Prepared March 21, 2026

Unity Church of Raleigh Digital Presence and Growth Plan

This site translates the written strategy into a visual, structured format for two connected websites: Unity Church of Raleigh and Unity Holistic Wellness Center.

Purpose

What this strategy is trying to solve.

The current digital presence already communicates warmth, care, and healing values, but the two websites need a clearer relationship, stronger shared branding, and more guided pathways so they support one another instead of operating like parallel islands.

Visitor clarity

Help first-time guests know where to start.

Message alignment

Express a more coherent Unity identity.

Stronger pathways

Guide people into the right pages and actions.

Modern trust

Create a site that feels current, stable, and intentional.

Two-Site Ecosystem

Two distinct websites, one coordinated digital presence.

Site One

Unity Church of Raleigh

The church site should focus on worship, first-time visitors, prayer, community life, livestream participation, and giving.

unitychurchofraleigh.com

Site Two

Unity Holistic Wellness Center

The wellness site should focus on holistic classes, workshops, individual services, calendar access, and wellness-centered trust building.

unityholisticwellnesscenter.org

Current Challenges

The biggest issues to address in the current experience.

01

The homepage is doing too much

It functions as a welcome page, livestream entry, event feed, and weekly update page all at once.

02

The relationship between the two sites is unclear

Users are not guided clearly between church life and wellness offerings, even though the ministries are connected.

03

There is no strong `New Here` pathway

First-time visitors need one obvious place to learn what to expect before attending.

04

Identity content feels fragmented

Beliefs, mission, leadership, and ministry information are present, but not grouped around a coherent story.

05

The site behaves more like a bulletin board

Many sections compete equally instead of guiding people through a clear decision path.

06

Brand consistency is not yet systematized

The sites share values and overlap, but they do not yet feel like parts of one designed digital ecosystem.

Positioning

Unity Church of Raleigh and Unity Holistic Wellness Center together offer a welcoming spiritual and healing-centered community in Raleigh where people can grow in love, prayer, wisdom, well-being, and belonging.

Shared Voice Priorities

warm grounded clear welcoming spiritually open practical

Recommended Structure

A two-site structure built around distinct purposes and shared pathways.

Church Site Main Navigation

  • Home
  • New Here
  • About
  • Community Life
  • Watch

Church Site Secondary Paths

  • Prayer & Care
  • Give
  • Contact
  • Explore the Wellness Center
  • Events and resources

Wellness Site Main Navigation

  • Home
  • About
  • Classes
  • Workshops
  • Individual Services

Wellness Site Secondary Paths

  • Calendar
  • Volunteer
  • Room Rental
  • Contact
  • Visit Unity Church of Raleigh

Church Homepage Priorities

  • Welcome and orient
  • Sunday times
  • Plan Your Visit
  • Watch Online
  • Prayer and community visibility

Wellness Homepage Priorities

  • Explain the center clearly
  • Highlight classes and workshops
  • Show individual services
  • Clarify relationship to the church
  • Make registration easy

Homepage Strategy

Two homepage strategies that share a brand but serve different goals.

01

Church Hero

Welcome message, Sunday times, and the primary actions `Plan Your Visit` and `Watch Online`.

02

Church New Here

A short, reassuring introduction for first-time visitors.

03

Church Pathways

About, Community Life, Watch, Prayer & Care, and Give organized as clear next steps.

04

Wellness Hero

Wellness positioning with the primary actions `Explore Classes` and `View Workshops`.

05

Wellness Offerings

Classes, workshops, calendar, and individual services become the main conversion paths.

06

Cross-Site Bridge

Both homepages should visibly reference the other site in a calm, intentional way.

07

Shared Footer Logic

Contact, address, relationship language, and supporting links should feel coordinated across both experiences.

Implementation Roadmap

A phased plan to move from strategy into a real redesign.

Phase 1

Quick Wins

  • Add a stronger `New Here` path
  • Simplify the homepage top section
  • Clarify the top navigation
  • Replace the `/blank` ministries URL
  • Add explicit church-to-wellness and wellness-to-church links
Phase 2

Structural Changes

  • Rebuild the homepage around the new flow
  • Consolidate `About` content
  • Create dedicated `Watch` and `Prayer & Care` pages
  • Reorganize `Community Life`
  • Clarify the wellness site around classes, workshops, and services
Phase 3

Content & Design Refinement

  • Rewrite page copy for clarity
  • Improve visual storytelling and imagery
  • Refine event and class promotion
  • Strengthen footer and contact access
  • Apply one design system across both websites
Phase 4

Optimization

  • Review analytics and CTA usage
  • Improve SEO titles and descriptions
  • Measure watch, giving, and prayer engagement
  • Improve mobile conversion points
  • Measure cross-site traffic between church and wellness experiences

Success Metrics

What improvement should look like over time.

Increase clicks to `New Here`

Show that first-time visitor pathways are more visible and useful.

Increase `Watch Online` engagement

Measure how well the site serves digital worshipers.

Increase prayer and contact actions

Confirm that care pathways are easier to find and trust.

Increase event and class clicks

Show that community pathways are clearer and more engaging.

Increase visits to giving

Measure whether support pathways are clearer without becoming intrusive.

Reduce homepage bounce rate

Indicate that users are finding the next right page more quickly.

Increase church-to-wellness traffic

Show that the church site is meaningfully introducing the wellness center.

Increase wellness-to-church traffic

Show that wellness visitors can discover the broader Unity community when relevant.

Recommended Next Step

Use this strategy to build both websites as one coordinated brand family.

The most useful next move is to convert this plan into page-by-page content outlines for both sites, then build the redesigned church and wellness homepages inside one shared design system.