A church website built to work with Planning Center.
Embed Planning Center Giving, Calendar, Registrations, and Church Center links directly onto your fast digital front door—without WordPress plugin conflicts or double entry.
Church Sites Live is the ideal public-facing website layer for churches that use Planning Center. Instead of paying for expensive all-in-one platforms or dealing with brittle WordPress plugins, you can embed Planning Center Giving forms, event registrations, and calendar feeds directly into your Church Sites Live pages while keeping your member database securely in Planning Center.
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You love Planning Center for church management—now you need a great public website.
Planning Center is the gold standard for church check-ins, service planning, giving records, and small groups. But Church Center alone is designed as a member app, not an SEO-optimized public digital front door for unchurched visitors. Churches often try to bridge the gap using complex WordPress plugins that slow down page loads, break during PHP updates, or push first-time visitors away to jarring third-party URLs.
"We wanted our visitors to experience a seamless, fast website without sending them away from our domain when they want to give or sign up for an event."
⚠️ Common Weekly Friction
- • Church Center alone does not provide a custom-branded public marketing homepage.
- • WordPress Planning Center plugins break when themes or PHP versions update.
- • Staff have to manually copy event dates between Planning Center and the website.
- • Slow website loading frustrates visitors trying to register for events.
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.
Disconnected Visitor Experience
Abruptly redirecting visitors off your domain to unbranded pages reduces trust and giving conversion.
Administrative Double Entry
Staff waste time entering event details in Planning Center and then re-typing the exact same info on website calendars.
Plugin Vulnerabilities
Third-party WordPress integration plugins introduce security risks and cause page formatting glitches.
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.
Direct In-Page Giving Embeds
Embed Planning Center Giving forms directly on your giving page with zero transaction fees taken by Church Sites Live.
Church Center Event Links
Connect your event cards directly to Planning Center Registrations for 1-click volunteer signups and ticket sales.
Sub-Second Mobile Speeds
Keep your public website loading in under 15ms so families in the church lobby can quickly look up service times.
In-Browser Studio CMS
Pastors and admins can update sermon audio, hero banners, and service times in 30 seconds at /admin.
Custom Domain & Edge SSL
All embeds render securely over HTTPS on your church's custom domain (e.g. yourchurch.org).
Flat $19/Month Value
Keep your church technology budget lean by pairing affordable Planning Center modules with a $19/mo website.
Seamless Planning Center Giving & Registration Embeds on Modern Edge Architecture
A clear, reliable 3-step workflow.
Designed so that anyone on your church staff can update content without technical hurdles.
Launch Your Church Site
Provision your modern 28-page website template in 60 seconds with our 30-day free trial.
Paste Planning Center Embeds
Grab your Planning Center Giving embed code or Church Center registration URL and paste it into the Studio CMS.
Publish to Custom Domain
Your public website and Planning Center tools now work together seamlessly on your church's domain.
Built for every role in your church.
When website tasks are simple, your entire team stays aligned and your site stays up to date.
Best-of-Breed Church Tech Stack
"We use Planning Center for our internal operations and Church Sites Live for our public front door. It's the perfect combination."
Zero Plugin Headaches
"Embedding Planning Center forms is as simple as pasting a link. No WordPress plugins to manage or update."
Secure, Direct Giving
"All donations go straight through Planning Center Giving directly to our bank account. Church Sites Live takes 0%."
Smooth Event Signups
"Registering for the newcomers lunch was fast and intuitive directly on the church website."
How ChurchSitesLive Works with Planning Center
ChurchSitesLive integrates with Planning Center via direct in-page embeds and custom Church Center URL connections.
Architecture Note: ChurchSitesLive uses direct in-page embed elements so your data remains securely housed in Planning Center with zero double-entry.
Pair Planning Center with a $19/month modern website.
No expensive bundled platform fees. Get an enterprise-fast church website that connects seamlessly with your ChMS.
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- Full 28-page modern church website architecture
- In-browser Studio CMS at /admin
- Direct embeds for Planning Center Giving & Registrations
- Unlimited sermon audio hosting & podcast feed
- Automated edge SSL & custom domain connection
- Flat $19/month with zero setup fees
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Church Sites Live replace Planning Center?
No. Planning Center is an exceptional church management system (ChMS) for member data, check-ins, giving, and service scheduling. Church Sites Live serves as your fast, public-facing marketing website that embeds and connects to your Planning Center tools.
How does Planning Center Giving embed on the site?
You simply paste your Planning Center Giving embed script or custom URL into the Giving page in the Studio CMS. The form renders directly on your custom domain with full SSL encryption.
Does Church Sites Live charge any transaction fees on donations?
No. Church Sites Live never takes transaction fees or percentage cuts from your tithes and donations. All giving flows directly through Planning Center Giving (and Stripe) directly into your church bank account.
Can we link to Church Center event registrations?
Yes. You can add direct registration buttons on any event card, which open your Planning Center Church Center registration flow in a seamless modal or new tab.
Do we need any WordPress plugins to connect Planning Center?
No. Church Sites Live uses native HTML and JavaScript embeds, eliminating the need for fragile third-party WordPress plugins that frequently break during software updates.
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