
- A sermon or media section for embedding YouTube, Vimeo, podcast, or audio messages so members can catch up anywhere
- A volunteer or membership sign-up form and a newsletter / prayer-request capture form
- Google Maps integration, click-to-call, and directions so first-time visitors can find you easily
- On-page SEO setup: titles, meta descriptions, headings, image alt text, sitemap, and a Google Search Console submission so your church or nonprofit ranks for local searches
- SSL/HTTPS security setup, fast-loading optimized images, and accessibility-minded contrast and structure
- Social links (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) and shareable Open Graph previews
- A simple content management setup (WordPress or a comparable builder) so your staff or volunteers can update events and posts without code
Plans
| Feature | Basic | Standard | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pages designed | Up to 3 | Up to 7 | Up to 12 |
| Mobile-responsive design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online donation / tithe button | One-time giving | One-time + recurring | One-time + recurring + campaigns |
| Events calendar | Basic list | Full calendar | Full calendar + registration |
| Sermon / media section | — | Yes | Yes + podcast feed |
| Newsletter / prayer-request form | — | Yes | Yes |
| Volunteer / membership sign-up | — | Basic form | Advanced form |
| On-page SEO setup | Basic | Full | Full + local SEO |
| CMS training | Quick guide | Video walkthrough | Live session + docs |
| Revisions | 2 | 3 | Unlimited (within scope) |
| Support after launch | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days |
How it works
- Discovery — You share your ministry or nonprofit's mission, brand colors, logo, photos, and the pages you need. We agree on goals: more visitors, more giving, easier event sign-ups, or all three.
- Plan and sitemap — I map out your pages, navigation, and the donation flow, then confirm which giving processor and any existing accounts you'll use.
- Design — I build the homepage concept first so you can react to the look and feel, then design the remaining pages around it.
- Donations and integrations — I connect your chosen donation/tithing gateway, calendar, media embeds, maps, and forms, and test giving end to end.
- Content and SEO — I place your text and images, optimize page titles and descriptions, and submit your sitemap so search engines can find you.
- Review and revisions — You walk the live preview; I refine copy, layout, and styling within your plan's revision count.
- Launch and handoff — I publish the site, confirm SSL and mobile display, and give you a CMS walkthrough so your team can post events and updates confidently.
Why choose this
I focus specifically on churches, ministries, and nonprofit organizations, so I understand the realities you work with: a volunteer-run team, a tight calendar of recurring events, donors who give from their phones, and the need to look trustworthy to first-time visitors. I prioritize the two things that actually move the needle for a faith or nonprofit site: a frictionless donate / tithe experience and a clear path for newcomers to plan a visit or get involved. Every build is mobile-first because the majority of your traffic and your online giving will come from a phone. You also get a site you can maintain yourself, not a black box that locks you into paying for every small text change.
Who it is for / use cases
This service is built for churches, parishes, multi-site congregations, campus ministries, and faith communities, as well as nonprofits, charities, foundations, food banks, shelters, animal rescues, youth programs, and community organizations. Use cases include launching a brand-new church website, modernizing an outdated nonprofit site, adding online donations or recurring tithing to an existing presence, promoting a fundraising campaign or capital project, publishing a sermon or media archive, growing volunteer sign-ups, or collecting prayer requests and newsletter subscribers. If your goal is to be found in local search, welcome first-time guests, and make giving effortless, this is designed for you.
FAQ
Q: How do online donations and tithing work on the site? I integrate a trusted donation processor such as Stripe, PayPal, Tithe.ly, or Givebutter. Gifts go directly to your organization's account; I set up the buttons, forms, and recurring giving options, but I never handle or hold your funds.
Q: Do you support recurring giving and multiple funds? Yes. On the Standard and Premium plans I can configure recurring tithes and separate giving funds or campaigns (for example, general, missions, or building) depending on what your processor supports.
Q: Will the website work on phones and tablets? Absolutely. Every site is mobile-first and tested across phone, tablet, and desktop, since most visitors and online gifts come from mobile devices.
Q: Can our staff or volunteers update the site themselves? Yes. I build on an accessible CMS like WordPress and include training so non-technical team members can post events, sermons, and announcements without writing code.
Q: Do you handle domain names and hosting? I'll guide you through choosing a domain and hosting and set the site up on your accounts. You keep full ownership of your domain, hosting, and content.
Q: Can you redesign our existing church or nonprofit website? Yes. I can refresh and modernize an existing site, migrate your content, and add donations, an events calendar, or a sermon archive without starting your brand from scratch.
Q: Will the site help us show up in Google searches? Each plan includes on-page SEO, and Premium adds local SEO so people searching for a church or nonprofit in your area are more likely to find you. SEO builds over time and depends on ongoing content and your local market.
Q: What do you need from us to get started? Your logo, brand colors, photos, the text or key points for each page, your service or program times, and the donation processor you'd like to use. If some of that isn't ready, I'll guide you through gathering it.
Reviews★4.5(6)
- @thedevco★★★★★5
Our ministry's old site looked like it was from 2009. This is night and day, the online donations are set up and a first-time visitor can actually find our service times now. Very happy.
- @thecoder★★★★★5
Built a clean site for our food-pantry nonprofit with a recurring donation option and an events calendar. Turnaround was about a week and a half, faster than the other quotes we got.
- @eli_a★★★★★3
The finished website is solid and the giving page does what we need for our outreach nonprofit. That said, replies slowed down in the middle of the project and a few days passed with no update, which made me a little nervous before delivery.
- @miax★★★★★4
The design looks great on mobile and the donation form works well. Only reason it's not five stars is that I had to request a couple of extra revisions to get our sermon archive page laid out the way I wanted, but they handled it without complaint.
- @lunarforge★★★★★5
Easy to work with and clearly understands faith-based organizations. They set up the donation portal, a volunteer signup form, and connected our newsletter, all within the agreed timeline.
- @dan21★★★★★5
We needed a fresh site for our small church and the online giving piece was the whole reason we reached out. The donation button integrates with Stripe just like we asked, and our congregation can now tithe from their phones without any confusion. Communication was steady the entire build.