The Outreach Rebuild Blog

Help for the person who got handed the church website.

Practical, evergreen guides on what a church website should say, cost, and do, written by people who build and care for them every week. No jargon, no hype, no pressure.

Budget & Planning

How Much Does a Church Website Cost? An Honest Breakdown

DIY builders, freelancers, agencies, and monthly plans compared honestly, including the costs nobody mentions up front.

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Essentials

The Church Website Checklist: 12 Things Every Church Site Needs

The pages, details, and small touches first-time guests actually look for, with the reason behind each one.

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Strategy

Is a Facebook Page Enough for Your Church? An Honest Answer

What a Facebook page does well, where it quietly fails first-time guests, and how the two work best together.

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Budget & Planning

How to Plan a Church Website Redesign (Without Losing Your Weekends)

What to keep, what to fix, who decides, and the process mistakes that stall church web projects for months.

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Essentials

What to Put on Your Church Homepage: A First-Time Guest's Eye View

The seven things a homepage must show, in the order guests look for them, and the mistakes that quietly turn visitors away.

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Content & Writing

What to Write on Every Page of Your Church Website

Page-by-page guidance: what to say on about, beliefs, ministries, visit, giving, and contact, with plain examples.

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Getting Found

Local SEO for Churches: How to Get Found on Google and AI Search

Google Business Profile, the pages search engines need, and how AI answer engines choose which churches to mention.

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Strategy

One Church, Many Locations: Showing Every Campus and Outreach Online

One site or many? Location pages that actually work, and keeping every campus current without chaos.

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Media & Sermons

How to Put Your Sermons Online: Livestream, Archive, and Podcast Basics

Simple livestreaming, a findable archive on your own site, and an honest word on when a podcast is worth it.

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Care & Maintenance

The Real Reason Church Websites Go Out of Date (It Is Not Laziness)

The volunteer cycle, the invisible chore problem, and the systems that actually keep a site current for years.

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Ministry Tools

Online Giving for Churches: How to Set It Up Well

Choosing a platform, understanding the fees nobody explains, putting giving on your site the right way, and keeping it all worthy of trust.

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Strategy

DIY vs Done-for-You Church Websites: An Honest Decision Guide

A fair fight between the volunteer with a page builder and the monthly service, decided by the one question churches forget to ask.

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