Welcome Backgrounds for Church

Free-Standing Collection for Progressive Congregations

The first thing on the screen is the first thing anyone reads about your congregation.
A welcome background is doing more work than its file size suggests
— it is the visual sentence that greets the person who drove past four other churches to try yours.

This collection gathers PCM’s welcome church backgrounds in one place: evergreen designs for any Sunday, seasonal sets for the whole liturgical year, welcome backgrounds in Spanish, and an affirming section that says plainly what a great many welcome slides only imply. Every design ships in matching formats — worship background, PowerPoint template, video loop, social graphic, and worship-streaming lower third — so the welcome reads the same on the screen, in the livestream, and on the church’s Instagram.

Nothing here is a stock photo with a word laid over it. These are built for congregations that mean the welcome.

Welcome to Church Backgrounds for Any Sunday

Most Sundays are not festivals. These evergreen welcome backgrounds carry the ordinary weeks — the ones that make up most of a church year — without looking like they were designed for a season that has passed. Clean type, room for a congregation name, and enough visual range that the welcome slide does not feel identical fifty-two weeks running.

Each design is available as a still worship background, a PowerPoint welcome slide, a looping video, and a social template.

  • Church Welcome Graphics - a sunny meadow scene welcomes everyone to worship

    Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Friendly Church Welcome Graphics - friendly "Hi" set against a grunge background

    Friendly Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Luminous welcome orb with gentle green glow and halo on soft beige background, modern design for Ordinary Time greeting

    Welcome Glow Graphics

    $7.99
  • Mesh Welcome Graphics featuring abstract blue geometric triangular patterns with layered depth and soft focus, modern 3D mesh design, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Mesh Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Windy Church Welcome Graphics - swirls of stylized clouds against a blue sky

    Windy Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Welcome Home Graphics. "Welcome home" messages set against a blue mosaic background.

    Welcome Home Graphics

    $7.99

Bienvenidos: Fondos de Bienvenida en Español

Cada persona que cruza las puertas merece escuchar la bienvenida en su propio idioma. Estos fondos de bienvenida están disponibles en español y en inglés, listos para proyectar el domingo por la mañana — en PowerPoint, video, gráficos y redes sociales.

En Progressive Church Media, la acogida no tiene condiciones. Nuestros recursos afirman a las personas LGBTQ+ y a sus familias, celebran la diversidad de la comunidad, y hablan de Dios en un lenguaje amplio que no encierra lo divino en un solo nombre. Diseñamos para congregaciones que ya viven así — y para las que están aprendiendo a decirlo en voz alta.

¿Busca más recursos en español? Explore nuestra colección completa de medios de adoración en español — más de 1,900 productos para cada temporada del año litúrgico.

Welcome Backgrounds in Spanish

Every person who walks through the doors deserves to hear the welcome in their own language. These welcome backgrounds ship in both Spanish and English — PowerPoint, video, graphics, and social templates, ready for Sunday morning.

PCM’s welcome has no conditions attached. Our resources affirm LGBTQ+ people and their families, celebrate the diversity of the community gathered, and speak of God in expansive language that refuses to confine the divine to a single name. Browse the full Spanish church media collection — over 1,900 products across the liturgical year.

  • Global Welcome Graphics displaying "welcome" in multiple languages including English, Mandarin, German, Irish, Swahili, French, Hindi, and Arabic in bold colored banners, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Global Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Worship Welcome Graphics - a sunny meadow with blue skies

    Worship Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Church welcome graphics with "Greetings! We are happy you are here!" text overlaid on blurred forest clearing at sunrise

    Church Service Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Welcome to Church Spring Graphics, sunny spring meadow with green grass, trees, and bright sky, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Welcome to Church Spring Graphics

    $7.99

An Affirming Welcome — Backgrounds That Say It Plainly

If you have ever visited a church and spent the first twenty minutes trying to work out whether you were actually welcome there, you already know why this section exists. A rainbow on the welcome slide answers a question the visitor was going to spend the whole service asking.

These welcome backgrounds are for congregations ready to say it on the screen before anyone has to ask at the door. Some are unmistakably Pride; others carry the affirmation more quietly, for the Sundays when the welcome is the point and the banner is not. Both belong in a welcome rotation — the congregation that only says it in June has said something specific about the other eleven months.

  • Affirming Church Welcome Graphics with vertical streaks of rainbow light—green, blue, purple, and red—glowing against a dark background, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Affirming Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Pride Welcome To Church Graphics with flowing vertical striped rainbow gradient from green through yellow, orange, red, and purple, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Pride Welcome To Church Graphics

    $7.99
  • Rainbow Welcome Graphics with layered flowing waves in vibrant gradient colors—pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, and orange—on white background, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Rainbow Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Wooden cross with warm orange and wood grain texture intersecting colorful gradient horizontal stripe

    Colorful Cross Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99

Fall Welcome Backgrounds for Church

Attendance climbs in September, and a good share of the people in the room have not been there since spring. Fall welcome backgrounds — autumn leaves, harvest tones, rustic textures — mark the turn of the season and quietly signal that the congregation has been paying attention.

This set runs from early autumn through Thanksgiving, with matching PowerPoint, video, and social versions so the fall welcome carries across every screen the church uses.

  • Welcome To Church Fall Graphics - image with fall leaves in neutral color tones

    Welcome To Church Fall Graphics

    $7.99
  • Autumn Church Welcome Graphics with golden maple leaves and seed pods falling against warm brown background, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Autumn Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Five decorative feathers in autumn colors—rust, gold, teal, and navy—arranged in a row on a light background, rustic fall welcome graphics for church slides — worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Rustic Fall Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • A Day of Thanks Thanksgiving church welcome graphic with layered paper-cut autumn leaves in coral, gold, and pink against a teal background, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Thanksgiving Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99

Seasonal Welcome Slides Through the Church Year

Advent, Lent, Easter, and the long green stretch of Ordinary Time each ask something different of a welcome slide. These designs match the season without shouting over it — and where a season deserves more than a welcome background, the full collections are one link away.

Planning a full season? The Advent collection and the Lent worship collection go well past the welcome slide.

  • Colorful Gradient Welcome Graphics with soft pink, blue, and teal blurred color transitions, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Colorful Gradient Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Spring Church Welcome Graphics - a green circle with an icon of flowers

    Spring Church Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Forest Welcome Graphics - a lush green forest scene

    Forest Welcome Graphics

    $7.99
  • Liquid Welcome Graphics with "Bienvenidos" and welcome text flowing across dark liquid surface in Spanish and English, worship background for church slides for progressive churches

    Liquid Welcome Graphics

    $7.99

Every Design, Every Format

Each welcome background in this collection ships as a still graphic, a PowerPoint welcome slide, a looping video, a social template, and a worship-streaming lower third. Buy the piece you need, or get the whole library.

Browse all Welcome To Our Church resources.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What size should a church welcome background be?
Standard is 1920×1080 (16:9) for projection and livestream. PCM welcome backgrounds ship at that size, with matching PowerPoint, video, and social versions sized for their platforms.

Do you have welcome backgrounds in Spanish?
Yes. Welcome designs are available in Spanish and English, and the wider Español collection holds more than 1,900 worship resources across the liturgical year.

Do you have affirming or LGBTQ+ welcome slides?
Yes. PCM is affirming by default, with an explicit affirming welcome section — Pride designs and quieter affirming designs both, for use year-round rather than only in June.

Can I use these backgrounds in a livestream?
Yes. Every design includes a worship-streaming version, and PCM licensing carries no per-view counting, download meters, or streaming approvals.

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