Narthex Church website template
Narthex is for a local church that wants new visitors to know when to come and what to expect. Service times and your address sit at the top of the home page and in the footer. Every sermon, ministry, event and news post gets its own page, and the giving buttons open your own Stripe Payment Links.
Who Narthex is for
- Local church or congregation with Sunday service times
- Modern non-denominational church that posts weekly sermons
- Parish or chapel with ministries, small groups and a youth group
- Church that lists community events like food drives and carol services
- Congregation that takes gifts online through its own payment link
- Church plant introducing its pastor and team to new visitors
- Church with a food pantry and volunteers to recruit
- Worshipping community counting down to Christmas or Easter
What’s included
- Pages
- 8 pages, written and laid out
- Grows with you
- 6 sermon entries at /sermons/, 5 ministry entries at /ministries/, 4 event entries at /events/, 4 post entries at /news/ — add one and its index and detail page both update
- Enquiries
- A working form — messages land in your Sitelas inbox
- Fonts
- New Amsterdam and Open Sans · light theme
Build Narthex by asking your AI agent
- 1Connect Sitelas to Claude, ChatGPT or another AI agent that supports MCP. How to connect
- 2Ask for it in plain words: “Build a website for a local church or congregation with Sunday service times using the Narthex template.”
- 3Open the preview link it sends back, ask for changes, and publish when it reads right.
Then keep changing it from the same chat
- Rewrite the copy“Rewrite the ‘About’ page with my details, in a warmer voice.”
- Change the design“Keep the layout, but swap New Amsterdam for another typeface and use my brand colours.”
- Add sermon entries“Add three sermon entries from these notes, each with its own page.”
- Swap the photos“Replace the photos on the ‘Sermons’ page with my own.”
Everything here can also be done by hand in the visual editor.
About the Narthex template
Built for churches
Narthex suits a local church or congregation of any size that wants a modern, welcoming site. Visitors want to know when to come, what Sunday is like and how to get involved. The home page answers all three, starting with the service times and a Plan your visit button at the top.
What's on the site
- Home: service times, a word from the pastor, your story, Sunday services, ministries, events, sermons, your team, giving, news and a countdown
- About: your story, what you believe and the team
- Sermons, Ministries, Events and News: each item with its own page
- Give: online giving, other ways to give and common questions
- Contact: phone, email, address, service times, a map and a message form
What to know
Giving buttons open your own Stripe Payment Links; Sitelas does not process money. Event details are listed for visitors to read; there is no ticketing or registration. The email signup in the footer collects addresses in your Sitelas inbox; you send the weekly email yourself from your own email tool. Names, figures, times, photos and the giving links are samples to replace.
When to pick something else
Narthex is the wrong template for these. Where there is a better one, it is linked.
- Candidate or ballot campaign with endorsements and a volunteer form — try Quorum
- Podcast with an episode archive and nothing else — try Patchbay
- One-off conference or festival selling tickets — try Summit
- Church that needs member logins, online event registration or a giving platform built into the site
- School or daycare enrolling children
- Charity or cause-led nonprofit fundraising for campaigns and causes instead of services and sermons — try Almoner
- Ecommerce
Free to use · No credit card required
Key Highlights
Questions about Narthex
How do I build a church website?
Start with what a first-time visitor needs: service times and address, what Sunday is like, what there is for children, and how to get in touch. Then add sermons, ministries and events as the church grows. With Narthex you describe your church to Claude or ChatGPT, which fills in your name, times, address and photos, and you publish when you are happy with the preview. Each sermon or event you add gets its own page and joins its list.
Can people give online?
Yes, through your own Stripe Payment Links. Each amount on the giving card opens a Stripe Payment Link you set up; Sitelas does not process or hold money. The Give page also lists other ways to give, such as the Sunday offering and checks by mail.
Who is Narthex for?
Narthex is built for a local church or congregation with Sunday service times, a modern non-denominational church that posts weekly sermons and a parish or chapel with ministries, small groups and a youth group. Not built for candidate or ballot campaign with endorsements and a volunteer form — try Quorum instead.
What pages come with Narthex?
8 pages, already written and laid out: Home, About, Sermons, Ministries, Events, Give, News and Contact. Add, rename or remove pages whenever you like.
Can Claude or ChatGPT build my site from Narthex?
Yes. Connect Sitelas to your AI agent and ask for a site that uses Narthex. It fills in your details, sends you a preview link, and publishes when you approve. The same chat can keep running the site afterwards.
Can I change Narthex without code?
Yes. The New Amsterdam and Open Sans type, all 8 pages and the sermon entries, every photo and every colour can be changed in the visual editor, or by asking your AI agent.
What does it cost?
Nothing to start, with no trial clock. A free site runs on a sitelas.com address; Pro is $9 a month per site ($90 a year) for your own domain, analytics and more room.
Make Narthex yours
All 8 pages open in the editor already written, with 6 starter sermon entries. Make the words and photos yours, then publish.
Free to use · No credit card required
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