If faith comes through hearing, then you must convey your message clearly – whether that’s via a sermon, a Bible passage, personal testimony, or any other means of communication. It stands to reason, therefore, that your church website should also be focused on conveying your message with clarity. However, with no idea about what to look for in a suitable theme, the way forward may seem a bit hazy.
There are a number of elements your church website’s theme will need, and they’re all common sense requirements. For a start, you’ll need some way to administer and display a church calendar. If you accept donations, you may also want a flexible option for collecting them online. There are other elements that are nice but not strictly necessary – an attractive blog for sharing written messages, and an audio embed option for sharing your recent sermons with those who can’t reach your church.
If you’re still stumped moving forward, don’t worry! We’ve scoured the internet to bring you over 25 of the very best church themes, and we’ve no doubt the right one for you is among them!
1. Jubilee
Churches aren’t usually known for their online presence. It’s a massive lost opportunity though, considering how connectivity can bring people closer. If you’re looking for a theme that can help you bring your church into the 21st century, look to Jubilee.
If you’re looking for a solution that you can set up fast, Jubilee offers a demo website you can import with a few clicks. This features elements such as location maps, sections for bible verses, events calendars, and much more. What’s more, the theme itself is colorful and user-friendly, which means it can stand next to designs in other niches.
Jubilee includes a lot of features that can help your church grow, including support for publishing podcasts (so you can upload past sermons), showcasing your staff, including testimonies, and more.
Ultimately, church websites don’t need to be anachronistic or boring. With the right theme such as Jubilee, you can create a modern website for your church that tells everyone you are keeping up with the times. Check it out and see for yourself!
2. TheGem
Changing the modern perception of religion has been a pressing issue over the past few years, and adapting each faith’s fundamentals to an increasingly technological world has been a challenge. Your website can be a vital tool in this endeavor, and with a theme such as TheGem, designing a captivating and modern website should be no issue.
While TheGem isn’t strictly a church-specific theme – it offers a number of demo layouts that serve a variety of niches – there’s plenty here to help promote your ministry. For starters, there are two dedicated layouts to choose from, both of which can be customized further using the bundled WPBakery page builder plugin.
Your headers and footers are also flexible, and it should be no trouble to find a design to suit your needs. What’s more, you can display events on your site using the bundled Events Calendar plugin, and offer audio recordings of your latest sermons directly on the page (using the options found within the dedicated admin panel).
While TheGem hasn’t been designed for churches per se, the developers have made plenty of effort to cater to their needs. This theme is definitely one to add to your shortlist and could end up being ideal for a modern ministry with big plans for the future.
3. Divi
Your church website may not be of the same ilk as straightforward entertainment sites, but it certainly doesn’t need to be boring. With the right theme, you can create a website to help grow your flock in style — Divi could help.
This theme is a complex multipurpose offering, complete with a broad range of ready-to-go demo websites for all kinds of projects, including churches. It comes with the options to add live streams, display upcoming events, show visitors how to get involved locally, and more.
While the default design for the church landing page is subjectively sober, Divi includes advanced customization tools to help you adapt it to your vision. The theme bundles in the Divi Builder page builder plugin, which enables you to customize your website’s pages and preview the changes you make instantly.
Divi is a fine example of a multipurpose theme catering superbly to a specific niche. Given that it’s so versatile, we think it’s a theme worth taking a further look at.
4. Mission
If you want to appeal to a young audience, you’ll need a site with a fresh and modern look. This is where Mission comes in handy.
Mission offers demo sites for different religions, including Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Taoism. All of these sites have contemporary designs, with cursive fonts and bold images. However, you can also customize the look and feel of your site with extensive typography and color settings, as well as the Elementor page builder plugin.
If you want to grow your following, Mission comes with newsletter popups and Mailchimp integration. Plus, there’s an events calendar to help you keep followers engaged and informed. This theme also supports many social media platforms, so you can engage with your audience through those channels.
Mission is a great pick if you want to create a modern site and use email marketing to attract new members.
5. Saved
In many ways, running a church or ministry can be compared to running a business. You have to work hard to grab people’s attention, and then convince them you’re the perfect fit for their needs. Saved can help make sure your church website attracts the right audience.
There’s a uniqueness about this theme that warrants attention. For example, the default home page lays elements out in a way that’s different from many other themes. There’s a rather thin intro section (which can also display video), and a prominent strip showcasing upcoming events, highlighting the next one by showing a Google Map of its location. This will be ideal for churches that often run community events.
Saved also has plenty of options when it comes to customization. There are full color palettes for both main and accent colors, and a selection of quality Google Fonts to help tweak your typography to your exact requirements. What’s more, by activating the bundled Church Theme Content plugin, you can take advantage of custom post types for displaying sermons and team members, along with the aforementioned events.
Saved is a solid option if you’re looking to put your community outreach first. In addition, there are enough customization options to create an inviting, welcoming website for your church or ministry. We give it our seal of approval, and it’s well worth your consideration.
6. Zegen
For your congregation to follow you online, your church needs a strong web presence. This means having a website as a central hub for your church. Zegen enables you to create a welcoming sense of community and connection on the web.
Zegen is all about functionality. The theme includes six different designs to choose from, any of which you can import with a single click. Every design prioritizes ease of use so that your parishioners can find information about upcoming sermons, information about your church, and find out how to contact you.
The theme also bundles in several plugins — both free and premium — including the Elementor page builder plugin, Revolution Slider, WooCommerce, and Contact Form 7. This combination makes it highly easy to customize the entire look and design of your site. For example, Elementor lets you tweak pages using a simple drag-and-drop editor.
If your church needs a new web presence, you’ll be thankful for an easy-to-use theme. We’d suggest that Zegen is worth giving a spin, if only because you’ll be up and running in no time.
7. Alone
With any non-profit website, it’s important to convey a sense of trust and professionalism — and let’s be honest, it’s not always easy. As such, you need to be able to show your strengths and evoke an emotional response in your clientele that has them clicking your Call To Action (CTA). In this case, look no further — Alone may be perfect for you.
A theme with this many well-designed demo layouts is sure to get your creative juices flowing. With Alone, you’ll be able to match your ideas to a variety of layouts suitable for many different non-profit organizations, churches, and political campaign websites. In addition, you’ll be able to customize your site with access to more than 240 page elements and implement additional functionality with over 80 included shortcodes.
The best part is, Alone is super easy to install. Even better, each design is ideal for showcasing your stories, and most come with out-of-the-box donation forms for any type of non-profit organization.
All in all, this best-selling theme does the business. If you’re designing a top-notch non-profit website, we believe you won’t be disappointed with Alone.
8. Astra
Astra is one of the most popular themes out there. It can be a powerful solution for many projects, including your church website.
This fast, lightweight theme is incredibly flexible and customizable. It’s also intuitive and easy to use, even for beginners. You can build stunning pages using pre-built templates and the visual theme customizer. Astra also offers seamless integration with some of the most popular WordPress tools, such as the Elementor page builder plugin.
One of our favorite aspects of this theme is its extensive collection of demo sites. You can import ready-made layouts for church and charity sites with a single click.
If you’re looking for a simple theme without a lot of design options, Astra may be more than what you need. However, it’s ideal for churches and community-based websites that require full control and impressive customization features.
9. NativeChurch
NativeChurch seems to be geared towards the younger generation.
It isn’t as image heavy as the other themes on this list, which could be a good thing. And while so many themes try to wow you with their design, NativeChurch goes the opposite route and relies on function over form.
This theme is feature-heavy and includes a built-in events manager plugin, a sermons manager, and a payment system built for collecting donations. It doesn’t put a lot of focus on design and instead enables you to reach your congregation in the most efficient way possible.
Sometimes you don’t need a lot of flair when your message is powerful enough. That being the case for you, NativeChurch is a solid option.
10. X
X is a breathtaking theme with lots of thoughtful design additions and plenty of features that make it a great choice for your church.
X is one of the top-rated and best-selling themes of any type available, probably thanks in large part to the vast array of customization options available to you. Four separate design stacks give you hundreds of pre-made layouts and templates to choose from when you build your website. These layouts are easy to work with and make it simple to create webpages for your church that feature the important services and work you do.
Create an entire database of sermons that your pastor has delivered and display them in classic infinite scrolling blog post fashion, or separate sermons into categories such as topics, date, or theme. You can get your congregation involved with your ministries by creating smooth, parallax-scrolling pages devoted to your different missions. And never worry about your congregation missing services, speaking events, and classes by posting a deeply customizable events calendar that lets everyone know what’s going on.
If you want to inspire your congregants with great sermons posted online, keep them up to date with events happening in your community, and get everyone involved in your church, X is a great theme to use for your church.
11. Maranatha
Maranatha is a beautiful, modern church theme that will inspire your congregation to get more involved with their home congregation.
A good church theme should not just be a place where people go to find out what time Sunday services start. A good church theme should be a source of inspiration and guidance to all who visit your website, whether they are members of your church or not. That’s one reason why Maranatha – which enables you to organize your sermons in five different ways (including by books from Scripture or on themes such as Family, Sin, or Jesus’ life) – is such a powerful theme to work with.
There are plenty of other features that will make this theme a great fit for your church: an in-depth events calendar can be organized to include scheduled Sunday school classes, children’s catechisms, charity events, and more. The ministries section in this theme is a great place to keep your flock up to date with all of the different work you do within your community. If your church takes part in missions around the world, you can upload blog posts detailing your congregation’s work, as well as keep people up to date on upcoming trips that you have planned. And in case someone new visits your website, Google Maps integration makes it easy for them to find your church and show up for their first service.
The price isn’t cheap, but thanks to a great array of useful features and a beautiful, sleek design, Maranatha is a wonderful theme for your church.
12. Hallelujah
Church is all about community, and your website should reflect that. As such, you need a site to highlight the importance of events that can engage your followers. Hallelujah could be the right theme for your project.
Hallelujah includes pre-built designs for all kinds of useful pages, including those letting you showcase events, sermons, and church locations. You can also take advantage of ready-to-go designs to share information about your staff and your church’s mission. Every included design is colorful and clean, which makes for a highly engaging website.
What’s more, if you want to customize your church’s website, Hallelujah is compatible with the Elementor page builder plugin out of the box. The theme also comes bundled with other popular plugins, including Contact Form 7 and Slider Revolution. Plus, there’s functionality to help you to share upcoming events information and process donations.
If your church project requires excellent visuals and flexibility in design, we recommend checking out Hallelujah, and think it should go to the very top of your shortlist.
13. Real Church
Real Church is one of the most functional church WordPress themes I’ve ever come across.
Sermon management is taken to an all-new level in Real Church with support for audio sermons, video sermons, and transcripts as attachments or as PDFs. Seven custom post types feature in the theme: event, sermon, gallery, portfolio, testimonial, price, and pastor. The event type allows you to provide the vitals of the event, such as the start & end times. A Google map showing the location of the event can also be inserted into the post. The special pastor post types allow you to write about and feature various pastors on your church’s website.
Pages are built with a drag ‘n’ drop page builder. Over 450 font styles are available, with a built-in translator and multiple shortcodes at your disposal.
The only thing that might not be so hot about Real Church is its looks. They’ll definitely do in a pinch, but they really aren’t very striking or memorable to me. At $56, though, the functionality Real Church offers is a steal.
14. My Religion
As the world has evolved, so have the ways in which we communicate. While only 30 years ago we’d have been lost without a payphone, nowadays if you don’t have a smartphone you’re practically a hermit. My Religion is a theme for those keeping pace with the changing times and looking to reach everyone, everywhere.
Religion, as a whole, is constantly working to remain relevant, and this theme can definitely help your church in that regard. The default layout is full-width, with chunky headers to hammer your message home. My Religion also includes the popular Slider Revolution plugin for creating a call to action that will get your congregation moving.
In addition, My Religion leaves no stone unturned with regard to functionality. There’s a custom post type for displaying sermons (which include video, audio, and download links), full support for the Events Calendar plugin, and the ability to collect donations with the CMSMasters’ Donation plugin.
There’s little fault to find with My Religion. It has a modern look with clean typography and all of the functionality you’ll need to reach new and existing members of your congregation. It’s one for the shortlist, although given its quality, you may end your search early!
15. Holy Church
If you think that your church’s website should just display a few pictures and talk a little about next week’s schedule, you should take a look at the Holy Church theme for inspiration. This theme offers many features to help you create not just a website, but a central hub for everything related to your church or ministry.
The default, bright design showcases a few standout elements. These include the framed border containing clickable elements, and the large hero text dotted around the layout. What’s more, there’s plenty of functionality under the hood to get excited about.
For example, the bundled ThemeREX Donations plugin lets you accept financial support from your visitors. Also, with the included WPBakery Page Builder plugin, you can create practically any type of section imaginable – including dedicated contact forms, team profiles, streamable audio players for sermons and other events, and much more.
Church websites have evolved with the times. Now, they’re expected to be an essential factor for encouraging attendance. With the right design, Holy Church can help you not only increase physical attendance and donations but also engagement across the board.
16. Grace
The work of the church extends beyond the physical walls of the church building – and if you want to extend the reach of your church to the digital realm, Grace could be the theme to help you do just that.
The developers of Grace know that a standout website needs to have a modern look. For this reason, they’ve provided the choice of three modern home page layouts, including a full-width template. If you’d like to create your own layout, you can do so with the bundled WPBakery Page Builder plugin. Furthermore, with the inclusion of the Slider Revolution and Swiper Slider plugins, you can create visually compelling and engaging calls to action, all from your WordPress dashboard.
Grace has a number of elements designed to help you share your message, including integration with the Events Calendar plugin. However, one area where Grace falls short is that it doesn’t make it as easy to display your sermons in various formats as some of the other examples in this collection.
Overall, Grace is a solid choice for creating your religious website. Although, if you’d like to offer audio sermons on your website, you may want to look elsewhere.
17. Bethlehem
Bethlehem is an inspiring, highly customizable, minimalist theme packed with intuitive and useful features.
You can make your congregation feel welcome with bold font and display text options, plenty of space for high-resolution photos and galleries, and embedded sermon recordings through media players such as SoundCloud. Eight different header styles are available for you to convey the feeling you want to inspire in every member and visitor to your church, and a simple yet powerful Megamenu option enables you to create the perfect navigation tool for your site.
Plenty of high-quality premium plugins such as Slider Revolution, WPBakery Page Builder, and PSD Design are included in the Bethlehem theme package. From the dashboard, you can easily add content, including donation drives, ministries, and sermons.
Better still, integration with some of the best time-saver tools on the web, such as Events Manager, WooCommerce, GiveWP, and Testimonials, is only one click away.
18. Adore Church
Adore Church dominates above the fold with a striking full-width slider that draws you in. However, as you scroll towards the bottom, the astonishing effect starts to diminish somewhat. It’s not bad per se, just less impressive.
Adore Church uses the power of the Mega Menu, which allows you to create massive dropdown menus with embedded media and multiple columns. Another high-quality feature is the live event booking layout, which creatively displays a ticket booking feature.
Adore Church does a lot and perhaps almost manages to tie most of it together. On a positive note, they do swing for the fences and try to implement features you won’t often see elsewhere, which is to be commended.
19. Alim
Alim is a theme that caters to the needs of mosques, Islamic centers, and other Islamic religious organizations. It includes many niche features to engage your members and serve your community.
To help you build your site with ease, Alim includes five premade homepage designs. It also offers several header styles, unlimited color scheme choices, more than 800 Google Fonts, and over 100 theme options available via the Customizer. If you prefer to use a drag-and-drop editor to build your site, this theme pairs nicely with Elementor.
All the customization options this theme provides are useful, but it really shines when it comes to its niche religious features. It includes custom post types for your scholars and teachings and namaz time displays. Additionally, you’ll gain access to the Charitable Donations and WP Event Manager plugins.
While many church themes are adaptable to any religion, if you’re building a site for a mosque or Islamic center, Alim can give you a leg up. It’s certainly worth considering.
20. Exodus
Exodus is yet another theme on this list developed by Church Themes. It is a flexible theme, designed to adapt to the biggest and smallest of screens.
The WordPress Customizer plays a major part in Exodus’ functionality, as you can use it to edit colors, fonts, the logo, and more – all without touching a line of code.
As you would expect from a church theme, Exodus has you covered on church-specific features: sermons, events, locations, and profiles of staff and leaders.
As with all churchthemes.com offerings, you can expect comprehensive documentation, one-to-one email support, and a 45-day money-back guarantee.
21. Blessing
As a church, it’s part of your mission to provide guidance. Therefore, it stands to reason that your website should also guide visitors towards their destination. Blessing could be the theme to help you achieve that goal.
This theme has a modern ‘feel’ to it, and its default layout uses full-screen sliders, naked navigation, and a one-page layout. There’s not as much variety as there could be since all three home page choices are quite similar. Even so, the bundled WPBakery Page Builder plugin can help you create practically any layout you want.
You’ll also find a selection of dedicated pre-built pages to help you effectively cater to your visitors’ needs. For example, you can display sermons in audio format, showcase events, and much more.
In a nutshell, this theme covers all the bases in terms of functionality, even if it doesn’t offer much that’s new. Blessing is a theme worth considering if you’re looking to promote your church’s activities, and you don’t have a lot of specialized needs.
22. Resurrect
Resurrect is the first theme to be released by churchthemes.com.
The theme is mobile-friendly and a joy to customize (see for yourself in the demo). You can choose between a light or dark color scheme, use a custom background, and pick your favorite fonts from a hand-picked selection. If you have a logo, you can upload that or, if you don’t have one, simply use your church’s name as text.
It’s also got all the functionality church websites need built in. You can upload your sermons and make them searchable, publicize your events, publish staff profiles, display photo galleries, write a blog, and more.
As with Exodus (above), Resurrect comes complete with comprehensive documentation, one-to-one email support, and a 45-day money-back guarantee.
23. Our Church
Our Church is an easy-to-use and well-designed theme suitable for any church site.
The multiple customizable design and styling options help to create a distinctive and modern site. Customizable design elements like seemingly unlimited color options, 600+ Google Fonts, and 600+ icons can be easily implemented using the drag-and-drop WPBakery Page Builder plugin. And if you don’t want to play around with design elements (including parallax scrolling), you can choose from 40+ predefined layouts.
Our Church also enables you to easily set up important functionality. Custom posts are available for you to create sections for sermons, events, and prayer lists/resources; all you need to do is add the content. You also create an event calendar with Google Calendar integration to display your schedules and operating hours.
All in all, Our Church offers impressive functionality against a backdrop of an elegant and responsive design.
