Done-for-you welcome & retention for churches
I'm a pastor. I watched my own church lose first-time guests out the back door — so I built the system that brings them back. It runs live at my church, Imagine Church in South Florida, right now. WelcomePew gets you found on Google, follows up with every guest automatically so they actually return, and opens a warm path back for the ones who've left. Done for you — see your church's free preview before you give a cent.
We don't sell church websites. We help you welcome people home.
The gap everyone forgot
Getting found is only half of it. Keeping your guests — and reaching the ones who've already gone — is where most churches quietly lose people. That's exactly what we built for.
Americans have left church — the largest faith shift in U.S. history.
of them say they'd come back — most just need a warm invitation.
first-time guests is all most churches keep, church-growth researchers find. The other 9 slip away quietly.
Sources: Jim Davis & Michael Graham, The Great Dechurching (Zondervan, 2023) — ~40M dechurched Americans, most open to returning. Guest-retention pattern: church-growth research, and watched firsthand at our own church.
Why WelcomePew
Tithely, Subsplash and the rest hand a volunteer a dashboard and walk away — all aimed at the front door. Almost no one helps with what actually grows a church: keeping your guests, re-welcoming the ones who drifted, and bringing back the ones who left. That's the whole point of WelcomePew.
All front door — a website and a dashboard, then you're on your own. Guests slip out the back, and the people who left are never reached.
Done for you, top to bottom. Found on Google, a warm welcome, every guest followed up automatically, and a gentle path back for the ones who drifted away.
A simple monthly report: guests who found you, guests who came back, and people you re-welcomed home. The fruit, made visible.
What you get
One done-for-you system, not seven tools that don't talk to each other.
Be the church Google shows when a neighbor searches “church near me” — profile, photos, service times, directions.
A warm, clear first impression that answers every first-timer's question — times, kids, parking, what to expect.
Guests check in from their phone — and you instantly know they came.
Every first-timer gets a warm text & email within hours — the #1 thing that brings them back, done for you.
Gentle win-back outreach to guests who drifted and members who slipped away — re-welcoming people home, automatically.
Simple one-time & recurring giving + text-to-give, set up and connected — so generosity is never clunky.
Your messages and live services, beautifully on your site for members, travelers, and those still deciding.
Volunteer, small-group, and event registration that fills up serving teams and gets people connected.
Guests found, guests returned, new givers — the fruit of the work, in plain language, every month.
One cohesive look everywhere — logo suite, colors & fonts, plus ready templates for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, sermon series & events.
Branded intros & outros, podcast cover art, YouTube banner, lower-thirds & sermon-clip templates — all with fully-licensed music, no strikes.
How it works
Tell us about your church in 60 seconds. We build a custom preview of your new site — free, no call needed.
Website, Google, giving, and automatic guest follow-up — live in about two weeks, done for you.
New people discover you, feel welcomed, and get followed up with — so more of them come back.
Built by people who do this
WelcomePew comes out of real ministry — built by a team that runs its own church and knows the Sunday-night reality: a thin staff, a stale website, and first-time guests who never came back. So we built the system we wished we had, and now we set it up for other churches too.
Our promise: every first-time guest followed up automatically, your Google front door optimized, and a monthly report of who found you and who came back.
Your real numbers, every month.
Recent work
A bold, modern church home — Plan-Your-Visit, sermons, giving, events & groups, all welcoming first-time guests. Pembroke Pines, FL.
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A premium personal ministry & speaker site — message, media, and a clear path to connect, follow, and partner.
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A premium personal-brand & coaching site — the 7-stage comeback method, book, podcast & speaking, built to turn visitors into followers.
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Real words from the churches and ministries we help welcome people home.
“Wow, Pastor Erik — this is big for me. After more than twenty years pioneering ministry in Bolivia, this is the first time the story of what God has done has been told the way it deserves. I’ve never had a presentation like this for our ministry.”
“I built this for my own church first. Imagine Church now has an AI welcome assistant answering visitor questions 24/7, a Plan Your Visit form that captures every guest, automated 48-hour follow-up that texts and emails before someone falls through the cracks, and giving on our own account at the nonprofit rate. As a pastor, I got my evenings back. Visitors get a real welcome before they ever walk in.”
Who it's for
Generosity, made simple
We set up online giving on your own account, at the nonprofit rate — so more of every gift reaches the mission, and your tithes never pass through us.
We get your giving on the discounted 501(c)(3) rate — lower fees than standard processing, so more of every dollar stays with your church.
Giving runs through your church's own account, in your name. Every gift goes straight to you. We never hold, touch, or take a cut of your tithes — ever.
One-time and recurring giving, text-to-give, and low-fee bank giving — effortless for your people, cheaper for your church.
Why it matters
This isn't an expense. It's the cheapest growth your church will ever find.
Every first-time guest took real effort, invitation, and prayer to get through the door. Losing most of them means starting over every single week. Keeping them is the cheapest growth there is.
A returning family doesn't just fill a seat. Over the years they serve, invite friends, raise their kids in the church, and give faithfully. Keep even two or three more a year and the impact compounds for a generation.
Retaining a handful of guests, or a few new recurring givers, more than covers the cost — so your budget serves the mission instead of the other way around.
Pricing
No long contracts. You own your site and your domain — always. Start with a free preview.
It pays for itself: one family that returns and gives ~$50/mo more than covers WelcomePew — and we're built to bring them back.
🕊️ Live in ~14 days or your Onboarding is free · no contracts · we handle your logo & photos if you don't have them · see the price right here, no sales call
Add-ons: complete brand kit · podcast & video media kit · livestream · church app · “find a church” ads
Questions
No — that's the whole point. Tithely, Subsplash and the rest hand you a dashboard and leave the work to you. We do the work: build it, set up Google and giving, and run the guest follow-up. You get the results, not another login.
That's the part almost no one helps with — and it's huge: ~40 million Americans have stepped away from church, and most say they'd come back if someone simply reached out. We set up gentle, automatic win-back outreach to your guests who went quiet and members who slipped away, so you're not just gaining new people — you're bringing your own people home.
Yes. Your site and your domain are yours. No long contracts — cancel anytime and keep everything.
Absolutely. We handle your logo and imagery so nothing holds up your launch. As you send real photos, we add them in.
We set up simple one-time & recurring giving and text-to-give on a trusted platform. We don't touch your tithes or take a cut of giving — we just make it easy so generosity flows.
Guest follow-up by text activates 2–4 weeks after signup — carriers require registration under your church’s own name, and we file it for you on day one. Email follow-up, Plan Your Visit, your website, Google and giving all work from day one.
About two weeks from your go-ahead — fully set up on Google. If it's not live in that window, your setup is free.
$499 to set everything up (currently waived for founding churches), then $149–$597/month depending on how much you want us to run. Retaining even a few more first-time guests, or a handful of new recurring givers, more than covers it.
Tell us about your church and we'll build a free custom preview of your new site — see exactly what you'd get before you give a cent.
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