If your church needs a website but doesn't have a tech team — or a tech budget — Harvest was built for you. Founded in 2024 by James Taylor, a digital marketing veteran with 16+ years of experience through his agency Igniter Digital, Harvest started as a simple church website builder and has grown into a full church management platform serving over 500 congregations.^1
Harvest offers seven integrated products under one roof: Harvest Sites (managed WordPress hosting with church-specific themes), Harvest Social (social media scheduling with AI-powered caption suggestions), Harvest Connect (people management and church CRM), Harvest Engage (email and SMS communication), Harvest Giving (online donations), Harvest Teams (volunteer scheduling), and Harvest Studio (AI-powered design tools for church graphics).^1 A simpler non-WordPress site builder, Harvest One, is also available for churches that want to launch in under an hour with built-in live stream embedding, event syncing, and a "Next Steps" visitor workflow.^4 Each product can be used standalone or combined into a unified platform where data flows automatically between tools.^2
The founding team includes Jacqueline Taylor (COO), Tanner Moushey (CTO), and Justin Dean (CMO), alongside CEO James Taylor — bringing together pastors, ministry workers, and tech experts with 50+ years of combined ministry experience.^7 The platform was built on enterprise-grade infrastructure through a partnership with WP Cloud (by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com), bringing professional-grade hosting within reach of churches on any budget.^3
Harvest also runs a Content Creator Program where 500+ designers earn income by selling church-specific graphics, sermon series packs, and social media templates through the Harvest Marketplace, serving over 10,000 churches with professional design content.^5
Notable- Founded by James Taylor (CEO), who has run Igniter Digital (a digital marketing agency) since 2009^6
- Co-founders include Jacqueline Taylor (COO), Tanner Moushey (CTO), and Justin Dean (CMO)^7
- Partnership with WP Cloud (Automattic) for enterprise WordPress infrastructure^3
- 500+ churches actively using the platform, 50,000+ people connected^1
- Content Creator Marketplace with $2.4M paid to designers^5
- Modular pricing: churches pick only the products they need, with Standard, Multi-Campus, and Influence tiers^2
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required^2
