The internet has revolutionized the way we do things. It has changed the way people shop, research, and even get in touch with their religious community. Just like organizations and businesses, churches need to have an online presence to let the world know about their presence and the activities they offer. Many churches may not have the resources to pay designers thousands of dollars to get a theme developed from scratch. These 30 WordPress church themes are fairly affordable and save religious communities time putting their online presence together:

1. WP Church: WP-Church: a highly attractive template for churches and faith communities. It has 8 custom widgets and 6 custom colors. It offers support for Google Maps. A scripture finder is included too.

2. Grace for Church: Grace is a light-color theme for church and christian websites. You can use it for other religious websites as well. You can easily embed your videos. It’s also search engine friendly.

3. Born: Born for WordPress is great looking and highly customizable. You are in control of colors, fonts, and the image showing in the background of your site. It supports 4 custom types (events, videos, audio, galleries).

4. Light of Peace: a versatile theme you can use for your church, wedding event, and everything in between. It takes advantage of jQuery and has multiple page templates.

5. WordPress Church: a very cool looking church theme for WordPress. It’s very flexible and comes social media ready. Best of all you get the PSD files with it as well to further customize the theme.

6. Ecclesia: Ecclesia offers 6 color schemes and an unlimited number of color variations. You also get 18 custom widgets to further customize your site with.

7. Ray of Light: designed for church sites but can be used for other types of religious sites as well. It offers automatic image resizing and an easy to use control panel.

8. Outreach theme: powered by Genesis Framework for WordPress, Outreach is customizable enough for you to use it for your church, non-profit organization, and everything in between.

9. WP-Church: a robust theme that has everything you need to promote your church and its activities. It has automatic scripture finder, 6 color schemes, and 8 custom widgets.

10. Antioch: an image and video friendly theme for churches. It has a simple design but is still great for promoting your upcoming events.

11. WordPress Aid + Charity: you can use WordPress Aid for charity organizations, churches, cause marketing, and other similar purposes. It has donation tracker, call to action, and unlimited color options.

12. Saving Grace: this is an attractive theme for non-profits and those who are raising funds for a noble cause. It has 5 color schemes and a donation bar.

13. Ezekiel theme: a highly customizable theme for WordPress. It has 6 page templates, 4 custom widgets, and is podcast friendly.

14. Moses: designed specifically for churches, this theme lets you add your events and post sermons to your site. It has a HTML5 audio player and 5 color schemes.

15. Mu Theme: this theme comes with multiple styles and backgrounds. It automatically resizes your images and is highly customizable.

16. City Church: City Church is a child theme based on Builder framework. It is highly user friendly and makes adding text and audio content to your site easy.

17. Ambience: Ambience is a dark, very slick theme for your church website. Very flexible and comes with banner management and 5 layouts to choose from.

18. Charity theme: Charity is powered by UpThemes framework. It has an easy to use image slider and a powerful back-end. Uploading your own images to this theme is pretty easy too.

19. Organic Non-Profit Theme: Non-profit has a professional design and is perfect for non-profits, green businesses, and religious sites. It is SEO friendly too.

20. Delta Theme: an easy-to-use and simple theme for churches. Does not have as many bells and whistles as some of the other themes in this list.

21. bChurch: bChurch is a good looking theme for religious WordPress websites. It can handle videos and is social media friendly.

22.Flashlog: Flashlog is a dark theme that you can adopt easily for your church’s website. Comes AJAXified with advanced flash integration.

23. Rebirth: Rebirth is a dynamic theme that provides support for video, audio, event, and gallery type posts. The homepage is highly customizable.

24. True North: True North has 6 custom widgets and nine custom sidebars. The admin panel makes customizing this easier. Google Maps is integrated into this template.

25. Open Air: Open Air is a magazine-type WordPress theme for churches and any other type of religious website. It supports Flickr.

26. Trinity: Trinity for WordPress has a light tone and clean looks. It lets you promote your sermons and other events conveniently.

27. Crossroads: Crossroads has valid HTML5 code. You get custom theme widgets and a side-blog page template. It is social media friendly.

28. Malachi Theme: Malachi is a video-based theme designed specifically for churches and religion-based communities. You get 7 page templates, 4 custom widgets, and 5 custom post types.

29. Calvary: Calvary has a down-to-earth style to it with dark earth tones and textures. It is lightweight and quite fast.

30. Authentic Church: Authentic Church Theme has built-in podcasting capability. It can handle videos very well as well. You get a bunch of custom widgets to further customize your site.

Whether you are looking to set up a church website or use WordPress to create a portal for your mosque, you can do it easily with the above themes. You don’t necessarily have to spend thousands of dollars to start your online presence these days.

Your take: did I miss anything? Please feel free to share your favorite premium church themes below.

LeetPress: it has the looks and functionality to help you build a killer game portal quickly. It can handle your videos, reviews, and a whole lot more.

Black Aperture: a dark, dynamic theme for gaming portals. It has multiple layouts and is easily customizable.

Imperial for WordPress: this cool theme offers 2 color schemes and custom widgets. It is social media friendly too.

gp3 for WordPress: designed specifically for video game portals. If you plan to do a lot of reviews, this theme is worth checking out.

InReview for WordPress: InReview works for game reviews but you could cover other products too. It has 5 color schemes and a user rating system.

Continuum: a sophisticated magazine theme for video game portals. It is fully widgetized and has plenty of custom widgets. It supports 5 review types.

OnDemand: this theme was originally inspired by Hulu.com. It is fully widgetized and works great for video reviews.

Juggernaut: works for magazines and blogs. It offers light and dark skins. You get 17 backgrounds. It also offers 4 custom widgets.

PIM for WordPress: a newspaper style theme you can use to cover the latest news in the world of video games. You get 2 home page styles and 3 colors.

Morning for WP: a visually appealing theme for magazines. It does not limit you to video games. You can cover anything you desire. It has one powerful settings panel for you to customize your theme’s behavior.

Which one of these themes do you like the most? Don’t forget to share your suggestions below.

If you are looking to create your own free or paid listing website using WordPress, these classified themes are worth checking out:

Classifieds: a powerful listing theme for WordPress that makes it so easy to create your free or paid classified listing website. It supports Google Maps and PayPal.

ClassiPress: it is the premium classified theme for WordPress. It not only allows your users to add their posts without too much hassle, it comes well integrated with PayPal, and an image manager. Your visitors can report spam listings, so you can catch them with the help of your community.

Listings for WordPress: it has a custom homepage. You get a featured slider too. The Google Maps service is supported. This theme is super powerful and highly customizable.

Classified Engine Theme: one sleek classified listing template for WordPress. This can be used to create paid listing websites. It has some features not found in other themes in this list too. Your visitors can bump their ad or connect to your site using their Facebook account. Auto-complete search capability is a big plus.

Classifieds Theme: Classifieds Theme is highly customizable and has plenty of color schemes for you to take advantage of. The support behind this theme is top notch too. Support various payment systems and Google Maps.

AuctionTheme: it is another classified solution for WordPress. It lets you start your own auction listing WordPress website fast.

Classified Theme: Classified Theme is a cool listing theme for WordPress that is very well-designed and dynamic. You get a drop down menu and an easy to use submission form. If you are looking for an affordable yet attractive solution for your listing website, Classified Theme is the way to go.

Directory Theme: one of the better looking classified themes around. It is quite versatile and can handle all types of ads. Entries can be posted without having to log into the WordPress dashboard. It has a responsive design.

JobPress: JobPress is not your everyday listing theme. It’s a job listing theme for WordPress that allows you to set up your very own job search blog fast. It’s very easy to use and comes with similar features to ClassiPress.

Sofa OpnPress: a versatile theme that can be used for article submission, classified ads, online directories, and everything in between. It has a built-in deposit system and offers internal bookmarking. Supports Google Maps too.

Listing websites make it easy to make money from your WordPress site. As long as you have a solid idea behind your classified WordPress website, it is not too difficult to monetize these sites. Keep in mind that there are many of these sites around. So you need to work hard to make your site special. Thanks to the above 10 themes, you won’t even have to write a line of code to get the ball rolling.

(added themes: Jan 31st, 2012)

What to look for

Not all e-commerce themes are developed the same way. As a webmaster, you should try to get your hands on a theme that looks professional, makes managing your inventory easier, and offers support for multiple payment system. Your theme should be as SEO-friendly as possible too. The update process should be as convenient as possible. Lastly, your e-commerce template should be built upon a secure code.

Here are 40 e-commerce themes for WordPress that look attractive and make your life as a business owner easier:

Storebox: comes ready to go out of the box. Supports multiple product types. It lets you handle tax and shipping easily. You can even start your own affiliate program with this theme.

Mazine WordPress Theme: a super attractive e-commerce theme for WP. It offers 6 color variations, a bunch of sliders, a whole lot more. It is ready to be translated too.

Store Front: comes with two color schemes and is optimized for search engines. It’s ad friendly as well. Has an easy to customize front-page. Very stylish and clean.

eStore: a super sleek online shop theme for WordPress. It is very dynamic and can be used for all kinds of shops including clothes shops.

Shelflife: it is a clean, e-commerce theme based on WooCommerce platform. It has a responsive design and is easy to customize.

e-Commerce Theme: a super clean online shop theme for WordPress that is easy to setup and quite versatile as well. It offers auto one click install, which will create a sample shop for you in no time. It even allows you to start your own affiliate program too.

ShopperPress: a clean and easy to install shopping cart theme for WordPress that comes with numerous styles and supports all kinds of payment systems. It’s SEO friendly too.

Boutique Theme: great for small shops. Offers unlimited color schemes and automated thumbnail resizing. User/author ratings are supported too.

Sliding for WooCommerce: a clean and simple shop theme for WordPress. It is highly customizable. You get custom shortcodes and a powerful options panel.

WP Store: enables you to take your offline business online or create an online store from scratch. It allows you to handle payment, manage inventory, create coupons, and manage shipping for customers.

Kidz Store: Kidz Store is a powerful WordPress e-commerce theme that enables you to start an e-store with WordPress fast. It’s an auto install theme that makes your job easy. Has tons of features to help you manage your online shop more effectively through WordPress.

eShop e-commerce theme: a sophisticated, clean theme for anyone who is planning to sell products online. You can manage your store easily from the back-end. Comes integrated with payment services.

WooStore for WordPress: another elegant and highly customizable theme for WooCommerce. It uses custom post types to handle different content. The back end makes customizing your theme easier.

Sommerce Shop: optimized for the all powerful JigoShop plugin. It offers 60+ custom backgrounds and 10 custom headers. It supports all kinds of products.

Store E-commerce Theme: a very simple to use and flexible WordPress e-commerce theme that lets you add your products and start selling them online fast. It supports coupons, multiple shipping methods, and more. The powerful back-end makes managing things much easier. If you want to build your online shop with WordPress, this theme can come in handy.

The Jewelry Shop: designed specifically for those of you aiming to build an online presence for your Jewelry shop. It is highly customizable and supports products with videos. It has a ton of custom widgets too.

Digital Box for WordPress: turns your website into an e-commerce store for digital goods. It supports various types of products. PayPal, 2Checkout, Authorize.net, Google Checkout, and WorldPay are supported too.

Ecommerce Theme: one of the best WordPress Ecommerce themes around. It’s SEO friendly and allows you to add your own photos and set up your shop fast.

Emporium for WordPress: a very clean shopping cart WordPress theme that enables you to start a sophisticated online shop quickly. Makes it easy to manage your inventory and pick up affiliates for your business.

Emporium for WooCommerce: not to be mistaken with the previous theme, this template has a responsive design and highly customizable homepage.

Storefront Edge: it has a beautiful homepage with 2 cool layouts. It offers Fancybox effect for all images. Your get 4 different Cufon fonts for your headings.

StorePress: a very flexible theme that lets you add your items easily and start making money online with e-commerce WordPress site. Very affordable too.

The Clothes Shop: the perfect theme to start your online clothes shop with. It has 30 widget ready sections and 22 custom widgets. You can have a side-blog using this theme too.

Argentum: gives you everything you need to bring your small store online. It is optimized for mobile devices. Uses WooCommerce plugin.

Clean Cut: it gives your online store a gorgeous look. It offers sales analytics, shipping/tax support, and support for WooCommerce.

Market Theme: another simple shopping theme for WordPress. Set up WordPress, add this theme, add your items, and you are set to go. Very simple to deploy.

Musician: designed for artists, Musician is a cool template to use to start selling your artwork.

Viroshop: a pretty clean and decent looking store theme for WordPress. Supports PayPal and Google Checkout payments. Let’s you customize it to work with all aspects of your e-commerce business.

Storefront Elegance: an e-shop theme with a minimalist design. Its Options panel gives you control over the look of your site. You also get 4 templates.

Classified Theme: not your average e-commerce theme. It’s designed to let you create your listing website where people can submit their items (like craigslist). You can also easily modify it to build your own online shop with WordPress.

auctionTheme: auctionTheme lets you create your auction WordPress site and of course you can customize it to set up your shop as well. Either way, a great way to start building up your business.

Classipress: another cool listing theme for WordPress that lets you not only sell your own items but also ask others for a fee to sell their goods as well.

Sofa StockPhoto: want to sell your own photograph or start a business around stock photos? You can use this theme to get started with minimum investment up-front. It has a built-in deposit system. PayPal is integrated in it as well.

Acquisto: this is inspired by Etsy.com. It has a 3 column layout with two widgetized sidebars. It is compatible with Cart66 and Quixly.

Gridport: a super clean shop template that puts back on the products you are selling. It has a responsive design and is translation ready.

WP FlexiShop: a sleek theme that offers 3 different layouts and has 12 areas for your widgets. It supports tax and multiple payment systems. The checkout process is streamlined. Pretty impressive all around.

Storefront Designer: gives your online shop a beautiful look. You can show product or product categories on your homepage.

Bookoo: this theme is designed for book publishers. It supports PDF previews. Comes integrated with Google Maps.

Animal House: an e-commerce ready theme for pet businesses. It is compatible with Jigoshop. It has 12 custom widgets and is ready to be localized.

RGBStore: a simple but elegant shop theme for this platform. It has 3 color schemes, 6 page templates, and 2 sidebar positions.

There you have it. If you are planning to create your online store with WordPress, the above templates are worth checking out.

Your turn: did we miss anything? Please feel free to add your favorite marketplace themes below.

P.S. Don’t forget to check top eBay plugins to further enhance your shop.

(*updated: January 2012)

Wpoupon for WordPress: a Groupon clone theme for WordPress. Lets you feature your top deals on its home page. It offers Paypal or Authorize.net integration.

Daily Deal: lets you create and manage your own deal portal in WordPress. It has 5 color schemes and a deal moderation system. reCAPTCHA is integrated into it. It can be localized.

Group Deals plugin: not interested in installing a brand new theme to turn your site into a Groupon-clone? This plugin can handle Group Deals on WordPress. It is not perfect but has a lot of potential.

The above themes and plugin are useful for anyone who wants to start a Groupon style site using WordPress. Which one do you like the most?

There aren’t many premium job themes around, but there are some that are easy to use and customizable. You can always install them at your root domain or in a sub-directory on your blog. Here are 8 powerful job board themes that help you save time getting your job site online fast:

9 to 5: a quite flexible WordPress job theme. It has 8 color schemes and is Ajaxified. It has a separate blog section and can be localized.

Job Board Theme: a flexible job board theme for WordPress that comes with 7 color schemes and tons of customization features in the back-end. PayPal is integrated into the theme as well, making it easier to start a paid job board with WordPress.

Job Roller: a powerful job listing theme for WordPress that takes full advantage of custom types, jQuery, and AJAX to bring your visitors the most dynamic experience possible.

Tapp Jobs: a super job board theme for WordPress by Press 75 that is clean, SEO-friendly, and social-media ready. You can easily customize it and put your brand and stamp on it.

JobPress Professional: a very flexible and attractive job board theme for WordPress that lets you set up your job board fast. You can also charge people for listing their jobs on your blog. Even if you don’t know any coding, you can still set up your job board fast with Jobpress.

JobJockey: lets you put together a job site using WordPress fast. It works for employers and job seekers. It keeps record of viewed and starred jobs. Companies get instant notification for new applications.

Classipress: a cool WordPress listing theme for advanced users who want to customize it and make a job board out of it. The functionality is already there, but you just have to make minor changes. If you know coding, it’s very much worth it.

Jobpress: if you are looking for a free job site theme, this template is worth checking out. You get custom post types, taxonomies, and custom page templates.

There you have it. Adding a job board to your WordPress blog is an easy way to take your blog to the next level. Thanks to the above job listing themes, you won’t have to spend too much time doing it.

(updated: Jan 31, 2012)

Domestica is designed specifically for real estate agencies and professionals. It gives you full control over the layout and structure of your website. You can upload your log, change property settings, and modify your homepage from the options page. The slider settings can be easily modified. This is where you get to display your latest or best properties to the world.

Domestica offers multiple layouts to give your visitors a better chance to go through your listings. Each agent has a unique page with his/her contact information and a list of properties listed. The theme comes integrated with Google Maps, which gives your portal a more professional look.

Domestica has beautiful listing pages to make choosing the right property easier for your visitors. It is ad and SEO friendly too. It works well for real estate agents and agencies.

(Domestica Real Estate Theme demo)

Review It: this theme is developed specifically for review sites. It is quite dynamic and has 2 skins. It supports BuddyPress.

Avenue for WordPress: one attractive magazine theme for WordPress. It can handle audios, videos, and photos. Avenue is elegant and highly customizable.

Reviewer for WordPress: this theme is built for handling reviews. It has a 5 star rating system. It offers 10 Google Fonts options and unlimited colors.

TV Elements: whether you are into vlogging or want to do video reviews on movies, this template has you covered.

Bodega for WordPress: an elegant theme which works for sports, video games, movies, and everything in between. It offers 7 custom widgets and post ratings.

Premiere Theme: this vlogging theme offers 11 color schemes and custom widgets. It is built upon the all powerful WooFramework.

Mammoth: has 3 different skins. Works great for movie reviews and gaming sites. It offers 5 custom widgets.

Continuum: this is one versatile magazine theme for WordPress. It can handle music, movies, games, books, and other products. It is much more useful for large portals.

VideoFlick: another theme developed for vlogging. You can use this to review movies (using trailers) or promote your own video reviews.

Boulevard: this is a beautiful magazine theme that supports 3 types of posts. It comes integrated with a review system.

Which one of these movie review themes do you like the most?

Care for WordPress: a professional theme for doctors, dentists, and health businesses. It is SEO friendly and highly customizable. It is translation ready too.

Media for WordPress: a professional theme designed specifically for medical doctors. Let’s doctors showcase the services they offer. It also helps patients get in touch with their doctors online.

Nail Care: this theme is developed for nail care businesses. But it can be easily modified to work for other businesses in the health industry.

Dr. Style Theme: a professional looking theme for medical businesses. It offers 5 colors schemes. It is mobile friendly too.

Appointment Theme: works for any professional (in medical or other fields). What’s nice about this theme is the fact that it lets your visitors book your services from your site.

Savvy for WordPress: another clean theme for medical professionals. It has an intuitive theme options panel and ships with multiple color schemes.

We did test a few free themes for doctors. But we did not find them to be good enough for this type of business. The above themes have professional designs and are highly customizable.

Blocco for WordPress is super fast and quite dynamic. It can handle your posts with photos and videos easily. It comes integrated with social media buttons. You are in control of all aspects of this theme. Uploading your logo and favicon is super easy. Recent posts or a specific category of your posts can be shown on your homepage.

What’s nice about Blocco is the fact that you can turn its features off to make it fit your needs. For instance, you can disable logo, iPad/iPhone optimization, and search field on your site. Adding featured images and embedding videos can’t be any easier.

Blocco for WordPress is more than just a pretty theme. It works well on desktop and mobile platforms. It is quite fast and easy to customize. This theme can give your website a very unique look.