Free Photos for Churches

ChristianPhotos.net is a leap of faith. Everything is free - you can download high resolution stock photography for Christian purposes without having to pay anything - expenses are covered by donations and ads. The vision of ChristianPhotos.net is simple: We want to help churches to publish better material for spreading the word of Gospel. Read our Statement of Faith. Click here to apply for a free account.

Add your photos

Do you have high quality photos you want to share with other users? Register as a photographer to submit your own photos to the service. Please note that all photos will be reviewed and you need to have full copyright to all submitted photos.

ChristianPhotos.net in Press

Check out the first public press release of ChristianPhotos.net here.

You are welcome to participate in making this site available for new people. Would you like to translate this site to a new language? Do you want to link to us by adding a banner or a text link to your site? For more information, click this link. Check out ChristianPhotos.Net link list - Christian Links

About this site

ChristianPhotos.net was established as a combination of two hobbies - photography and web site desing. The goal is to offer free photos for christian web site designers and print media in a user friendly manner. ChristianPhotos.net was founded in Finland but there are users from more than 30 countries. One of the future goals is to translate the site to several languages. Also, getting more photos to the site is an ongoing effort.

How to download a free photo?

Users are required to register before making a high resolution photo download. This is done to avoid misuse of the photos. You need to take the following steps when downloading a free photo:

1. Register for a free account. Use this form.
2. Select the photo you want to download and log in.
3. Read the terms of use and tell us where you are going to use the photo
4. Download the photo

Christian clipart

Clipart may be needed for christian publications and web sites. The following links have been collected from Amazon.com.

ClickArt Christian Publishing Suite 3 - Thousands of Christian clip art images

Religious Clipart Vol 2 - Over 1,000 high-resolution color and black-and-white images

American Greetings Spiritual Expressions - 4,800+ inspirational art images; 2,000+ project templates

Hallmark Christian Card Studio - Over 200,000 ways to create Christian cards

Christian Clipart: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter - Christian Clipart is a series of three CD-ROMs with beautiful images that can be included in bulletins, newsletters, program booklets, invitations, religious education materials, flyers, posters and any other project for which graphics are needed

Christian Clipart, Vol. 3: The Seven Sacraments, Miracles, Ordinary Time, Saints and Bible Characters - Images are in TIFF format and are useable on both Macintosh and PC/Windows platforms

Christian Clipart: Jesus, Psalms, Scripture, Christian Signs & Symbols - The images included are conveniently organized according to themes

Christian web site design resources

The following web sites offer related information and/or tools that may be used in combination with the photos of this site.

CrossSearch - an online directory of Christian websites

Crosswalk - Crosswalk.com is built around four primary content areas – Faith, Family, Fun and Community

CrossDaily - Christian Clipart

Ministry Clipart - Clipart, graphics and photos

FreeStockPhotos - Free photography for personal and commercial use

Clickfire - Viewpoints, Tools, and Content for Webmasters

Praize - The all-in-one Christian Community

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Photo collections & sites

Please visit the following sites if you did not find the photo you are looking for. These sites offer high quality stock photos but the pictures are not free.

Photo-Objects 50,000 Premium Image Collection - Contains more than 50,000 new royalty-free photo objects

Photo Objects 50,000 - 50,000 royalty-free Photo-Objects in over 80 categories

Royalty Free Photos - Image bank with royalty free photos

Hemera Big Box Of Art 800,000 DVD - a gigantic box of art bursting with over 800,000 images in all kinds of categories and image types (Note: for Mac users)

Nova Art Explosion 800,000 Clip Art - 800,000 premium royalty-free graphics on 34 CD-ROMs

Magnum Photos Photograph Library - 250,000 images available online

Lonely Planet Images - Stock photography and travel related photos

Getty Images - Provider of stock photography to print and online media

Corbis Stock Photography and Digital Pictures - a photo portal with

Nature Photographers - Online community dedicated to the technique of nature, wildlife and landscape photography

The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing and Publishing

Grace-Centered Magazine - Daily publication for Christians that includes devotionals, Bible studies, news, movie reviews and an active message board

Family Dynamics Institute - Training for church leaders, counselors and lay couples to lead marriage-enrichment programs in churches. Web site also provides articles and resources for improved married life

Lee Wilson Ministries - Articles and resources on relationships, living the Christian life, current events, and theology