The done-for-you path · managed by MattCreates

You go back to pastoring.

Hand us the keys for the technical part — domain, hosting, install, your content, the radio station — and we run it. Same free FaithKit, our hands instead of yours. It is still your church's site, and it always will be.

$300/hr · flat · estimate firstHosting at cost + 30%No subscriptionZero telemetry
01 · What managed means

Everything between "we should have a website" and "it's live."

Six pieces of work. You supply the words and the photos; we do the rest.

Domain

Your name, registered to the church

We register or transfer yourchurch.org in the church's name, not ours, point it at the site, and keep the renewal from lapsing.

Hosting

A server we run and watch

Fast, backed up, kept patched. Passed through at what it costs us plus 30% for the care. No per-visitor or per-member fee, ever.

Install

FaithKit set up and locked down

Same package anyone can download, installed properly: setup run, setup folder removed, passwords handed to you, HTTPS on.

Content

Your church loaded in

Service times, a welcome from the pastor, this month's events, your photos sized and placed, your pages written from what you send us — so it opens finished, not empty.

Radio

The station tuned and running

Your first full service recording sliced into clean parts and playing on the homepage. We show whoever records Sunday how to keep it fed. How the radio works →

Care

Changes when you ask

New page, new pastor photo, a special service — email it and it gets done, billed by the hour actually used. No retainer, no ticket queue.

02 · The launch

Usually a week or two. Most of it is waiting on you.

The install is an afternoon. The calendar is mostly about photos and a first recording — so here's what we'll ask for and when.

Day 130 min

One honest conversation.

A phone call or a few emails. Your church name, your domain situation (have one? want one?), what your old site did and didn't do, and who will keep the calendar current. We write the hour estimate down and send it to you before anything else happens.

You bring. Nothing yet. Just the questions you'd ask any contractor.
Days 2–3our side

Domain, hosting, install.

We set up the server, register or transfer the domain in the church's name, install FaithKit, run setup, remove the setup folder, turn on HTTPS. You get a private link to look at while it's empty.

Estimate check. If anything about your domain or old host changes the hours, you hear about it before we spend them.
Week 1your side

You send the church.

Service times. A short welcome in the pastor's own words. A dozen photos — the building, a service, a fellowship meal, people who've said it's fine. This month's events. One full Sunday recording, however you already record it.

The slow part. Nearly every managed launch waits here. A one-page checklist comes with the estimate so nothing gets forgotten.
Week 2our side

We load it, tune it, and walk you through.

Photos sized and placed, pages written from your notes, the recording sliced and playing on the station. Then a short screen-share: how to add an event, post a sermon, update the prayer list. It goes live when you say so.

Passwords. Yours, written down and handed over. Admin and Members. We keep a copy only if you ask us to.
Afteras needed

Care, on your terms.

Hosting runs quietly. When you want something changed, email it. Small things take minutes and are billed that way. Big things get an estimate first, same as day one.

Leaving. Any time, for $0. We hand you the folder and the domain. See below.
Hands folded on an open Bible resting on a wooden table, in soft window light.

The technical part is ours for an afternoon. The website is yours for good.

Nothing in the managed path changes what you own. The domain is registered to the church, the files are yours, and the day you want to take it in-house, we hand you the keys and step back.

03 · Counting the cost

Flat hourly. Hosting at cost. Nothing that renews on its own.

No packages, no tiers, no "pro" plan. The same numbers are on the pricing page; here they are with the reasoning.

Done-for-you · managed by MattCreates

$300per hour · flat · every kind of work

Setup, content, imagery, radio tuning, launch$300/hr flat
Hosting + domain, run by usour cost + 30%
Changes and help, whenever you ask$300/hr flat
The software itself$0 · AGPL v3
Leaving, with your folder and domain$0

Launch offer: your first 30 days of managed hosting are free — no card, no commitment. We set it up alongside you, and you decide after you've lived with it.

  • The estimate comes first. Hours are written down before work begins, and only the hours used are billed. If we're faster than the estimate, you pay less.
  • Why hourly and not a package. Every church's photos, pages and domain situation are different. A package would either overcharge you or shortchange you. Hourly is the honest shape.
  • Why cost + 30% and not a "plan." You can see what hosting costs anywhere. The 30% is the care — watching it, patching it, backing it up. It is not a price for the software, because the software is free.
  • What's never on the invoice. A per-member fee. A per-visitor fee. A "premium features" line. A charge to leave.

Managed means we hold the keys. It doesn't mean we own the house.

This is the same FaithKit anyone can download for free. Your domain is registered to the church. Your directory, prayer list and sermons are plain files. If you ever want to host it yourself, or hire your nephew, we hand you the folder and the domain and wish you well.

  • No analytics, no third-party scripts — on managed sites too. We do not count your visitors.
  • Your passwords are yours. We keep a copy only if you ask.
  • Leaving costs $0 and takes a day. What "own" actually means →
See a finished sample church

"Cornerstone" is a sample, not a customer. Admin password cornerstone.

“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost?”Luke 14:28 · KJV

Start the conversation

Tell us about your church.

Leave an email and we'll reach out to set up the first call. No sales machine, no card, nothing signed. A real person, one honest conversation, and a written estimate before any work begins.

  • Email only — no card, no account
  • Stored on our server only
  • Never shared or sold

Request managed setup

Where should we reach you? Church name helps; the note is optional.

You'll only hear from MattCreates about FaithKit. Prefer email? hello@faithkit.org

Got it. We'll be in touch.

Thank you — expect a real email from Matt to set up the first call. In the meantime, look around the sample church.

04 · Plain answers

What pastors ask before they hand it over.

What does managed actually include?

Domain, hosting, installing FaithKit, loading your service times, pages, photos and first sermons, tuning the homepage radio station, and ongoing care when you ask for changes. All of it billed at a flat $300 an hour, only the hours used, with the estimate written down first.

Is there a monthly subscription?

No. Hosting and your domain are passed through at what they cost us plus thirty percent for care. Work is hourly. There is no FaithKit line item that renews on its own, and no per-member or per-visitor fee.

Do we still own the site if you host it?

Yes. It is the same free, AGPL v3 FaithKit anyone can download. Your domain is registered to the church, your content is plain files, and if you ever leave we hand you the folder and the domain. Leaving costs nothing.

How long does a managed launch take?

Usually a week or two from first conversation to live, most of which is waiting on you for photos, service times and a first recording. The install itself is an afternoon.

Do you track our visitors or put analytics on the site?

No. Managed sites carry no analytics and no third-party scripts, the same as the free download. We do not count your visitors and we do not sell anyone the chance to.

We already started installing it ourselves. Can you finish it?

Yes, from any step. Whatever you already did, you keep. See the free path for the six steps — and stop wherever you like.

Two ways in

Hand it to us, or see the free path first.

Either way it's the same FaithKit, and either way the church owns it.