Cornerstone Web Development

The average church website is built on a general-purpose platform not designed for ministry — hard to update, hard to navigate, and rarely reflective of the warmth and life of the congregation it represents. Cornerstone is my attempt to fix that.

I’m a disciple of Christ who has worked on church websites across several different platforms, and I’ve seen firsthand how much friction generic website builders create for ministry teams. Cornerstone is a website platform built specifically for the Church — giving every congregation a beautiful, modern, and easy-to-manage digital presence without requiring technical expertise.

The Platform

The heart of Cornerstone is a block-based page system. Church administrators build any page by assembling pre-designed blocks — hero sections, sermon archives, event calendars, staff directories, and more — with a live preview so every change is visible before it goes live. If you can build a PowerPoint, you can manage your site.

Beyond pages, the platform handles sermons, articles, events, bulletins, staff profiles, and media — all from a single, clean content management interface. Content is stored in Git, meaning no database to maintain, no vendor lock-in, and a full version history by default.

Architecture

The platform is built around a shared core package that delivers all block components, schemas, and routing to every church site via an Astro integration. A single update to the core rolls new features and blocks out to all sites at once — individual church repos require no changes.

Backend concerns — form submissions, media management, and other services — are handled by dedicated microservices, keeping each responsibility isolated and independently scalable. Sensitive operations are secured with short-lived tokens so no credentials are ever exposed to the browser.

Built with Ministry in Mind

I created Cornerstone Web Development LLC with church budgets in mind. The set pricing reflects a goal of keeping church funds on mission. Every decision — from the architecture to the editing experience — is shaped around how congregations actually work, not around the generic web.

Visit cornerstoneweb.dev or see a live example church site built on the platform.