Dreaming of a New Church Web Site Design? 50-Plus Places to Get Inspired

If you’re looking to version 2.0 of your church Web site, or just 1.0, getting one in the first place … feast on these sites for inspiration. I visited most of these sites in the process of redesigning my church’s site.

Obviously, some of these examples aren’t in the “realistic” realm for most churches, but they can provide a framework, or a Big Brother to look up to and emulate.

Get a notepad handy and jot down the ideas and looks you like!

Tour these galleries of Web sites:

• Gallery 1
• Gallery 2
• Gallery 3
• Gallery 4
• Gallery 5 [Check out their Church Web Sites here]
  
• Gallery 6
• Gallery 7
• Gallery 8
• Gallery 9
• Gallery 10
• Gallery 11
• Gallery 12
• NEW! Church Beauty

[No. 6-12 found via of ProNet]

Other Church Web Sites I draw much inspiration from:

• Saddleback
• Fellowship Church
• LifeChurch
• North Point
• Park Cities Baptist Church
• Mars Hill Seattle
• Theater Church
• Central Christian Church (Las Vegas)
• Granger Community Church
• Church of the King
• Hillsong Church
• Healing Place Church [You might as well check out Dino Rizzo's site too]
  
• Lakewood Church
• Bent Tree Bible Fellowship
• Sugar Creek Baptist Church
• Jacob’s Well Church
• The City Church
• Far Hills Community Church
• Bethlehem United Methodist
• First Baptist Broken Arrow
• Westside Family Church
• Asbury United Methodist
• Real Church
• Phoenix First Assembly [Found via CR]
  
• Vineyard Community Church [CR]
  
• Southeast Christian [CR]
• First Baptist Springfield [CR]
• Church on the Move [CR]
• Fellowship of the Woodlands
• New York Journey Church
• Watermark Church
• Marathon Community Church
• City Bible Church

[Stupid disclaimer: By listing these sites, I am not endorsing their theology, philosophy of ministry, or anything else ... their sites are inspirations for good design.]

Resources:

• Time Magazine’s 50 ‘coolest’ sites
• Free Open Source Web Designs — Awesome resource
• Web Site Design Library — Very handy articles
• Paid Web Site Templates — Outstanding paid templates at around $60. Used for my church’s recent redesign.
• Cheaper Web Site Templates
• Web Site Designer’s Handbook — Huge resource of links
• My catalog of ‘Rockin’ Cool Church Web Sites’

Web Site Designers/Design Firms I like:

• James Dalman / Branding Shed
• Bombay Creative
• Element Fusion
• Details Communications
• Add your name here, send me an email
• Or suggest a Rockin’ Cool Church Web site with this form

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