As part of our calling to help Churches, we are offering our commercial branding design services at a reduced rate. Over the last year, we have really enjoyed helping a number of Churches and Christian charities to develop a full brand identity to help them build trust and increase interaction with their local communities.

Historically, a church spire would stand out for miles around and act as an beacon for visitors to a Parish so that they could find their way to church. In our modern world, our churches can struggle to be seen and found when there are so many other buildings, hoardings, and advertising fighting for our attention. Even in a small village, the church can be missed as commuters leave and come home in the dark. So where does branding help in all of this?

Branding Helps Build Trust

Commercial businesses have long known that a strong and consistent brand is essential to perform well in the market place. The church is in crisis, with attendance falling across the country; however, there seems to be a rise in people looking to investigate faith. The Spectator's recent article on "A Christian revival is under way in Britain" made interesting reading. I was also encouraged to hear that at my local church two teenagers were passing by just before the evening service, and when waved at by one of the Welcome Team came over for a chat. They were not from any religious background, but were discussing Christianity just at the moment they passed by the Church. Needless to say they stayed for the service and were deeply moved as the Lord met with them. However, stories like this are rare, and so as your community is seeking spiritual guidance, you may wish to consider how branding can help to engage with them.

By investing time in branding, you not only enhance your visual identity, but also build trust with your community. This is done through:

• Consistency: A well-defined brand ensures consistency in messaging, imagery, and communication. It shows that your church is dependable and trustworthy.
• Clarity: A clear and unified brand helps convey your church's values, mission, and beliefs, making it easier for people to understand and connect with your message.

Branding Communicates Your Values and Who You are

Every church has its own personality and set of values. Your branding can reflect these characteristics and help communicate them effectively. Branding enables you to tell your story through visuals, logos, and messaging. You can share the unique story of your church and reflect who you are. This allows you to connect with a broader audience who resonate with your values and beliefs.

A strong brand will help with recognition within the community you serve, and brings credibility. It helps to create unity within the church and a sense of being on mission together, and means that there is a common theme running through all your media.

Branding is not just about having a logo. That's a good starting point, but having a brand strategy will help your church to tell its story, reflect its uniqueness and share its mission and passion.

Some pages from a recent branding design and brand guidelines document we created for Trinity Church Islington

How Can Church Pages help?

At Church Pages we offer::

• Custom Logo Design: A memorable and meaningful logo that represents your church's identity. We adopt a prayerful approach and are keen to make sure you have a logo which is flexible enough to work in all situations and across all media. We create smaller badges and icons for social media as well as full vertical and horizontal logo variants. 
• Brand Identity Development: Crafting a comprehensive brand identity, including colours, fonts, and messaging guidelines. 
• Marketing Design For Print & Digital: We can create materials that align with your brand, such as brochures, banners, and social media graphics. We can arrange printing or deliver print-ready graphics directly to you. Our Creative Director has over 20 years of experience designing for print for large brands including Lexus Cars, Natwest Bank, News International, the Guardian, and Hearst Magazines, so you can be confident in the quality of the design we can produce!

Examples of recent print design for leaflets and posters we have created for churches

How much does it cost?

We understand that churches and Christian charities do have tight budgets, which is why we offer our design services at a reduced rate. It's not that we don't value ourselves, but as a Kingdom Business we believe that as the Lord blesses us commercially we should use our talents to help build his Kingdom.

Each quote that we give will depend on your individual needs and circumstances. We prayerfully consider how much we should charge before we give you a quote for the work.

Would you like explore more?

If you'd like to just have a chat with us about how we might be able to help you then please do get in touch or call us 01403802000.