A Connectional Church Deserves a Connected Digital Presence.
A connected digital presence for church websites, district communication, local discovery and giving, while every congregation keeps its own identity.
A "digital presence" means the ways someone finds your church online: a website, a Google Business Profile listing, and accurate service-time and contact information, before they ever set foot in the building.
No endless redesign cycles. No complicated technology. No need to replace your existing IT team.
The 6th Episcopal District (Georgia) report is shown below.
The Real Georgia Digital Visibility Report
Our September 2026 audit analyzed 211 Georgia AME congregations found in the public district directory.
Last verified 2026-09-13 · sample size 211 congregations found in the public district directory.
No website listed or linked: 149 of 211
149 of 211 (71%) had no website URL anywhere: not in the district directory, and not in the "website" field of a Google Business Profile (a Google listing may still exist for some of these churches - it simply does not show a website).
Live website: 39 of 211
39 of 211 (18%) congregations found in the directory.
Social media only: 9 of 211
9 of 211 (4%) congregations found in the directory.
Dead, parked, unpublished, or wrong-church website: 12 of 211
12 of 211 (6%) had a listed URL that was dead, parked, an unpublished builder placeholder, or pointed to a different church.
Google Business Profile listing found: 172 of 211
172 of 211 (82%) had a matching Google Business Profile listing (high or medium match confidence).
Listing shows hours: 45 of 172
Of the 172 congregations with a Google listing, 45 (26%) show hours on that listing.
Listing shows a linked website: 48 of 172
Of the 172 congregations with a Google listing, 48 (28%) have a website linked on that listing.
Listing shows a phone number: 136 of 172
Of the 172 congregations with a Google listing, 136 (79%) show a phone number on that listing.
Of live sites: service times findable: 28 of 39
Of the 39 congregations with a live website, 28 (72%) had service times easy to find.
Of live sites: mobile viewport configured: 36 of 39
Of the 39 congregations with a live website, 36 (92%) have a mobile viewport configured (a viewport meta tag present in the page; this does not measure responsive usability, Core Web Vitals, accessibility, or performance).
Of live sites: served over HTTPS: 37 of 39
Of the 39 congregations with a live website, 37 (95%) serve over HTTPS.
Of live sites: giving path present: 36 of 39
Of the 39 congregations with a live website, 36 (92%) have a detectable online giving path.
Of live sites with a detectable year: mentions 2025 or later: 19 of 31
Of the 31 live sites with a detectable year on the page (out of 39 live sites total), 19 (61%) mention 2025 or later.
Church Visibility Score distribution
202 of 211 congregations received a score. 9 did not have enough measurable data for a score. The median score among the 202 scored congregations is 20 out of 100.
How we measured this
Every congregation in the public district directory was checked for a website, then that website (when one existed) was checked for a mobile viewport tag, HTTPS, findable service times, a giving path, and the most recent year mentioned on the page. Every congregation was also checked for a matching Google Business Profile listing and what that listing shows.
A fact we could not check (for example, a Facebook-only page cannot be inspected for a viewport tag the way a real website page can) is recorded as unknown, never as a measured zero. A congregation with too little measurable data receives no score rather than a misleadingly precise number.
See what connected could look like.
Fragmented Today, Connected Tomorrow
Fragmented today
- 149 of 211 had no website listed in the district directory or linked from a matched Google Business Profile.
- 9 of 211 have only a social-media page.
- Of the 39 congregations with a live website, 28 have service times easy to find, meaning 11 of those live sites do not.
- Content and design vary widely from church to church, with no shared foundation to build on.
What a connected presence provides
- Service times published clearly on every participating church site.
- One district directory listing every participating congregation in one place.
- A giving path connected to the provider each church already uses.
- A responsive site with a simple process for keeping service times, events, and leadership information current.
Consistent Doesn't Mean Identical
Consistent does not mean identical. Every congregation keeps its own name, its own photos, and its own voice. What changes is the foundation underneath: one reliable design system, built once and reused well, instead of every church starting from a blank page.
Serif headings and a history-forward layout for a congregation whose story is central to its identity.
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Example AME Church
Atlanta, GA
A congregation's history, leadership, and worship traditions anchor this layout, with ministries and service times placed where a long-standing member expects to find them.
- Worship
- Sunday worship: example 10:00 AMExample
- Leadership
- Pastor: added at activation
Example event: Founders' Day Homecoming
Illustrative example, not a participating church.
What the Program Includes
A church website, built on a shared design system
Every congregation gets its own website built on the same reliable foundation, so a new site does not start from a blank page or a rebuilt template every time.
A listing in the district directory
Each participating church is included in a district-level directory listing, so a visitor or a new district officer can find every participating congregation in one place.
Local discovery basics
Service times, address, and a Google Business Profile check are part of onboarding, the details a visitor searches for before ever calling the church office.
Digital giving, on your own terms
Digital giving integrates with the giving provider your church already uses or wants to use. Norvet connects it to your site; the giving relationship itself stays yours.
District communication (planned)
Districts can publish announcements to participating church sites as part of the program. This capability is part of the program design and is rolled out with each district, not a feature available today on every site.
Already Have an IT Person? Perfect. Keep Them.
Already have an IT person? Perfect. Keep them. This program adds a website and a design system; it does not replace the people who already keep your church running.
- An internal IT staff member stays the point of contact for church-owned systems.
- A volunteer tech team keeps its existing role coordinating with the church office.
- An existing MSP or IT consultant continues supporting whatever they already manage.
- A webmaster who already maintains the church website can stay the technical project manager for the new one.
How a District Rolls Out
- 1
Discovery
Norvet meets with district and church leadership to confirm scope, timeline, and who the technical point of contact will be at each level.
- 2
District design
The district chooses its shared visual foundation and the information every participating church site will carry in common.
- 3
Data import
Existing church information, photos, and content are gathered and brought into the new site so nothing has to be retyped from scratch.
- 4
Pilot: 3-5 churches
A small group of churches goes live first, so the process is proven before it scales to the rest of the district.
- 5
Review
The district and the pilot churches review what worked and what needs to change before a wider rollout.
- 6
Rollout in waves
Remaining churches are brought on in scheduled waves rather than all at once, so onboarding stays manageable for everyone involved.
- 7
Training
Each church’s technical point of contact is trained on how to update their own site content.
- 8
Handoff
The church (or its existing IT support) takes over day-to-day updates, with Norvet remaining available for the district-level program.
Common Questions About Bridging the Gap
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