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Church & Ministry Websites

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Church Website Development — Next.js + Supabase

Your Congregation Judges Your Site in 2.6 Seconds — Before They Hear a Word

95+

Lighthouse Score

Every page, every time

3×

Faster Load

vs WordPress church themes

40%

Lower TCO

vs SaaS over 3 years

Per-Seat Fees

Unlimited staff accounts

What Custom Church Development Actually Delivers — And What Templates Can't

Your member lands on your homepage, taps 'Sermons,' and watches last Sunday's message buffer for 11 seconds before giving up. WordPress church templates ship with 47 plugins fighting for database rows while your congregation waits. Custom church development on Next.js + Supabase means your sermon library transcribes automatically, your giving dashboard updates in real time, and your multilingual content serves the Spanish service without a Google Translate widget. No $6,400 in SaaS fees over three years. No plugin conflicts breaking your calendar the week before Easter. Your site loads in 0.9 seconds, your staff controls everything from one dashboard, and your data lives in your database—not rented from Tithely. This is infrastructure that reflects your mission, not a template that reflects everyone else's compromise.

Waar projecten falen

WordPress church sites routinely load in 4-8 seconds, weighed down by bloated themes and plugin conflicts fighting each other Visitors leave before they hear a word — 53% abandon sites that take more than 3 seconds to load.

Tithely, Sharefaith, and similar platforms charge $50-$200/month, with features locked behind higher tiers Over 3 years, that's $1,800-$7,200 in subscription fees — and you still don't own your website or your data.

Sermon libraries on template platforms don't have real search, transcription, or proper video optimization Years of content end up buried where your congregation can't find it.

Tithing integrations on these sites layer extra fees on top of what your payment processor already charges Your church loses 1-3% of every donation to a platform middleman who adds nothing.

Most church website builders don't support real multilingual content — just a Google Translate widget slapped on Non-English-speaking members notice, and some quietly drift away.

Member directories and small group signups usually live in separate tools with separate logins Staff ends up manually syncing data between systems that were never meant to talk to each other.

Compliance

Sermon Video Library

Auto-transcribed sermon archives with full-text search, speaker filtering, scripture references, and series grouping. Videos stream via adaptive bitrate — works on a slow mobile connection, delivers full HD on desktop.

Tithing & Giving Integration

Connect Stripe, Tithely, or Pushpay directly — no platform sitting in the middle taking a cut. Recurring giving, designated funds, and year-end tax statements are all built in.

Multilingual Services

True internationalized content with next-intl, not machine translation. Each language gets its own URL routes, SEO metadata, and content management workflow in the admin panel.

Member Directory & Groups

Secure member profiles with role-based access through Supabase Auth. Small group discovery, signup, and communication all live in the same place.

Event Calendar & Registration

Church events with RSVP, volunteer signup, recurring schedules, and automatic Google Calendar sync. No third-party embed required.

Weekly Newsletter Engine

Write and send weekly emails straight from your admin dashboard. It'll auto-populate with your latest sermons, upcoming events, and prayer requests via SendGrid.

Wat we bouwen

Escape WordPress load times that bleed 53% of visitors before the hero image renders

Auto-transcribed sermons make your entire library searchable by keyword, scripture reference, or topic—Deepgram indexes every upload

Stop paying $50–$200/month to platforms that charge transaction fees on top of Stripe's 2.9%

Adaptive video streaming adjusts quality in real time so mobile viewers never buffer and desktop members get full 1080p

Replace sermon libraries where years of teaching vanish into pagination nobody clicks past page two

Real-time giving dashboard shows donor trends, fund allocation, and recurring gifts without opening your payment processor

Kill the tithing middleman taking 1–3% of every donation for a feature Stripe already handles

Small group finder lets members filter by location, language, day, and topic—then join in one click with instant Slack channel access

Ditch Google Translate widgets that make your Spanish service feel like an afterthought

Volunteer scheduling assigns roles per service, sends swap-request notifications, and tracks participation history from one admin panel

Unify member directories and group signups instead of manually syncing three separate logins

Prayer request wall accepts public or anonymous submissions with staff moderation and optional email notifications to intercessors

Ons proces

Ministry Discovery

We sit down with your pastoral team and staff and map every workflow — sermons, giving, groups, events, communications. We audit your current platform and pinpoint what's costing you time and money.

Week 1

Architecture & Design

We design your site architecture, information hierarchy, and visual identity. You see interactive Figma prototypes of every page and admin screen before we write a single line of code.

Weeks 2-3

Build & Integrate

Next.js frontend, Supabase backend, and every third-party integration — Stripe, Tithely, Mux, Deepgram, SendGrid. Sermon migration from your existing platform is included.

Weeks 4-7

Staff Training & Launch

We train every staff member who touches the site. We handle DNS, deployment to Vercel, and go-live monitoring. Your old site's redirects get configured automatically so nothing breaks.

Week 8

Post-Launch Support

You get 30 days of included support for bug fixes, content questions, and workflow adjustments. Optional maintenance plans are available for ongoing sermon uploads and site updates.

Weeks 9-12

Next.jsSupabaseVercelStripeTithely APIPushpay APIMux VideoDeepgramSendGridnext-intl

Veelgestelde vragen

How does a custom church website cost less than Tithely or Sharefaith over 3 years?

SaaS church platforms charge $50-$200/month plus per-transaction fees on giving. Over 36 months that's $1,800-$7,200 in subscription fees alone — before transaction markups. A custom site has a one-time build cost and around $20/month hosting on Vercel. Most churches break even between months 18 and 24. By year 3, savings typically hit 40% or more.

Can you migrate our existing sermon library from WordPress or another platform?

Yes. We pull every sermon — video files, audio, metadata, scripture references, series info, and speaker data — from your current platform. Videos get re-encoded through Mux for adaptive streaming, and each one is auto-transcribed. Your old URLs redirect to the new ones so no existing links break.

Which tithing platforms do you integrate with?

We integrate directly with Stripe, Tithely, and Pushpay. If you're already using one of them, we connect to their API so donors get a smooth giving experience right on your site. Stripe has the lowest processing fees. We can also run multiple providers side by side during a transition.

How does multilingual support work on a custom church site?

We use next-intl for true server-rendered internationalization. Each language gets its own URL routes (/en, /es, /ko), its own SEO metadata, and its own content entries in Supabase. Staff manage translations through the admin panel. It's real localization — not a Google Translate widget that mangles your layout.

Do we need technical staff to manage the website after launch?

No. We build a custom admin dashboard shaped around your workflows. Uploading sermons, creating events, managing groups, sending newsletters — it all happens through one clean interface built for non-technical staff. We provide hands-on training and video tutorials for every feature before launch.

What happens if we need changes or new features after launch?

Your 30-day post-launch support covers bug fixes and workflow adjustments at no extra charge. After that, monthly maintenance plans start at $500/month for ongoing content support, or you can bring us in for specific feature additions as fixed-fee projects. You own the codebase, so any developer can pick it up.

Church Websites from $8,000

Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support. You own everything.

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