Free Parish Resources
Practical, plain-language resources for parish priests, administrators, and volunteers. No technical background required — just useful information to help your community thrive online.
Free guides
Two comprehensive guides covering everything parishes need to know about websites and ChurchSuite. Free to read, free to download.
The Complete Parish Website Guide
Everything a parish priest, administrator, or volunteer needs to know about getting your parish online — from choosing a platform to keeping the site updated.
The Parish Guide to ChurchSuite
A plain-language guide for parishes getting started with ChurchSuite — from importing your contacts through to displaying events and sign-up forms automatically on your website.
Browse by topic
Practical articles organised by topic. Written by Ian Tearle — developer, parishioner, and someone who has answered these questions many times in real parish offices.
Church Communications
Professional parish email, Google Workspace, promoting events online, newsletters, GDPR, and Google Business Profile.
2 articles
ChurchSuite
Getting started with ChurchSuite, connecting it to your website, embedding events and sign-up forms, and training your volunteers.
2 articles
Parish Websites
Choosing the right platform, what to put on your site, how much it costs, and how to make sure people can find you on Google.
2 articles
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