How to make a website for a church

Newcomers to a town, visiting families and parishioners all search for the same things: what time the Sunday service is, in which language, and whom to contact for a baptism or a wedding. A small church website answers these and sends people to the parish office on WhatsApp or the phone.

Updated 2026-11-09

What people look for on a church website

• Sunday and weekday service or Mass timings, and the language of each: English, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi or Konkani
• Timings for Christmas, Holy Week and Easter, and the parish feast
• The parish priest or pastor and the assistant, with office hours
• How to arrange a baptism, first communion, wedding or funeral service, and who to speak to
• Parish groups and ministries: choir, youth, Sunday school, women's fellowship, prayer groups
• The denomination or diocese the church belongs to
• Directions, the nearest landmark and parking

The pages your website needs

• Home: A welcome line, this week's service timings by language, and WhatsApp and call buttons for the parish office
• Services and timings: The regular weekly schedule, confession or prayer meeting times, and special timings for feasts, Christmas and Easter
• Sacraments and ceremonies: How to arrange a baptism, wedding or funeral: who to meet, how early to ask and the documents to bring
• Parish life: Choir, youth group, Sunday school and other groups, when they meet and who leads them, with your own photos
• About and contact: The church's history, diocese or denomination, the clergy, office hours, address and a Google Maps button

Sample words for your home page

Use these as a starting point and write them in your own words: AppCub can rewrite them for you in the chat.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

1. Decide the pages. Most church websites need these pages: Home, Services and timings, Sacraments and ceremonies, Parish life, About and contact.
2. Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, with your own name, address, prices and timings.
3. Check the plan. AppCub lists the pages and what goes on each. Ask for changes until it is right; seeing the plan is free.
4. Add your details and photos. Replace every sample with your real details, attach your own photos, and check each page on the phone and computer preview.
5. Publish and share. Choose your address (your-name.sites.appcub.ai), put the website live and share the link on WhatsApp.

Copy this request, change the details to match your church, and paste it into AppCub:

Tips for a church website

• Keep the timings page current: change it before Christmas, Holy Week and the feast, and remove old special timings afterwards.
• Write the language next to every service time; it is the question visitors ask most.
• Ask the parish council or your diocese if they have guidance on what a parish website should show, and follow it.
• Use photos of the church building and events; show people's faces only with their consent, and children's only with parents' consent.
• Give one office number for ceremonies, so families are not passed between people.
• Add the church to Google Maps with a free Google Business Profile and put the timings there too.

What it costs

• Describing your website and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
• Making it and changing it in chat uses credits for the work done: start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499 (200 credits, no autopay). Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
• Publishing is free for an account that has paid AppCub once, at your-name.sites.appcub.ai.
• Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

• The website can't take offerings, book a hall or collect forms for ceremonies; people message or call the parish office. For a parish family register and offerings through the church's own Razorpay account, an app is the better fit.
• The pages are written in English. You can talk to AppCub in English, Hindi or Hinglish.
• A website has no forms, bookings, payments or logins: visitors reach you on WhatsApp, by phone or on Google Maps.
• Every page carries a small “Made with AppCub” badge and a “Report this site” link.

Questions

Can people give offerings on the church website?

No. The website has no payments. If your church wants to accept offerings online, it can do so in a church app through its own Razorpay account.

Can we put the weekly bulletin on the website?

You can update a page with this week's notices, but there are no file downloads. Many parishes share the bulletin as a PDF in their WhatsApp group.

Can the website show services in more than one language?

The pages are written in English, and each service time can say which language it is in, such as Malayalam, Tamil or Hindi.

Can families book a baptism or wedding date on the website?

No; there is no booking. Families tap WhatsApp or call to speak to the parish office, which fixes the date with the priest.

Should we write the denomination on the website?

Yes, on the about page, with the diocese or church body you belong to, so visitors know what to expect.

Will visitors searching for a church nearby find us?

The pages are made so Google can read them, with your address and timings in the format search engines use. Where they appear is Google's decision; a free Google Business Profile helps people find you on Maps.

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