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10 Free Ministry Website Creation Tools

Posted by John Saddington on Nov 16, 2008

There is no choice: The new church, ministry, or organization has to have a presence online.  But getting started, especially for the less-technically-inclined, can be extremely daunting.

Things that always have to be considered are hosting for your website, server setup, website creation, and content management (and that’s not to mention the incremental financial cost, staffing, and limited time available to administer).

But how does one choose the aforementioned services?  Where do you start?  What if you just want a simple web presence to get started without breaking the bank?

Perhaps one of the following 10 might be the right solution.  Whether you’re a startup ministry, budding organization, or even a seasoned veteran that needs a quick sitelet for a campaign, sermon series, or project, you may find these useful.

They are in no particular order and I’m fairly neutral to which one’s the “best” since each and every application is different considering ministry needs.

Let me know if you use any!

1. Edicy.com

2. Webnode.com

3. WebOn.com

4. Jimdo.com

5. Viviti.com

6. Synthasite.com

7. Webs.com

8. Weebly.com

9. Wix.com

10. Google Sites

11. Bonus Site!!! – WordPress.org

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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11 Responses to “10 Free Ministry Website Creation Tools”

  1. Jerrett
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 2:31 am

    We actually have on our list of themes to build for Viviti church oriented ones, but if anyone is making nice themes they want to have included in the list of themes available in Viviti, we'd be more than happy to take a look and of course credit the designer.

    http://viviti.com/docs - Viviti themes are just HTML/CSS. The closed beta phase is nearing an end also, soon anyone will be able to signup.

    just thought I would throw that out there! You can contact us at feedback@viviti.com :)

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  2. Chris D.
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    We put our church on a site at Finalweb. The neat thing is they have lots of church websites and templates all set up. Small groups, blogs, protected prayer requests, Sermon downloads, Picture galleries etc. It’s really plug and play. Of course there is small monthly fee – but all the Elders/Deacons, staff have email, anyone and mean any dummy (including me) can administer and make changes. Give it a look.

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  3. human3rror
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    thanks for weighing in! http://www.pacificchurch.com/ looks very cool. how much time from start to finish?

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  4. human3rror
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    http://www.iwestminster.com/ ? wow, how much time from start to finish! great PR for finalweb.

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  5. Cameron
    Monday, January 26, 2009 at 3:21 am

    I played around with a few of these. They all look like pretty solid resources for churches who are looking for an affordable and easy solution.

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    • human3rror
      Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 5:54 am

      great! share and share alike! pass it on! thanks for stopping by!

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  6. ocarmona
    Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    I'm looking for a online collaboration tool for our discipleship (12 – 18 members) – Share calendar, Contact list, Files, etc.

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    • human3rror
      Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 3:40 am

      Can you give me any more information? What else is needed? Do you have a budget?

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  7. Jaiprakash
    Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 3:15 am

    Dear friend
    Greeting to you in the name of the LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.

    To day I had burdend to share gospel with you, because this present world is going to vanish away so soon( Bible,Ecclesiastes:1:2. ) We have to prepare our self for another world which is going to come that is haven,(Bible, 2Peter 3:9-14) for that Lord Jesus promissed us to take us in to his kingdom he is going to come again, (Bible, John 14:3) before he come we have to belive in him,that he died for your sins on the cross and burried and rose again on 3rd day(Bible 1st Corinth 15:3,4.) and confus your sins, bible says we all are born siners (Psams 51:5) while we are grouing we commit many sins by talk, by looking,through
    our deeds, and ask for giveness from the LORD he will for give all your sins and he will wash with his blood(Bible 1st John 1:9) and make you pure in your heart (Bible 1st John 1:7) and he will give you faith that your sins are for given and make you to true worrshiper of living God( John 4:23,24). we dont know when we will die(Bible, James 4:14) because now it self you please do it and get salvation of the LORD,’ if you belive you will be saved and your house hold (Bible,Acts 16:31).
    May God help you and bless you.

    with regards
    Bro.JAIPRAKASH (PASTOR)
    brojaiprakash@yahoo.com
    NOTE: IF YOU HAVE FAITH ABOUT LORD JESUS CHRIST YOU PLEASE SEND SOME AMOUNT FOR HIS MINISTRY IN INDIA.

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  8. Daniel_Berman
    Friday, January 23, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Have you checked out Brandon Cox's Ministry Theme? – http://www.ministrytheme.com

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  9. human3rror
    Friday, January 23, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    yes… :)

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