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 One (a simpler, non-WordPress site builder that can launch a church website in under an hour), 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 Each product can be used standalone or combined into a unified platform where data flows automatically between tools.^2
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 One, the simpler website builder, includes features churches actually need — YouTube live stream embedding, Google Calendar sync for events, a "Next Steps" builder to guide visitors toward connection, built-in SEO, and mobile-first design — without requiring any coding knowledge.^4
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, who has run Igniter Digital (a digital marketing agency) since 2009^6
- 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^2
