LEAD CAPTURE · CONTACT FORM TEMPLATE

Church Contact Form (Visitors, Prayer Requests)

A church website's contact form serves three very different visitors: the family checking you out before Sunday, the member with a prayer request, and the person asking about weddings or baptisms. One form, one routing dropdown, all three handled.

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form.htmlhtml34 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New detailed contact submission">
04 
05  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
06  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required>
07  <label for="email">Work email *</label>
08  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="jane@company.com" required>
09  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
10  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 415 555 0142" required>
11  <label for="company">Company</label>
12  <input id="company" type="text" name="company" placeholder="Acme Inc">
13  <label for="reason">What's this about? *</label>
14  <select id="reason" name="reason" required>
15    <option value="">Choose…</option>
16    <option>Sales / pricing</option>
17    <option>Partnerships</option>
18    <option>Press / media</option>
19    <option>Support</option>
20    <option>Careers</option>
21    <option>Other</option>
22  </select>
23  <label for="message">Message *</label>
24  <textarea id="message" name="message" placeholder="Give us context — links, dates, deal size, anything we should know." required></textarea>
25 
26  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
27  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
28 
29  <button type="submit">Send</button>
30</form>
31 
32<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
33  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
34</p>

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§ 01Why it mattersthe qualifying-fields argument

Most church websites run on a volunteer-maintained WordPress or Squarespace site, and the contact form is either broken or dumps everything into one unwatched inbox. The fix is a routing dropdown — 'I'm new', 'prayer request', 'weddings / baptisms', 'general question' — with each option BCC'd or webhooked to the right person. Prayer requests deserve confidentiality and a fast, personal reply; a first-time visitor inquiry deserves a warm welcome email before Sunday. One form can honour both.

Works on volunteer-maintained sites — no plugin, nothing to break, free forever.

✦ at a glance

→Detailed contact form · 6 fields
→HTML, JS, React, PHP, cURL outputs
→One POST endpoint, no SDK
→Honeypot + classifier, no CAPTCHA

§ 02Live previewinteractive · sandboxed · no key required

See exactly what your visitors see — and you’ll receive.

Left: the rendered form, fully interactive in a sandboxed iframe. Right: the email and dashboard view that lands the moment a visitor submits.

preview · church-contact-formlocalhost:3000

✦ what you’ll see in your inbox

Every submission becomes an email plus a dashboard row. The fields below are the exact payload your form will send. Reply-to is wired to the visitor’s email so hitting reply goes back to them.

dashboard · new submission14ms · 200 OK

SUBJECT · New detailed contact submission

Full name: Maya Iyer
Work email: maya@studio71.co
Phone: +1 415 555 0142
Company: Studio 71
What's this about?: Sales / pricing
Message: Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

Iframe is sandboxed — submit doesn’t actually fire. Get your access key to wire it up live.

§ 03Three steps3 steps · ~60 seconds

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first lead. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Add a reason dropdown

Options: 'I'm new / planning a visit', 'Prayer request', 'Weddings, baptisms & dedications', 'Volunteering', 'General question'. That one field routes everything.

Create your form

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STEP 02EMBED

Route by ministry

Webhook or BCC each reason to the right inbox — prayer requests to the pastoral team, visitor inquiries to the welcome team, event questions to the office. Nobody's message sits unread for a week.

snippethtml

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Reply before Sunday

Set up an auto-responder that thanks the sender and tells visitors what to expect (service times, parking, kids check-in). A same-week personal follow-up is what turns a website visit into a pew visit.

inbox · 1 newjust now

FROM contact@yoursite.com

New detailed contact submission

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

§ 04Copy & ship5 languages · same endpoint

Five outputs. One backend.

HTML by default. Click open the language you ship in — every variant POSTs to the same /api/submit endpoint.

01HTMLform.html34 lines

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New detailed contact submission">

  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required>
  <label for="email">Work email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="jane@company.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 415 555 0142" required>
  <label for="company">Company</label>
  <input id="company" type="text" name="company" placeholder="Acme Inc">
  <label for="reason">What's this about? *</label>
  <select id="reason" name="reason" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Sales / pricing</option>
    <option>Partnerships</option>
    <option>Press / media</option>
    <option>Support</option>
    <option>Careers</option>
    <option>Other</option>
  </select>
  <label for="message">Message *</label>
  <textarea id="message" name="message" placeholder="Give us context — links, dates, deal size, anything we should know." required></textarea>

  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

02JavaScriptform.js50 lines

<form id="lf-form">
  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required>
  <label for="email">Work email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="jane@company.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 415 555 0142" required>
  <label for="company">Company</label>
  <input id="company" type="text" name="company" placeholder="Acme Inc">
  <label for="reason">What's this about? *</label>
  <select id="reason" name="reason" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Sales / pricing</option>
    <option>Partnerships</option>
    <option>Press / media</option>
    <option>Support</option>
    <option>Careers</option>
    <option>Other</option>
  </select>
  <label for="message">Message *</label>
  <textarea id="message" name="message" placeholder="Give us context — links, dates, deal size, anything we should know." required></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

<script>
  document.getElementById('lf-form').addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const data = new FormData(e.target);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New detailed contact submission');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    if (json.success) {
      e.target.reset();
      alert('Sent!');
    } else {
      alert('Error: ' + (json.message || 'Try again'));
    }
  });
</script>

03React / Next.jsForm.tsx65 lines

'use client';

import { useState, type FormEvent } from 'react';

export default function ContactDetailedForm() {
  const [status, setStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'error'>('idle');

  async function onSubmit(e: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) {
    e.preventDefault();
    setStatus('sending');

    const data = new FormData(e.currentTarget);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New detailed contact submission');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    setStatus(json.success ? 'sent' : 'error');
    if (json.success) e.currentTarget.reset();
  }

  if (status === 'sent') return <p>Thanks — we&rsquo;ll be in touch.</p>;

  return (
    <>
    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
      <label htmlFor="name">Full name *</label>
      <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required />
      <label htmlFor="email">Work email *</label>
      <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="jane@company.com" required />
      <label htmlFor="phone">Phone *</label>
      <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 415 555 0142" required />
      <label htmlFor="company">Company</label>
      <input id="company" type="text" name="company" placeholder="Acme Inc" />
      <label htmlFor="reason">What's this about? *</label>
      <select id="reason" name="reason" required>
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Sales / pricing</option>
        <option>Partnerships</option>
        <option>Press / media</option>
        <option>Support</option>
        <option>Careers</option>
        <option>Other</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="message">Message *</label>
      <textarea id="message" name="message" placeholder="Give us context — links, dates, deal size, anything we should know." required />

      <button type="submit" disabled={status === 'sending'}>
        {status === 'sending' ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
      </button>

      {status === 'error' && <p>Something went wrong. Try again.</p>}
    </form>

      <p style={{ marginTop: 12, fontSize: 11, color: '#888', textAlign: 'right' }}>
        Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style={{ color: '#888', textDecoration: 'none' }}>splitforms</a>
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

04PHPsubmit.php28 lines

<?php
// Drop into a PHP page. Receives a form POST and proxies it to splitforms.com.
// Useful when you want to add server-side validation or rate limiting.

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
    $allowed = ['name', 'email', 'phone', 'company', 'reason', 'message'];
    $payload = ['access_key' => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY'];
    $payload['subject'] = 'New detailed contact submission';

    foreach ($allowed as $f) {
        if (isset($_POST[$f])) $payload[$f] = $_POST[$f];
    }

    $ch = curl_init('https://splitforms.com/api/submit');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Accept: application/json']);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $status   = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);

    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    http_response_code($status);
    echo $response;
    exit;
}
?>

05cURLtest.sh10 lines

curl -X POST https://splitforms.com/api/submit \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d "access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
  -d "subject=New detailed contact submission" \
  -d "name=Jane Builder" \
  -d "email=jane@example.com" \
  -d "phone=+15555555555" \
  -d "company=Jane Builder" \
  -d "reason=Sales / pricing" \
  -d "message=Hello from cURL"

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. That’s the only edit.

§ 04bUse this template with…25 frameworks · same backend

One template. Every framework.

The same field set works on every framework splitforms supports. HTML, React, Next.js, Vue, Astro, Hugo, WordPress — same POST, same backend.

§ 06FAQ4 answered

Things people ask before they ship.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Are prayer requests kept confidential?

Submissions go only to the email addresses you configure — they're not published anywhere. splitforms stores them encrypted at rest, and you can delete any submission permanently from the dashboard. Add a 'share with prayer team / pastor only' checkbox if your congregation expects that distinction.

02Does this work on our Squarespace / Wix / WordPress site?

Yes — the form is plain HTML and posts to splitforms, so it works in a Squarespace code block, a Wix HTML embed, or a WordPress page with no plugin. Church sites maintained by volunteers especially benefit: nothing to update, no plugin to break.

03Can we use this as a digital connect card?

Yes — that's the 'I'm new' path. Add optional fields for how they found you and whether they'd like someone to reach out. Many churches put a QR code on the physical bulletin pointing at the same form so Sunday visitors and website visitors land in one place.

04Can submissions go to multiple staff members?

Yes — add BCC addresses in the dashboard, or webhook into a shared Slack / Planning Center workflow. Most churches send everything to the office admin plus the reason-specific lead (pastor for prayer, welcome-team lead for visitors).

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