Lightstock is a faith-based stock marketplace where churches and Christian creatives license photos, 4K footage, and design elements, including icons, vectors, textures, and mockups, without wading through NSFW catalogs.^1 The pricing page lists over 250,000 stock photos and over 50,000 stock video clips, and contributors upload new assets daily.^2
Memberships are unlimited and subscription-based, with pricing by tier on the pricing page.^2 Photos Unlimited covers photos, Premium Unlimited adds videos and design elements, and Enterprise Unlimited adds commercial usage rights, unlimited user seats, and the ability to manage content in your own DAM or CMS.^2 A 14-day free trial lets new members pick a handful of downloads from anything in their chosen membership's library.^1
Twin brothers Jon and Josh Bailey grew up making media for their father's church plant in North Dallas, then ran Graceway Media before starting Lightstock. Josh Bailey put the gap this way: "There seemed to be a real lack of faith-based content for Christian designers to work from."^4 They decided to build it in early 2012 and launched twelve months later with 175 contributors and over 20,000 images.^4 The about page still leads with Seek First His Kingdom and describes a two-sided marketplace meant to break the cheesy stereotype in Christian media.^5
Lightstock joined The Igniter Company in February 2020 and switched from credits to unlimited memberships in November 2021.^6 Gloo acquired Igniter, including Lightstock, in September 2025, and Igniter now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Gloo.^7 Igniter lists Lightstock at over 350,000 photo, video, and design assets from almost 2,000 creators.^8
"Lightstock had me at 'cheesy-free!' The images are great, and I really like having vector files with which to work." - Rob Looper, Senior Pastor, McIlwain Presbyterian Church^1
"I love having access to so many faith-themed photos that you just can't find anywhere else." - Beth Wolsey, Editor, ChristNow.com^1
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