Your church exists twice: once on the corner, and once online — whether you built it or not. When someone searches your church's name today, they find an outdated Facebook page, a wrong service time on Google, or nothing at all. Meanwhile members in Florida, London and Toronto — the ones who'd love to give back home — can't even find your bank details. Here's what a proper church website changes, and how Jamaican churches can get one built free this summer.
What a church website actually does
Six pages do the work of a full-time secretary: service times that are always current (no more 'is Bible study still Wednesday?'), ministries so newcomers see where they fit, events for crusades, conventions and fundraisers, a Give page with your bank details so members abroad can support the work from anywhere, and a WhatsApp button straight to the church office. Visitors check a church online before they ever visit — the congregations growing fastest are the findable ones.
The diaspora giving you're leaving on the table
Jamaica received over US$3 billion in remittances last year — and church members abroad are among the most faithful givers. But giving needs a destination: a Give page with your account details (or online giving links) turns 'mi soon send something' into actual support. One church told us their first overseas donation came within two weeks of launching — from a member who'd been trying to find their details for months.
Why churches stay offline (and why the reasons no longer hold)
The three blockers are always the same: cost, maintenance and know-how. Cost: this summer, development is donated free — churches cover only running costs (~J$25K/year for hosting, domain, SSL and church email). Maintenance: a church site isn't social media — updating service times twice a year is fine, and small updates can be done as low-cost tasks from J$3,000. Know-how: you send the content (we give you a simple checklist), we build everything.
How the Summer Give-Back works
Ezy Web Pro is donating full website development — worth J$150,000+ — to churches, ministries and church groups across all 14 parishes. Apply in minutes, send your content from our checklist, and your 6-page site goes live in about 2 weeks with SSL and official church email. Applications beyond August capacity roll into September automatically. Apply for your church here →
⛪ Get Your Church Online — Development Donated
Professional 6-page church website, built free this summer. Your church covers only ~J$25K/yr running costs. Apply in under 5 minutes.
Register at ezywebpro.com/freelance →Related: the Summer Give-Back · school websites · charity & nonprofit websites
Leroy Alexander is the founder of Ezy Web Pro, Mandeville, Jamaica — US$275K+ earned online over 14 years (verifiable), now running the freelance platform that pays Jamaicans every Friday.