All features

Member profiles All plans

Contact details, family links, milestones such as baptism and membership, notes and a full history in one place.

Households and families All plans

Link parents, children and spouses so you can message, count and print by household.

Statuses and tags All plans

First-timer, new convert, member, worker, or your own labels, plus tags for the choir, ushers or any team.

Your own fields All plans

Record anything your church needs to know about a person, beyond the standard details.

Saved lists and columns All plans

Filter your people, choose the columns you want and save the view for next time.

Birthdays and anniversaries All plans

See who is celebrating this week and send a greeting in one click.

Duplicate finder and merge All plans

Spot someone entered twice and merge the records without losing their history.

Membership and growth report All plans

Growth by month, age group, gender and branch, ready for your leadership meeting.

Export to a spreadsheet All plans

Download your people list as CSV whenever you need it.

Digital connect cards All plans

Guests fill in a short form from a QR code or your website, so nothing needs retyping on Monday.

Fast capture for ushers All plans

Add a first-timer from a phone in seconds at the welcome desk.

Follow-up board All plans

Every guest and new convert on one board by stage, each with an owner.

Automatic follow-up messages All plans

Set the steps once: a thank-you today, a reminder to call tomorrow, an invitation this week.

Call and visit tasks All plans

Assign calls and visits, get reminded when they are due and record the outcome.

New convert care All plans

A separate path for new believers, from first prayer to baptism class.

Printable QR poster All plans

A poster for the welcome desk that opens your connect card.

Retention report All plans

See how many guests come back and join a group, month by month.

Service times and headcounts All plans

Set up your regular services and record the headcount for each one, by branch.

Roll call All plans

Tick people off by name for any service or meeting.

QR self check-in All plans

Members check themselves in from their phone, or at a welcome-desk kiosk.

Offline check-in All plans

Keep recording when the signal drops; the records sync when you are back online.

Trends and absentees All plans

Attendance over time, and a list of regular attenders who have gone missing.

Export to a spreadsheet All plans

Download attendance records as CSV.

Name labels and pickup codes All plans

Print a label for the child and a matching pickup code for the parent.

Allergy and medical alerts All plans

Flag allergies and special needs so the room team sees them at check-in.

Room lists All plans

See who is in each room and who has been collected.

Background checks and training All plans

Record police or DBS clearance, training, references and a signed code of conduct for each children’s worker.

Expiry reminders All plans

Reminders go out 60 days and 14 days before a check expires, and on the day.

Private documents All plans

Attach a certificate to a check; only the staff you allow can open it.

Status at a glance All plans

See who is valid, expiring or expired in one list.

Cells, fellowships and departments All plans

Any kind of group, nested under branches and zones.

Leader access All plans

Leaders see only their own groups and file reports from their phone.

Meeting reports All plans

Attendance, visitors, offering and prayer points after every meeting.

Group health All plans

See which groups have not met or are shrinking, before people drift away.

Group chat All plans

Leaders and members talk in the member app.

Public group finder All plans

Show your groups on your website and app so people can find one near them and ask to join.

Message a group All plans

Send an announcement to one group, or to every group in a zone.

Teams and positions All plans

Ushers, choir, media, children’s church and more, each with its own positions.

Rotas without spreadsheets All plans

Schedule weeks ahead and avoid double-booking people.

Accept or decline from a link All plans

Volunteers answer from a link or the app, and leaders see gaps straight away.

Swaps and blockout dates All plans

Volunteers swap turns and mark the dates they are away.

Reminders All plans

Volunteers are reminded before their turn to serve.

Add to calendar All plans

A volunteer can add their rota to the calendar on their phone.

Order of service All plans

Plan the service with timings and who is responsible for each item.

Coverage and burnout reports All plans

See gaps in the next four weeks and who may be serving too much.

Song library All plans

Songs with authors, CCLI numbers, tags and lyrics in one searchable place.

Chord charts All plans

ChordPro charts with live transpose and capo.

Bring songs in All plans

Import ChordPro files and SongSelect text, with title, CCLI number and authors filled in.

Arrangements All plans

Keep different keys and orders for the same song.

Service plans with a running clock All plans

Build the run sheet with songs and times, and see the clock as the service runs.

Rehearsal and stage mode All plans

The team opens the plan on a phone to rehearse, and uses large text on stage.

Printable chord sheets All plans

Print a song or the whole plan for the team.

Share a plan by link All plans

Send the team a private link so they can open the plan without logging in.

CCLI usage report All plans

A report of the songs you used, for your licence return.

Song usage and rotation All plans

See how often each song is sung so the list stays fresh.

Event pages All plans

Every event gets a page on your website, with a calendar download and share links.

Free and paid tickets All plans

Several ticket types with limits, paid through your own payment account.

QR check-in All plans

Scan tickets with any phone, or search by name when someone forgets theirs.

Recurring events All plans

Weekly services and monthly prayer meetings set up once.

Reminders All plans

Automatic email and SMS reminders cut down no-shows.

Church calendar All plans

One calendar of everything, which people can subscribe to on their phone.

Registrations and attendance All plans

See who registered, who came and who was new, and print or export the list.

Form builder All plans

Sign-ups, registrations, applications and surveys, built without code.

Conditional questions All plans

Show a question only when an earlier answer calls for it.

File uploads All plans

Let people attach a photo or document to their answer.

Payments on a form All plans

Collect a fee or a donation as part of a sign-up.

Capacity and closing dates All plans

Limit places and close the form on a date you choose.

Confirmations and staff alerts All plans

The person gets a confirmation and your team is told about each new answer.

Answers land in People All plans

Responses are linked to the person’s profile, so nothing is retyped.

Share anywhere All plans

Use a link, a QR code, a block on your website or a place in the member app.

Results summary and export All plans

See the answers at a glance and download them as CSV.

Online giving page All plans

A give page in your church’s name, with funds such as tithe, offering and building fund.

Your own payment account All plans

Connect your church’s Stripe or PayPal account, and gifts are paid straight to you.

One-click “Set up giving” All plans Coming soon

Take card gifts without pasting any keys or webhooks.

Built, and waiting for Stripe’s approval.

Local currencies and mobile money All plans Coming soon

Give in naira, cedi, shilling and rand with Paystack, Flutterwave, M-Pesa and MTN MoMo.

Built, and waiting for approval from Paystack, Flutterwave, M-Pesa and MTN MoMo.

Payment links and QR codes All plans

A short link or a QR code to show during the offering or share on WhatsApp, with a printable poster.

Give button for any website All plans

Embed a give form on a website that is not built with ChurchBright.

Text to give All plans

Members text a keyword such as GIVE 5000 TITHE and get a personal giving link back.

Recurring gifts All plans

Members set up a monthly tithe once and it arrives on time.

Pledges and projects All plans

Campaigns with a target and a progress bar, and members’ pledges tracked against them.

Offering batches and count sheets All plans

Record cash and cheques counted after service, with counters named and totals checked.

Cash and cheque gifts All plans

Record gifts given in church next to the ones given online, by fund and branch.

Receipts and year-end statements All plans

Thank-you receipts and annual statements, to print or download in bulk.

UK Gift Aid All plans

Gift Aid declarations and a claim file for UK charities.

Giving reports All plans

Giving by fund and by month, and a list of your givers.

Who is steady, slipping or back All plans

See who gives steadily, who is drifting away and who has just returned after a gap.

First-time givers All plans

Welcome new givers while the gift is fresh.

One click to care All plans

Turn a name into a follow-up task and a message without leaving the page.

Top givers stay private All plans

Named givers are shown only to the roles you allow; everyone else sees totals.

Retention and cohorts All plans

Track how many givers stay from one year to the next.

Income and expenses All plans

Proper double-entry accounts behind simple screens, with every gift posted for you.

Bank and cash accounts All plans

Track each account and reconcile it against the bank.

Bank statement import All plans

Upload OFX, QIF, MT940 or CSV statements, let your rules sort the lines, and book or match each one.

Expense requests and approvals All plans

Staff ask, the right person approves, and the record is kept.

Budgets All plans

Set budgets by department and see spending against plan through the year.

Branch remittances All plans

Branches remit an agreed share to headquarters, and HQ sees what is paid and outstanding.

Branches in different currencies All plans

Each branch keeps its own currency, and reports convert for the whole picture.

Closing a period All plans

Lock a month so its figures cannot change afterwards.

Cheque printing All plans

Print cheques on your own stock and keep a numbered register.

Journals All plans

Post manual entries with a printable record.

Financial reports All plans

Income and expenditure, balance sheet, trial balance, ledger, fund balances and budget against actual.

Bulk SMS 50 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Text your members with your church’s sender name; every plan includes monthly SMS units.

Texting in the US and Canada All plans Coming soon

Reach members on US and Canadian numbers.

Built, and waiting for Twilio’s approval to text US and Canadian numbers.

Email All plans

Send announcements and newsletters by email, with a one-click unsubscribe link.

WhatsApp All plans Coming soon

Message members on WhatsApp.

Built, and waiting for Meta’s approval for WhatsApp.

Voice calls All plans

Send a recorded message as a phone call, for members who do not read texts.

App notifications All plans

Push messages to members’ phones through the member app, without spending SMS units.

Smart audiences All plans

Send to a status, tag, group, event’s registrants or branch, with duplicates removed.

Personal at scale All plans

Merge tags such as {first_name} make every message feel written for one person.

Templates and scheduling All plans

Save messages you reuse, and send now or at the best time.

Automatic greetings All plans

Birthday and anniversary greetings, and a weekly service reminder, go out on their own.

Delivery reports All plans

See what was delivered, and how many SMS units you have used.

Opt-outs respected All plans

Members choose which channels they receive, and every message is logged.

Your own SMS provider All plans

Use your own SMS account instead of ours if you prefer, and apply for your sender name from the app.

Replies to your texts All plans

Replies land in one inbox your team shares, with assignment, private notes and saved replies.

Two-way WhatsApp All plans Coming soon

Answer WhatsApp conversations in the same inbox.

Built, and waiting for Meta’s approval for WhatsApp.

Give from any phone All plans

Members dial a short code to give, with no internet or app needed.

Check in with a code All plans

Check in to today’s service by dialling and entering a code.

Prayer requests All plans

Send a prayer request from a basic phone.

Event sign-up All plans

Register for an event by dialling.

A shared code or your own All plans

Use the shared service code, or bring your own from Africa’s Talking.

Staff tools All plans

See sessions and payments, print a poster for the notice board, and try the menu in a simulator without a phone.

Sermon library All plans

Video, audio, notes and transcripts organised by series, speaker and scripture.

Livestream All plans

A live page for your YouTube, Facebook or any other stream, on your website and in the member app.

Podcast feed All plans

Publish your audio messages as a podcast for members’ favourite podcast apps.

YouTube sync All plans

Paste your YouTube channel once and every video, old and new, appears in your sermon library.

Church TV channel From Growth

A looping programme of your sermons with a TV-style guide and an “On air” player, on your website and in the member app.

Feeds for TV apps All plans

Your sermons as a feed that TV apps can read.

Audio for low data All plans

Audio options for members on limited data.

Sermon studio 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Turn a sermon into notes, small-group questions, a five-day devotional, social posts and more, for you to review.

Sermons on your website All plans

Add a latest sermons block, a livestream player or a featured series to your pages.

Plays and downloads All plans

See which messages people watch and listen to.

Templates and themes All plans

Start from a designed template and set your own colours and fonts; every page works on a phone.

Premium templates Paid plans

Extra designer templates for your whole website.

Ready-made pages All plans

Home, About, Beliefs, Leadership, Ministries, Plan your visit and Contact, ready for you to personalise.

Section builder All plans

Heroes, service times, galleries, videos, leaders, FAQs, maps and forms, with a live preview.

Live content All plans

Upcoming events, latest sermons and giving blocks update themselves.

Menus All plans

Choose what appears in your website menu and where it goes.

Contact inbox All plans

Messages from your contact form arrive in an inbox, and a guest can become a follow-up in one click.

Search and sharing All plans

Set search titles and social images, and get a sitemap automatically.

Your own domain All plans

Connect your own web address.

More than one language All plans

Offer your pages in several languages, with a switcher for visitors.

Page history All plans

See earlier versions of a page and go back to one.

Media library All plans

Keep your photos and files in one place and reuse them on any page.

Visitor statistics All plans

See how many people visit and which pages they read, without cookies.

AI writer in the builder 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Draft the words for a page or section and edit them before you publish.

Custom CSS All plans

Fine-tune the look of your site with your own styles.

Custom JavaScript Paid plans

Add your own script, for example an analytics tag or a chat widget.

News posts All plans

Publish news and announcements on your website.

News feed All plans

Visitors can follow your news in a feed reader.

Your church’s own app All plans

Members install it from the browser on Android and iPhone, with your name, logo and colours.

News and announcements All plans

Post to the app and members see it on their home screen.

Daily devotional All plans

Share a devotional each day.

Testimonies All plans

Members share what God has done, and your team approves what is shown.

Member directory All plans

Members find one another, as far as each person allows.

Profile and membership card All plans

Members keep their own details current and carry a digital membership card.

Push notifications All plans

Reach members instantly without spending SMS units.

Everything in one place All plans

Sermons, livestreams, giving, events, groups, prayer and forms sit side by side.

Install on a phone All plans

Add ChurchBright to your home screen for quick access from anywhere.

Add people and record attendance All plans

Add a person or take attendance from your phone, wherever you are.

Alerts for your team All plans

Staff get notifications for what needs their attention.

Your own app in the App Store and Google Play Paid add-on

A white-label app under your church’s name, set up for you and quoted per church.

Push notifications on the phone Paid add-on

Announcements reach members’ phones through the native app.

Face ID and fingerprint lock Paid add-on

Members can lock the app on supported phones.

Membership card in Wallet All plans

Members add their church card to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.

Event tickets in Wallet All plans

Registered guests keep their ticket and QR code in their wallet app, ready for check-in.

Sign in with Google All plans

Staff and members continue with their Google account instead of another password.

Sign in with Apple All plans

The same one-tap sign-in for people on iPhone and Mac.

Classes by age and level All plans

From nursery to adults, plus special classes, each with its room, teachers and students.

Attendance on a phone All plans

One tap per child, then visitors, offering and the memory verse.

Your own lessons All plans

Write or upload lessons with files, import a term from a spreadsheet and copy last year’s term.

Teacher rota All plans

Teachers accept, decline or swap from a link and get a reminder before their turn.

Promotion Sunday All plans

See who moves up by date of birth, change any row, apply in one step and undo within 30 days.

Certificates All plans

Print promotion certificates for each class.

Parents in the app All plans

Parents see their child’s class, teachers, the lesson and the memory verse.

Reports All plans

Attendance, absentees and a printable termly summary.

Prayer requests All plans

Members and visitors send requests, and your prayer team sees them in one place.

Prayer wall All plans

Share requests on a members’ or public wall, only when the sender agrees, and your team can approve what is shown.

Private and anonymous requests All plans

Private requests never reach the wall, and only staff you trust can see who sent an anonymous one.

Counselling and visit appointments All plans

Pastors set their availability, and members book a time from the app.

Care cases All plans

Track hospital visits, bereavement and welfare help, with confidential notes.

Life events All plans

Keep a register of child dedications, weddings and funerals, and print certificates.

Discipleship pathways All plans

Walk people through a course from foundation to leadership, with classes and graduation.

Prayer and pathway reports All plans

See requests by category and month, and where people are on a pathway.

Bible quizzes All plans

Self-paced quizzes for members, and live quiz nights for the whole room.

Question bank All plans

Write questions, or import them from a spreadsheet.

AI question writer 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Draft quiz questions on a passage for you to check.

Challenges All plans

Reading plans, attendance streaks and other goals that people can join.

Leaderboards All plans

Friendly rivalry between individuals, cells and branches.

Badges All plans

Award badges for milestones.

Competitions between churches All plans

Take part in competitions run across churches.

One booking calendar All plans

Halls, classrooms, vehicles and equipment in one place.

No double-bookings All plans

A clash is blocked before it is saved, with set-up time around each booking.

Room requests from your website All plans

Visitors ask for a room, and you approve with one tap.

Asset register All plans

Know where every microphone, camera and chair is, with its purchase details and condition.

Check out and in All plans

Record who borrowed the camera and when it came back.

Maintenance reminders All plans

Be told before a service is due on a vehicle or a piece of equipment.

QR labels All plans

Print a label for each asset and scan it on a phone to open its record.

Letters with merge fields Allowance depends on plan

Write a letter once and print it for everyone, with names, addresses and giving totals filled in.

One letter per household All plans

Send a single letter to each household instead of one for every adult.

Address labels and envelopes All plans

Print label sheets and envelope fronts for a mailing.

Name badges and ID cards All plans

Badges for visitors, volunteers and events, and member ID cards, each with a QR code.

Your letterhead All plans

Print on your church’s letterhead with a signature.

Nobody silently missed All plans

People with no address are skipped and listed, so you can fix the record.

A log of what was printed All plans

Every print run is recorded.

Your church at a glance All plans

Key numbers and cards from every part of the church on one home screen.

A dashboard for each role All plans

Arrange the cards and set a default layout for each role.

First-week checklist All plans

A guided checklist takes a new church from sign-up to a live website and a first Sunday.

Every report in one place All plans

Find the reports from all areas of the church from a single page.

Executive summary All plans

A one-page summary for the pastor and the board, to print or email.

Branch comparison All plans

Compare your branches side by side.

Custom report builder All plans

Choose what to count and save the report for later.

Scheduled email reports All plans

Have a report emailed to you or your board on a schedule.

“When this happens, do that” All plans

Rules that start when someone joins, misses Sundays, gives, registers or has a birthday.

Ready-made recipes All plans

Start from welcome journeys, birthday greetings, absence alerts and giving thank-yous.

Messages, tasks and tags All plans

A rule can send a message, create a task, notify your team, add a tag or change a status.

Safe by design All plans

Daily limits, quiet hours, respect for opt-outs, a pause switch and previews that send nothing.

A full run log All plans

See what each rule did, for whom and when.

Make All plans

Connect your church data to other apps with Make, without code.

Google Sheets All plans

See live people, giving and attendance in a spreadsheet through a private link you can revoke.

Zapier All plans

The triggers and actions are built; the ChurchBright app is not yet listed in Zapier’s directory.

REST API All plans

Read and create people, families, gifts and more with API keys you control.

Signed webhooks All plans

Be told the moment a person is added, a gift is received or an event is booked.

Separate keys All plans

Create a key for each tool and revoke it at any time.

Developer documentation All plans

Plain documentation for your developers.

Ask about your church’s numbers 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Ask a question such as how many first-timers came back this month and get an answer from your own figures.

Writing studio 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Draft announcements, bulletins, event descriptions, social posts, letters and prayer points in your church’s tone.

Sermon outlines 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Get an outline from a Bible passage, with points, illustrations and application.

Quiz questions 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Multiple-choice Bible questions with answers, ready for a quiz night.

Translation 5 to 5,000 a month, by plan

Translate announcements and messages into local and world languages.

Usage page All plans

See how much of your monthly AI allowance you have used.

Team members All plans

Invite your staff and volunteers, each with their own login.

Roles and permissions All plans

Built-in roles, and your own, decide who can view, edit, export or delete.

Branch-limited access All plans

Branch admins see only their own people and records.

Two-factor sign-in All plans

Protect accounts with an authenticator app.

Activity log All plans

Exports, deletions, role changes and settings are recorded with who did them and when, and you can export the log.

Export all your data All plans

Download your church’s data as CSV at any time.

Search and command palette All plans

Press Ctrl+K, or ⌘K on a Mac, to jump to any page, run an action or find a person.

Notifications All plans

Staff are told inside the app about what needs them.

Guided tours All plans

Short tours show new team members around each area.

Switch areas on or off All plans

Turn off the parts of ChurchBright you do not use.

Your language All plans

Use the app in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish or Swahili.

Light and dark mode All plans

Choose light, dark or follow your device in the church app.

More than one church All plans

One login can switch between the churches you look after.

Your own structure All plans

Headquarters, regions, zones, districts and parishes, named the way you name them.

Reports rolled up All plans

Membership, attendance and giving added up from every branch.

Branches in other countries All plans

A branch can keep its own currency and time zone.

Branch filter All plans

Switch the whole app to one branch from the top bar.

Your plan and usage All plans

See what your plan includes and how much you have used.

Change plan All plans

Upgrade or downgrade when your church changes size.

SMS unit top-ups All plans

Buy more SMS units any time.

Receipts and invoices All plans

Download a receipt for every payment.

Switch from another system All plans

Bring your records over from your old church software or any CSV or Excel file.

People, giving, groups and attendance All plans

Import people and households, giving history, groups and their members, and attendance history.

Preview and duplicate checks All plans

See what will happen before anything is saved, with duplicates matched.

Undo a whole import All plans

Undo a whole batch in one click.