If your church needs a website but doesn't have a tech team to build one, HarvestSites (now rebranding as Harvest) was built with you in mind. Founded in 2024 by James Taylor — who also runs Igniter Digital, a digital marketing agency serving small businesses since 2009 — HarvestSites set out to make professional church websites simple and accessible.^1
The platform originally launched as a WordPress hosting service tailored specifically for churches, offering AI-powered website building through its HarvestAI™ tool, managed hosting on high-performance infrastructure, and integrations with church management systems like Planning Center Online and Church Community Builder.^2 Churches could build a new website in about 10 minutes using AI, with built-in SEO, mobile-responsive design, and YouTube live stream embedding.^3
HarvestSites partnered with WP Cloud (by Automattic/WordPress.com) to deliver enterprise-grade WordPress hosting to churches and ministries, making AI-powered hosting simple and accessible for congregations of all sizes.^4
The platform has since expanded into a broader church management suite under the Harvest brand at getharvest.one, adding tools for social media management, people management, online giving, volunteer scheduling, and more — while keeping the core website builder ("Harvest One") as a key product.^5
Notable- Founded by James Taylor, a digital marketing professional with 16+ years of experience through Igniter Digital^1
- Partnership with WP Cloud (Automattic) for enterprise WordPress infrastructure^4
- AI-powered website builder lets churches launch a site in under an hour^3
- Active community of 500+ churches connected through the platform^5
