Multi-Campus Church Websites

For large churches with multiple locations, an effective digital strategy ensures that every campus is seen, every visitor gets connected, and every ministry has the right tools to thrive. In this post, we’ll cover key strategies to make your multi-campus church website streamlined, scalable, and effective.

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1. Create a Unified Yet Flexible Structure

Your church may have several campuses, but your digital presence should feel like one united body. A centralized website with scalability allows consistency across all campuses while giving each location space to communicate its unique identity.

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Best Practice:

Use a consistent site layout and global navigation, with dedicated pages for each campus. Each campus page can include service times, campus-specific events, staff contacts, and localized announcements. You can put these campus pages on a “Visit Us” landing page or put it in a dropdown in the navigation bar on your website.

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Avoid:

You should avoid creating any duplicate pages on your church website. For example, having a separate kids ministry page for each campus. This confuses your audience and makes it a headache to manage for your team. Instead use just one page for each ministry so that all information is centralized.

2. Implement Smart Campus Navigation

Another effective strategy for a multi-campus church website is using a segmented navigation bar based on each campus. This is like creating a mini-website for each campus that is all connected to the main website.

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This strategy is great for certain churches:

‍This strategy can be very effective, but only for the right churches. This is best suited for very large churches that need multiple pages of information for each campus. The mini-website method is great for being able to organize large amounts of pages and only show the user the relevant pages for each campus. On the other hand, this creates a much larger, complex website that can confuse your audience if not implemented correctly. So make sure you only use this structure if it's actually needed and make sure to implement it right.

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3. Use a Scalable Web Platform

When creating a new church website, it’s important to choose a website platform that can grow with you for years to come. A tool like Webflow is a perfect fit for large multi-campus churches since it has built in capabilities to for scalable websites.

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With Webflow you can:

• Create robust CMS collections to manage sermons, events, and other dynamic content
• Utilize components and dynamic templates to make creating new pages a breeze.
• Delegate limited access to campus staff so that they can manage updates on their own.
• So much more

4. Utilize Dynamic Filters

Your multi-campus church has content that is only relevant to certain users depending on what campus that they attend. In order make this content more accessible you need to implement dynamic filters that allow you to search, filter, and sort this content based off campus and other contexts.

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These filters will allow you to display only relevant content campus specific pages, while also having a centralized page for content like sermons and events.

5. Highlight Campus Leadership

People connect with people. On your campus specific pages make sure to include photos, bios, and contact info for campus pastors and other key ministry leaders. This will help build trust for guests who are visiting your church for the first time.

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Pro Tip: If you have a team team page, make sure to implement a filter that allows you to sort by campus or ministry area.

Final Thoughts

Your multi-campus church website is a vital extension of your ministry. When done well, it helps visitors find their place, supports your staff with better tools, and empowers every campus to serve their community well. And when done poorly, it’s a headache to manage, confuses users, and ultimately makes it harder for new people to connect with your church.

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At Sunday Best, we specialize in websites for large churches and multi-campus ministries. If you’re ready to build an effective church website that grows with you, connect with our team today.

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