How to start a Christian Blog
Many times, I have discovered that your decision to start a Christian blog is not enough reason for you to go into Christian Blogging. You must gain involves several steps and layers of thinking. Typically, before starting a Christian blog, you must ensure you have a calling to reach the world via writing. Here is how to start a Christian blog:
1. Be Convinced and Get God's Leading
At the Blogging Hub, one question I ask Christian bloggers who join in as members is whether or not they received a conviction from God to start their blogs. Many times, these bloggers mention that they were convinced and led by God, but sadly it is not evident in their blogs - these people end up chasing after blog monetisation, and many other vain things that come with blogging without seeking first God's kingdom and working to bring men to Christ. While it is not a bad idea to earn from your blog as a Christian, I believe that if you are truly convinced by God to start a blog, you should put in more effort to remain connected to God even as you proceed. Once God encourages you to start a Christian blog, you must understand that your blog cannot succeed without Him.
Like the basic work of ministry, Gospel Blogging is spiritual. You do not wake up one morning and decide to embark on a journey to create Gospel content without God's backing. Through Gospel Blogging, you have access to the hearts of hundreds, thousands and millions who will engage your content. Pray very well for God to show you how your Christian blog should go.
2. Develop Passion
3. Pick a Niche
Gospel Blogging is a niche in itself. However, it is wide and I advise that you know exactly what you want to blog about. This is why we have sub-niches in the blogosphere today. If you love to teach, starting a blog can provide the opportunity to educate others about God’s word. The best part is that, as you build resources on your blog to teach others, you may not realize how many people from different nations are reading your teachings and picking important lessons from it.
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4. Choose a Blogging Platform
On the internet today, there are many blogging platforms and content management systems. You can start up a Christian blog for free using Blogger owned by Google. Although there are limitations (especially if you don't know how to write some codes), it is a good place to start. You may also consider blogging using WordPress, Medium, Substack or Wix among others. Hopefully in the future, I will write an article about the different blogging platforms you can use to start your Christian blog.
5. Purchase a Domain Name and Hosting
After choosing and signing up on your preferred blogging platform, you then begin to setup by buying your blog hosting and domain name. For most platforms, you do not need to purchase a domain name and hosting service. However, I advise that you put in some money to buy your domain name and hosting for your blog. In the words of Apostle Joshua Selman Nimmak, the name of Jesus is so heavy that it requires resources (money included) to lift it up. As Christians, we are created to be excellent in all we do and since we are not mediocre, an upgrade to your blog with a good domain name and hosting speaks well for the propagation of the gospel. Also, having a blog with a domain name and hosting shows that you are a serious blogger and gives you good rating among other bloggers. If you are using a Blogger platform,
6. Design, Customise and Launch your blog
After buying your domain name and hosting, you simply need to design, customise and lauch your blog to the general public.
7. Develop a Content Structure
- Quora: You can use quora to find Christian blogging topics for 2020. All you need to do is to visit the website, look for questions Christians are asking, curate and create content around them and publish.
- Google keyword planner: If you have a Google account, head over to the Google keyword planner and type phrases related to your Christian blogging niche. Different keywords or related phrases will pop up once you type a word into the keyword planner. Collect these phrases especially when they have a high search volume and write a post about them in your Christian blog depending on your needs.
- Question your Audience: You can get Christian blog topic ideas from comments or questions asked by your readers!
- SEO Research: This is the best way to get blog post ideas and topics for your Christian blog. SEO Keyword research for Christian Bloggers help you write articles that directly answer the questions your audience search for on Google.
7. Start Publishing
Now that you have done all the above, you simply need to start publishing your articles on the blog.
Why Set up Christian Blog?
For
many, starting a Christian blog is an opportunity to showcase their
writing skills. Others see it as beyond writing and is an avenue for
them to reach out with the Gospel of Christ to others. For you, it could be a means to journal your life struggles or journey as a Christian. Whatever
reason it is for you, starting a Christian blog as earlier noted is a
veritable tool to reach out to nations of the world.
That said, it is important to pick a niche or area of focus before starting a
Christian blog. This is because, at the start of the Christian blogging
journey, it is not advisable to generally blog about everything in
Christianity. When we launched this blog in 2021, our major focus was on Christian lifestyle, Poetry, Stories and spiritual articles. We later shifted to biographies, Christian journalism and Church news. Although things are coming into shape now, I must mention that at the start of the blogging journey, every Christian
blogger is still inexperienced, and blogging about the general Christian
life is cumbersome. It will likely wear you out and if you are not careful, a general Christian blog may confuse your
audience, making it impossible for them to understand what your blog is
all about.
I understand also that many young or upcoming
Christian bloggers find it difficult to pin a particular niche or area
of Focus when starting out. You have different Passions there
are many ideas running in your head and you just want the world to know
what you are thinking about. This is fine, however, I will advise and encourage anyone that wants to start a Christian blog to have a niche. If
you’re finding it difficult or hard to pick a niche, simply go to God
in prayer and mention His convictions which He gave you about the Christian blog. Tell Him that you don’t
know which area to focus on and since it is His work you are set
out to do, He will tell you what niche to
focus on.
At other times, you might basically want to share your own experience or blog about where you are deeply experienced. For
instance, a Christian accountant can decide to start sharing tips on
Christian finance. A young Christian athlete or sportsman may open up a
blog to encourage fellow Christian athletes. Also, a
Christian mum with children could open up a blog to talk about
raising children in a Christian or godly way. The list of Christian blogs is
endless and the beauty of it all is that you can combine two or
three related areas and pay attention to them as a Christian blogger in
Nigeria.
Profitable Christian Blogging Niches in 2025
To start a profitable Christian blog, you must make adequate research about the most popular Christian blog topics. From my findings as at 2025, here is a list some of the most popular areas of
focus as seen below
1. Christian Dating/Relationship
In November 2018, I started a relationship blog with my partner and it had grown reasonably over the years. It came up as a part of our ministry, Two Become One, a community of Christian singles and couples who are journeying with God until Two finally becomes one. This means that I have some authority to talk about the Christian Dating and Relationship niche. Christian
dating or relationship niche is one of the most sought-after blogging
areas. There are millions of Christians scattered around the world that
want to have a godly relationship and are looking for the right advice
on the internet. If you start a Christian dating or relationship
blog, you will be giving advice on areas such as relationship tips;
sexual purity; managing emotions; dealing with peer pressure, to name a
few. Although it is important that you have a
background in counseling or you are a relationship expert, if you are
led to start your Christian blogging journey in the dating or
relationship niche, you can never go wrong because there are millions of
Christians in need of godly advice to take their relationship to the
next level; that is where you come in
2. Christian News blog
A Christian news blog is basically where you can share news about events and many others on Christianity. This
however requires that you post news and stories every other day. If you
have a background in journalism or the media, it might be a good
Christian blogging niche to pitch your tent. One disadvantage with this is that you really need to heavily rely on social media to bring visitors to your website. Also, news gets stale so it may not be a good source of evergreen content.
3. Christian/Gospel Music Niche
To launch your Christian blog, you can consider is music or gospel songs.
Thousands of people search for lyrics to gospel songs and want a
recommendation of the best gospel songs they can use while working out,
exercising, and even when they have difficulties in life. You can
do a post detailing some interesting songs that believers could listen
to stay on their feet when they are weary and their faith is shaking. A Christian music blogger could also
go historical by writing biographies of gospel artistes and the
impact their songs made in Christendom.
4. Christian Evangelism
Evangelism is the act of taking the gospel to the people wherever they are and that includes the internet. According to Internet Live Stats, over 4.9 billion people use the Internet daily with about 4.5 active social media users. This makes the internet a fertile ground for evangelism. As a
Christian blogging niche, the evangelism area is basically set up to
draw people to God. Here, you can share salvation messages; you can tell
about the great works of missionaries scattered all over the world
trying to win souls for Christ. Although every Christian blog should be a
tool of evangelism, the core focus of an evangelism blog is to go
deeper than the usual Christian blog
5. Daily Christian Living
Every
day, Christians face issues in their life and a daily Christian living
blogging is one that offers practical examples of how a Believer can
live successfully in the world; tell people about how to manage their
time; how to have a work-life balance, and generally how to live out the
Christian life on a daily basis; you will have to be vulnerable and at
some point and share your own stories and struggles in certain areas of
life. You can even talk about addictions and how to break free
from then that can even be another Christian blogging niche entirely but
let’s leave it at that here!
6. Youths/Teenagers Blog
Youth
is riddled with many issues and temptations and is a period where young
people are finding themselves. So, if you are called into the youth
ministry, starting off a youth or teenage blog is a good way to draw
these young people to God, share with them how they can overcome peer
pressure; how to excel in their academics and fight off; the many
challenges of youth and being a teenager in an ever-changing world!
7. Children Blog
The
Bible says that children are a heritage of the Lord. A veritable
Christian blogging niche is one centered around children. If you are a
children teacher in your church, it could be that God is calling you to
start up a blog in this niche. There are many children on the internet
and even their parents could find useful tips on how they can groom
these young ones to become better youths and ultimately adults!
8. Christian/Godly Parenting
All through scriptures, there were different mentions of poor parenting cases, especially in the life of Eli and Samuel and this makes it an issue you may want to address. The
Christian parenting blog is similar to the children’s blog.
However, for parents, you could use this as a platform to share your
stories generally on parenting and raising children in a godly way. From my SEO Research, the Christian parenting blog is one of the most profitable blogging niches you can find around.
9. Christian Daily Devotion Blog
You
can start a daily Christian devotional blog if you have been convinced
to do so. Post devotionals daily and it could be the Open Heavens or
Daily Manna on the net if you can do it. The disadvantage of this too is that you will need to rely heavily on Social media traffic until you build reputation just like the Christian News Blog. Also, devotionals cannot be repeated as they are tagged by dates so there are little or no chances that your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) efforts will yield.
10. Bible Study Blog
Another
Christian blog niche you can focus on is Bible Study; if you have a
calling to teach and share the world, a Bible study blog is a really great idea.
How Do Christian Bloggers Make Money?
Money is not the root of all evil as many people have misquoted scriptures. According to 1st Timothy 6:10, it is the love for money that becomes the root of evil. Many Christian bloggers fear to monetise their blogs and most times say that they are under specific instructions from God to leave out monetisation. While it is true that God can speak to you to do that, it is necessary to know that God demands a level of trust and faith in Him for your blog to efficiently produce results and bring souls to the kingdom. This means that if God has truly asked you to leave monetisation on your blog, then He definitely has an alternative to sustain the blog, pay the writers, grow your reach as well as renew your domain and hosting fee yearly. In this case, you must trust God wholeheartedly to receive His promises for your blog.
At the same time, you should never feel guilty as a Christian blogger who wants to make money off your passion. As far as your heart's motives and intents are pure, monetising your Christian blog does not mean that you are monetising the gospel. As recorded in Proverbs 16:2, your motive must be pure because it is only then that it is not a bad idea for a Christian blogger to make money.
God knows that you have to pay for hosting and all other expenses. He also has good thoughts towards you as recorded in Jeremiah 29:11. However,
making money from a Christian blog should never override the main reason
for setting up a Christian Spiritual blog which is to reach out to the world with
the Gospel of Christ. That said, there are several ways a Christian blogger can make money and build a profitable venture in furtherance of the kingdom of God. Let's examine a few here:
1. Affiliate marketing
There are several affiliate marketing programs a Christian blogger can hop into to make money while sharing the word of God. These
affiliate marketing programs for Christian bloggers pay a certain
percentage of commission to those in their affiliate programs. You
have the Amazon affiliate program and a host of others. In fact, many
websites hosting companies have affiliate programs. So, you don’t need
to go far to get an affiliate or program to join.
2. Google Adsense
Google
Adsense has over time, proven to be one of the quickest ways to
monetize a blog. The Christian blogger can make money and profit by AdSense because it is one of the easiest ways to monetize a Christian blog. Once you
have original content, create your about page; your policy page and
have a good number of such content, you can apply and get Google
Adsense approved without many issues
3. Product Sales
As a Christian blogger, you can also make money or monetize your blog by selling products, services or even courses. You can sell branded or customized products, books, and many others!
4. Ad Space Sales
Custom
ads are another way a Christian blogger can make money. Being that a
Christian blog is highly targeted at believers, Christian organizations
or can reach out to you customized adverts.
5. Sponsored Posts
A
Christian blogger can also be paid for a sponsored post which could be
from individuals; another blogger, an organization or just any other
person.
The list is endless but the idea is that a Christian
blogger should be able to make money except as a matter of policy that
you don’t want to monetize your blog. It is not unbiblical to profit from your skills and passion
Conclusion
Further Reading
Igniting Spiritual Revival
2nd Timothy 3:1-7
Revelations 3:14-19
Acts 19
Acts 20: 32
Psalms 24:1
1st Timothy 2:10
1st Timothy 6:10
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