Can we update the site ourselves, or do we have to go through you every time?

You can do either. We can set up the site so that basic updates — events, service time changes, new photos — are easy for anyone on your team to handle. And if something bigger comes up, we're a phone call away.

What happens to our old website content?

We'll pull anything worth keeping — sermon archives, photos, written history — and work it into the new site. Most of the time, the content itself isn't the problem. It's the structure and design around it that needs to go.

We're a small congregation. Is a website really worth it for us?

Small churches arguably need a good website more, not less. A large church has name recognition and visibility just from its building. A small church in Wells? People find you online or they don't find you at all. A clear, honest website is the most affordable outreach tool you can have.

Can you add online giving or donation options?

Yes. We can integrate whatever giving platform your church uses, or help you pick one. It's a straightforward addition and something more members expect to have available now.

How do you handle photos if we don't have professional ones?

Phone photos are fine. Genuine pictures of your actual congregation and building do more than polished photography of people nobody recognizes. We'll help you pick the right ones and make sure they look good on the site.

Website Redesign · Wells, TX

Website Redesign for Churches in Wells

You tried the website builder your denomination recommended. You tried letting someone in the congregation handle it. And now you've got a site that technically exists but isn't really doing anything for anyone.

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The Template Trap Most Churches Fall Into

There's a pattern that plays out in small churches across East Texas, and Wells is no exception. Somebody sets up a site on one of those church-specific platforms — the kind with the stock steeple banner and a "Welcome!" message in cursive font. It works fine for about six months. Then the person who set it up moves, or gets busy, or just forgets the login.

So the site sits. Service times change but the site doesn't. The pastor retires and a new one starts, but the old pastor's photo is still on the About page. Events come and go with no trace online. Meanwhile, a young family moving out near the ranch lands between Wells and Alto tries to look you up on their phone, and what they find is either broken, outdated, or both.

The frustrating part is that your church is active. You've got Wednesday night suppers and youth programs and people who genuinely care about this community. None of that shows up online. And the platform you're locked into makes it weirdly difficult to fix — you can't move things around, you can't add a simple form, and half the "features" are paywalled upgrades you don't need.

What a Church Website Actually Needs to Do

It's not a long list, but every piece matters. Here's what we build into a Wells church site:

1. **Service times and location, immediately visible.** Not buried in a submenu. Not in a PDF. The first thing someone sees — when you meet, where you are, and a link to directions. Wells isn't hard to find, but your church should be even easier.

2. **A real picture of who you are.** Your beliefs, your ministries, your community programs. Written in plain language, not denominational boilerplate. If your church runs a food pantry or hosts a back-to-school drive, that should be front and obvious — it tells people more about your congregation than a mission statement ever will.

3. **An event calendar that someone can actually update.** Not one that requires a computer science degree. Something the church secretary or a volunteer can add to in five minutes from their phone.

4. **Ways for people to connect before they walk through the door.** Prayer request forms. Volunteer sign-ups. A simple contact form that goes to a real inbox. Some folks — especially younger ones — want to reach out digitally before they show up in person. That's not a generational flaw. It's just how people are wired now.

5. **Fast loading on a phone, every time.** Because the person looking you up on Sunday morning at 9:45 is on cellular data, not Wi-Fi, and they need your address in three seconds.

How This Works and What It Costs

We build your site from scratch. No template platform, no page builder with a monthly subscription that creeps up every year. You get actual code that you own — hosted, maintained, and built to work on every device.

For most churches, a full website starting at $1,500 covers everything: mobile-first design, an event setup, contact and prayer request forms, your service schedule, ministry pages, and a structure that Google can actually read. That takes about a week. If you want to make sure people searching "churches near Wells TX" can find you — and they are searching that — a website with SEO built in starts at $3,500 and takes a week or two.

Hosting runs $50 a month. That includes keeping things updated and running, not just parking your files on a server somewhere.

We're based in Tyler, about an hour west on 69. Close enough to meet in person if you want, but everything can be handled by phone and email too. Small churches in Cherokee County don't always have big budgets, and we keep our process simple enough that yours doesn't need to be.