What to do when the volunteer who built your website leaves.
Regain complete ownership of your church website in minutes. Replace fragile, single-volunteer setups with a modern platform your whole team can keep current.
When a technical volunteer or webmaster leaves your church, continuing to struggle with customized code or locked WordPress accounts is a major liability. Church Sites Live allows pastors and administrators to instantly launch a brand new, modern church website at /admin, connect your existing domain, and manage all future updates in plain English with zero dependency on one technical person.
30-day free trial · No credit card required · Flat $19/month after trial
The person who built your church website moved away. Now nobody knows how to update it.
It is a classic church story: five years ago, a generous IT volunteer built the church website on their personal hosting account using custom code or a complex WordPress setup. For a while, they handled updates whenever they had free time. Then life happened: they got a demanding new job, had kids, or moved to another state. Now, nobody in the church office has hosting passwords, knows what plugins are installed, or understands how to change the phone number on the contact page.
"Our webmaster moved away two years ago. We've been locked out of our own website ever since."
⚠️ Common Weekly Friction
- • Lost hosting passwords and cPanel login credentials.
- • Custom code that no one in the congregation knows how to maintain.
- • Service times and pastoral staff listings that are years out of date.
- • Fear that the site will randomly go down with nobody available to fix it.
What happens when a church website falls behind.
A broken website workflow isn't just an inconvenience—it impacts your ministry, pastoral time, and first-time visitor turnout every Sunday.
Locked Out of Communications
Important sermon series, weather cancellations, and holiday service times cannot be updated on the website.
Vulnerability to Sudden Downtime
When hosting bills lapse or unmaintained plugins fail, the website crashes with no one to restore backups.
Lost Prospective Guests
Visitors who see outdated staff photos and 2-year-old event dates assume the church has closed its doors.
Engineered for real church teams.
No code, no maintenance fees, no single points of failure. Everything you need to keep your front door current in minutes.
Immediate Fresh Start
Launch a clean, complete 28-page modern church website in 60 seconds with zero dependence on old code.
No Tech Knowledge Required
The in-browser Studio editor at /admin uses plain text inputs and 1-click photo uploads that anyone can use.
Shared Team Ownership
Multiple pastors, administrators, and ministry leaders can safely update content without sharing complex server keys.
Domain Retained by Church
We help you point your church's domain registrar to our global edge network so your church owns its brand.
Zero Maintenance Chores
No servers to patch, no databases to clean, and no plugin updates to worry about ever again.
Flat $19/Month Predictability
One simple monthly price with unlimited storage, sermon hosting, and automated SSL included.
Regain Full Control of Your Church's Digital Front Door in Minutes
A clear, reliable 3-step workflow.
Designed so that anyone on your church staff can update content without technical hurdles.
Start Fresh in 60 Seconds
Create your new site for $0 today. Your complete modern template provisions immediately.
Add Current Church Details
Enter your current service times, pastor bio, and mission statement in the Studio editor at /admin.
Point Domain & Move Forward
Log into your domain registrar (GoDaddy, Namecheap, etc.) and point your domain to your new fast site.
Built for every role in your church.
When website tasks are simple, your entire team stays aligned and your site stays up to date.
Never Stuck Again
"We are no longer held hostage by whoever happens to have the website passwords. Our whole team can update content."
Simple Daily Updates
"I can update announcements and add Sunday sermon audio myself in two minutes every Monday morning."
Institutional Security
"Our church domain and website are now safely managed by the church office rather than an individual's personal laptop."
Accurate Service Times
"We were able to verify Sunday service times and parking info easily on our phones."
Regain complete church website control for $19/month.
No expensive agency consulting fees. Get a fast, modern church website with zero technical lock-in.
30-day free trial · $0 due today · Cancel anytime
- Complete 28-page modern church website system
- In-browser Studio CMS at /admin
- Unlimited sermon audio hosting & podcast feed
- Embeds for Planning Center, Breeze, and Tithely
- Custom domain connection & automated SSL
- 30-day free trial with no credit card required
Frequently Asked Questions
What if we don't have our old hosting passwords?
You don't need your old hosting account. As long as your church owns or has access to its domain registrar (like GoDaddy, Google Domains, or Namecheap), you can point your domain directly to Church Sites Live and launch your new website.
How do we recover our domain name if the volunteer registered it?
Our support team can guide you through the standard ICANN domain verification process with your registrar to transfer administrative ownership back to your church's official email address.
Can we copy text and photos from our old website?
Yes. You can simply copy the text from your existing website and paste it into the Studio CMS fields. You can also save your old photos and drag them into the new photo uploaders.
How can we make sure we never get locked out again?
Church Sites Live uses institutional administrative access tied to your church email. Anyone on your leadership team with admin credentials can log in at /admin from any web browser.
How quickly can we get the new site live?
Your new site provisions in 60 seconds upon signup. Once you add your basic church info and point your domain DNS, your new site is live globally in under an hour.
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