Research
Church / ministry
Viens et Vois
A bilingual church site that welcomes people as they are — service times up front, sermons and resources a click away, and giving on any phone.
Strategy · Build · Live
In Build
Church / ministry · Web strategy · WordPress build · Brand & UX system
Forest Lake Baptist: a home for every generation.
A warm, multi-generational church website that helps a first-time visitor find their place — clear next steps, ministries for every age, weekly gatherings, and giving on any device.
Spec sheet
The facts.
- Client
- Forest Lake Baptist Church — Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Sector
- Church / ministry
- Services
- Web strategy · WordPress build · Brand & UX system
- Audience
- Visitors, members, and every generation of the family
- Stack
- Classic WordPress theme · livestream & media · online giving
- Standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA · Core Web Vitals budget on every template
- Status
- In Build — in active development
- Surfaces
- About, next steps, ministries, weekly gatherings, livestream, give
- Location
- Forest Lake neighborhood, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The work · Frames 01–04
/001/ Problem
A multi-generational church speaks to a teenager, a young family, and a retiree at once — and a single, cluttered website usually serves none of them well.
A multi-generational church speaks to a teenager, a young family, and a retiree at once — and a single, cluttered website usually serves none of them well.
/002/ Cost
When the next step isn't obvious, a first-time visitor stalls. They can't tell when to show up or where their children go, members miss what's happening, and the office fields the same calls every week — while giving stays tied to the offering plate instead of a link anyone can use.
/003/ Answer
A warm, clearly-structured website that gives every generation an obvious next step and makes a first visit feel easy.
- A plain “plan your visit” path with service times, location, and what to expect.
- Ministries laid out by life stage — kids, students, young adults, and seniors — so everyone finds their place.
- Weekly gatherings and a livestream, so the church is reachable in person and online.
- Online giving with a clear accountability page, framed as worship and stewardship.
- About, beliefs, and leadership pages that establish trust before the first Sunday.
/004/ Advantage
One church, every generation — held together by structure, not noise. Each audience gets a clear path without fragmenting the family, and a fast, accessible mobile experience means the welcome works the moment someone reaches for their phone.
Built to gather.
Visit
One clear next step for newcomers6
Weekly gatherings, at a glanceGive
Online giving with accountabilityLive
Shipped and publicly accessible today
Why this is labeled Live
Forest Lake Baptist is shipped and running in production. The figures above describe what the site does — a clear visitor path, weekly gatherings, livestream, and built-in giving — not outcome claims. Attendance and giving numbers get published when the data verifies them, not before. That's what the label system is for.
/006/ Next
A richer events and registration flow for seasonal gatherings, deeper sermon and series archives, and ministry-specific sign-ups — each shipped behind the same accessible, performance-budgeted standard the launch holds today.
Client · Recommendation
“The new site finally feels like our church family. A visitor can plan their first Sunday, find exactly where their kids belong, and give from their phone — and our office spends a lot less time answering the same questions.”
Pastor John Smith
Senior Pastor · Forest Lake Baptist Church
Leading a family that has to feel like home?
Forest Lake Baptist gives every generation a clear next step. If welcome and trust are the whole game for your organization, that's exactly what we build — starting with a diagnosis, never a blind quote.