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    Web design for churches

    Open the front doorfor local churches

    Clear, accessible websites that help seekers and visitors find their way—without replacing gathered worship, communion, or the people who show up in person.

    Pricing
    Nonprofit rates
    Who you work with
    One person
    After launch
    You own it
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    Church sanctuary interior—wooden pews and center aisle leading toward the altar

    Mission-aligned rates

    Churches qualify for nonprofit pricing

    A website can't replace your church—but for many people, it's the first meaningful connection.

    The front door, not the sanctuary

    No screen replaces what happens when God's people gather.

    It can't preach a sermon, serve communion, or sit with someone in grief. The real work of ministry happens face to face—in a sanctuary, a living room, a food pantry line.

    But people arrive online first.

    Whether they're searching for answers about Jesus, wondering if they'd be welcome, or following up after a conversation with someone in your congregation—what they find should be honest, warm, and clear enough to take a next step.

    Lorien builds sites that serve as that entry point: who you are, what you believe, when you gather, and how to visit.

    How people find you first

    Every visitor arrives with a different story

    1. Someone exploring faith

      They may be searching for answers about Jesus, looking for a church nearby, or wondering whether Christianity has anything to say to their life. Your site is often where that search lands first.

    2. A guest before they visit

      Before someone walks through your doors, they usually check online—service times, beliefs, what to expect, whether they'll feel welcome. A clear site lowers the barrier to that first Sunday.

    3. A connection through your people

      A member mentions your church at work, in the neighborhood, or over coffee. The person they talked to goes looking—and what they find online should match the warmth of that conversation.

    4. Your community looking for you

      Events, pastoral care, food pantry hours, youth programs—people in your area search for help and belonging. Your site should make those paths easy to find.

    Accessibility as hospitality

    Every person bears God's image

    Accessibility isn't a technical checkbox—it's honoring the dignity of every person who might visit your site. People with low vision, motor differences, hearing loss, and cognitive disabilities deserve the same welcome online that you'd extend at the door on Sunday.

    Lorien builds with semantic HTML, keyboard-friendly navigation, readable contrast, and WCAG-minded structure from the start—not bolted on after launch.

    Learn about web accessibility audits

    Why churches choose Lorien

    Serious craft for congregations that plan to endure

    Enterprise standards, ministry-scale budgets

    Same quality of craft as enterprise work—not a stripped-down template or a junior contractor learning on your site.

    One accountable person, start to finish

    You work directly with Phil. No account managers, no handoffs.

    Built to last, not built to upsell

    Clean code you own. No platform lock-in, no mystery retainer.

    Columbus, Ohio

    Hope Presbyterian Church

    Hope needed a site their staff could tend without a template lock-in. Lorien redesigned and rebuilt it from Church Plant Media onto a custom React site, with Sanity so volunteers and staff can update sermons, events, and pages themselves.

    From
    Church Plant Media
    Built with
    Custom React, Sanity CMS
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    Hope Presbyterian Church website homepage

    What your site needs to do

    Clear, welcoming, and maintainable

    • Clear paths to visit, give, and serve

      Service times, directions, visitor info, giving, and volunteer signups that actually work on every device.

    • Accessible for every person who visits

      Readable type, keyboard navigation, and WCAG-minded structure—because every person bears God's image.

    • Leadership-ready scope and fixed pricing

      Plain-language proposals with a clear page list, timeline, and fixed price your elders or board can approve.

    • Easy for small teams to maintain

      Updates a volunteer can handle—or a care plan if you want help between busy seasons.

    How the work moves

    Clear process, no agency fog

    1. 01

      Talk through your congregation

      Who you serve, what the site needs to accomplish, and what your team can maintain after launch.

    2. 02

      Scope it for leadership

      A plain-language plan—pages, features, timeline, and a fixed price elders or a board can approve.

    3. 03

      Build with care

      Accessible structure, fast load times, and copy that says who you are, what you believe, and how to take a next step.

    4. 04

      Launch and keep it healthy

      You own the site. Lorien can stay on call for upkeep between busy seasons.

    Common questions

    Straight answers before you reach out.

    Yes—mission-aligned rates for qualifying churches and faith communities. It's not a marketing line item; it's the work Lorien cares most about. Mention it when you reach out and we'll scope the project to what your budget can support.

    Get in touch

    Send a message

    What are you building?

    A few sentences is plenty. I’ll reply with honest thoughts — not a sales script.

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