There are really two numbers here, not one: what it costs to build and run, and what your church actually pays. Most church website providers quote the first number. Here, the second number is always zero.
Building a site from a real conversation about your church, then hosting it and personally publishing a weekly update round, costs £20 a month, whole site included. That figure doesn't change whether the site covers one church or a nine-parish benefice — it's the whole-site cost, not a per-church one.
That £20 a month is covered by sponsorship, not billed to the church. Sponsors — members of your own congregation, local businesses, or money raised through a church fundraiser — pay into one shared pot. Each week, every £20 a month of support in that pot funds one more church website. Some churches raise the whole amount themselves through a fundraiser. Most rely at least partly on outside sponsors. Either way, there's no invoice for a treasurer or PCC to approve.
A simple "Supported by" credit on the site they help fund, and the goodwill of being seen to support a local church (an individual sponsor can also choose to stay anonymous). Sponsorship doesn't buy any say over what goes on the site — that stays between the church and me.
Plenty of church website providers do exactly that, and there's nothing wrong with the model. This service exists because a PCC weighing up a website against a leaking roof or a heating bill often puts the website last, even when it would help with both. Taking the cost off the church's own budget entirely removes that trade-off.
No hidden setup fee, no separate hosting bill, and no charge if a benefice grows from three churches to six. See Sponsorship for the full detail, or Groups & Benefices for how the whole-site cost applies to a group.
Free for your church, every time — sponsors cover the cost, weekly updates included.
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