Hosting
What every church gets
A complete website for your congregation and its school, set up and looked after for you at no cost. Email at your own address is available too, for $60 per mailbox, per year.
A proper church website
A modern site that looks right on every phone, with room for sermons, service times, the calendar, and your school.
Email at your own address
[email protected] instead of a free webmail account, so your congregation’s name is on every message.
Optional: $60 per mailbox, per year
Security, handled
SSL certificates, software updates, and malware scanning, all done for you, so nobody has to remember.
Backups every night
If someone deletes the wrong page on Saturday night, it can be put back before the Divine Service.
Fast and dependable
Modern servers that keep your site quick, even when the whole parish looks up the Christmas Eve service times at once.
Help from fellow Lutherans
Your questions go to people who know the difference between Matins and a matinee.
The details
Included with every site
- A WordPress website at your own domain
- SSL certificates, so your site shows the padlock
- Software updates and malware scanning
- Nightly backups
- Help moving your existing site and domain
- A site for your parish school, too
- Support from people who share your confession
What it costs
Hosting is free.
Your website
At your own domain, with room for your school.
$0
Security, updates and backups
Handled for you, every night.
$0
Setup, moving, and help
From people who share your confession.
$0
Total for hosting
$0
Email, if you want it
Email at your own address
Per mailbox, per year.
$60
Common questions
Is it really free?
Yes, hosting your website is free. There’s no setup fee and no monthly fee. Your members give their offerings for the ministry of Word and Sacrament, and we would rather it stayed there than went to a web host.
Email at your own address is optional and costs $60 per mailbox, per year.
What does email cost?
$60 per mailbox, per year. A mailbox is one address with its own inbox, such as [email protected]. Email is optional, and your website is free whether or not you add it.
Can you move our existing website?
Yes. Tell us where your site lives today when you apply, and we’ll help you bring it over, along with your domain name.
Can we use our own domain name?
Yes. Your website uses your congregation’s own domain, such as yourchurch.org, and so does your email if you add it.
What will our website run on?
WordPress, the same platform that runs a large share of the web. It’s simple enough that a church secretary or volunteer can post the weekly bulletin without calling anyone for help.
Who owns our website?
You do. Your words, photos, recordings and sermons belong to your congregation.
Ready when you are.
Applying takes about five minutes. We’ll take it from there.
Questions first? Ask on the forum or send us a note.