Summary: This comprehensive guide provides a curated list of the best free and paid resources across the web, including stock photos, sermon design kits, and motion graphics, to help you find high-quality visuals and enhance your church's online presence and presentations.
Before You Begin
- Determine your budget: Many resources offer high-quality free downloads, while others require a paid subscription or per-item purchase.
- Check the licensing for each site; some free resources require attribution.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Select your desired resource category. [Options include Christian Stock Photos, Sermon Design Kits, General Stock Photos, and Younger/Contemporary Graphics.]
2. Click the Link for your chosen resource.
3. Search or Browse the resource's free content section (where applicable). [Many sites offer a few free downloads or a weekly free photo via newsletter signup.]
4. Download the desired asset.
5. Check the site's usage terms before utilizing the content on your website, social media, or presentations.
Top Free & Paid Media Resources
- Tithely Media: Unlimited social media graphics, sermon design kits, stock photos, and other design resources for your church. Free Media Resources for Your Church.
- Freely Photos: Free high-quality Christian stock photography.
- NCL Creative: Free graphics for sermon series, holidays, and motion graphics. Link
- Open by LifeChurch.tv: High-quality art, logos, holiday graphics, and social media assets, downloadable for free. Link
- Pixabay: Search for free, high-quality images (general stock photos). Link
- OpenResources: Free graphics, artwork, sermon audio, countdowns, and promotional design graphics. Link
- Elevation Church Resources: Younger contemporary graphics, videos, slides, and curriculum for sermon series or kids' church. Link
- Lightstock: Faith-focused stock images and video, with prices as low as $5 and up; offers a free stock photo every week via newsletter. Link
Struggling to find high-quality images and graphics for your church website, social media, or presentations? We've compiled a comprehensive list of our favorite free and paid resources across the web, including stock photos, sermon design kits, and more. Discover the perfect visuals to enhance your church's online presence.
Tithely Media
Download unlimited social media graphics, sermon design kits, stock photos, and other design resources for your church. Free Media Resources for Your Church.
Other Resources:
- Freely Photos - Free high-quality Christian stock photography: Link
- NCL Creative - Free graphics for sermon series, holidays and also motion graphics: Link
- Creative Church - 101 free and easy-to-use graphics: Link
- Creation Swap - High-res photos and images for churches, some do cost money but they have some great free images and graphics you can download, which can also be a useful resource for sermon presentations: Link
- Once Church Resource - Free global sharing network for pastors, creatives and church leaders. They also have premium content with all proceeds going to church planters around the world: Link
- Open by LifeChurch.tv - High-quality art, logos, holiday graphics and social media assets downloadable for free: Link
- Graceway Media - High-res photos and images for churches, they have a few free downloads but if you ever wanted to receive unlimited images they do have a great subscription program which costs $249 per year: Link
- Lightstock - Faith focused stock images and video as low as $5 and up. You can sign up for their newsletter and they will send you a free stock photo every week: Link
- Pixabay - Search for free, high quality images: Link
- OpenResources: Free graphics, artwork, sermon audio, countdowns, promotional design graphics and opening videos: Link
- Elevation Church Resources: Younger contemporary graphics, videos, slides, curriculum for your latest sermon series or kids church: Link
- NewSpring Church Network: Sermon series graphics, kids series, group series and volunteer resources: Link
- Church Media Design: Free backgrounds, textures and sermon series art. Browse their 'Freebie' section and choose which category you are looking for: Link
- Other Stock Photo Sites - Here is a link with a ton of other great sites that provide free, high quality photos: Link Note: It looks like there are a couple sites on that page that require attribution for each photo which are specified.