Church Community Builder

What Church Community Builder does

Church Community Builder is a U.S.-based provider of mobile church management software, best known for the LEAD App used by church staff and ministry leaders to manage processes, record notes, and follow up with congregants in real time. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs; it has operated as a wholly-owned sub-brand of Pushpay Holdings since Pushpay's 2016 acquisition of CCB. Within the Pushpay ecosystem, the CCB technology stack underpins ChurchStaq, the unified giving/management/engagement platform, and ParishStaq, the Catholic parish and diocese variant.

The core platform combines a web-based church management system (ChMS) with mobile apps (LEAD App for staff, member-facing mobile app), digital giving infrastructure, engagement analytics (Insights), and proprietary transaction-recovery technology branded Everygift. Notable technical components include Process Queues for automated follow-up workflows, customizable event/registration forms, SacramentTracker for Catholic sacramental journeys, QuickGive with Apple Pay for sub-6-second mobile giving, and AI-powered natural-language features for giving data and people search. The platform exposes an API and integrates with 100+ third-party tools.

Revenue is generated primarily through subscription-based platform access (tiered by church size and feature usage) plus transaction fees on digital donations processed through the owned payment infrastructure. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales for the largest U.S. churches (7 of the 10 largest U.S. churches and 84 of Outreach's top 100 run on the platform) with inside sales for mid-market congregations, supported by a 12-month no-cost grant program for qualified pre-launch church plants. The customer base spans 14,000+ churches globally, with the platform securing $235M in at-risk donations annually.

Name

Church Community Builder

Legal name

Pushpay Holdings

Website

https://churchcommunitybuilder.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Church Community Builder provides mobile church management software (the LEAD App) for staff and ministry leaders, operating as a wholly-owned sub-brand of Pushpay Holdings and serving 14,000+ churches with unified ChMS, digital giving, and engagement tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church Management Software

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Church management software
• Digital giving platform
• Donor engagement tools
• Parish administration software
• Pastoral care analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Colorado Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: Churches pay for access to the Church Community Builder / Pushpay church management platform including ChMS, giving, and engagement tools. Pricing is likely tiered based on church size and feature usage.
2. Giving/Transaction Processing: Platform processes donations and tithings, likely earning transaction fees or a percentage of donations processed through the digital giving infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Church Community Builder provides the LEAD App, a mobile church management system (ChMS) that lets church staff and ministry leaders manage processes, record notes, and follow up with people in real time. Within the broader Pushpay ecosystem, the offering encompasses an integrated platform combining digital giving, member engagement, event/check-in management, volunteer scheduling, and analytics for Protestant churches and Catholic parishes.

Product overview

Pushpay is a church engagement platform offering a unified suite of church management, giving, and engagement tools. The core products include ChurchStaq (the all-in-one platform combining giving, ChMS, apps, and insights), ParishStaq (for Catholic parishes and dioceses), Pushpay Giving (standalone digital giving), and Church Management Software (ChMS). Additional products include the Mobile App, Insights analytics, Nurture.io (pastoral care), and Everygift (transaction security technology). The platform integrates with partner products like Resi for live streaming and offers AI-powered features for giving data analysis and people search.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Church Community Builder: Church management software product line providing the LEAD App for church staff and ministry leaders to manage processes, record notes, and follow up in real time.

Products and services

• Church Management Software (ChMS) Church management software that unites people, data, and ministry, enabling churches to see how their community engages and track growth across ministries. For Protestant and Catholic churches of all sizes.
• ChurchStaq

Quantifiable outcome

• Churches that switch grow recurring donors by 24% on average
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Nurture.iocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Pushpay announced acquisition of Nurture.io in April 2026, adding pastoral care and engagement intelligence capabilities for churches. Nurture provides timely, trackable pastoral care from existing church data.
• ResicoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership for reliable live streaming and video content delivery. Resi's platform enables churches to stream confidently with state-of-the-art tools and AI features for meaningful connection. Featured prominently on Pushpay platform.
• Barna GroupstrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerResearch partnership producing the annual 'State of Church Technology' report based on survey of 1,300+ church leaders. Co-branded industry research content.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Subsplash: Subsplash provides an all-in-one church engagement platform spanning mobile apps, giving, messaging, and media. It competes directly with Pushpay/CCB's unified platform story, particularly for digital-first and multi-site churches.
• ChurchTrac: ChurchTrac offers affordable church management software with attendance, giving, events, and check-in for small and mid-sized churches, representing a budget-tier direct competitor to CCB.
• Planning Center: Planning Center is a leading church management software suite (People, Services, Giving, Check-Ins, Groups, Registrations) widely used by mid-sized and large churches, directly competing with Church Community Builder's ChMS and giving capabilities.
• Shelby Systems (ShelbyNext): ShelbyNext by Shelby Systems is a long-established ChMS and accounting suite for churches, serving Protestant denominations and competing directly with CCB in the mid-market segment.
• Tithe.ly: Tithe.ly offers digital giving, church apps, and church management software with a heavy SMB and mid-market focus. It directly overlaps CCB's giving and engagement tools and competes for the same church buyer.
• ACS Technologies (Realm): ACS Technologies' Realm church management system is a long-standing ChMS serving churches of all sizes with member management, giving, and check-in features, directly competing with CCB in the Protestant and Catholic segments.
• Breeze ChMS: Breeze is a simple, affordable church management software with member management, giving, events, and check-in, popular among small to mid-sized churches as a lower-priced alternative to enterprise ChMS platforms like CCB.
• Ekklesia 360 (E360): Ekklesia 360 is a church management and giving platform serving churches with member database, online giving, and communications, competing with CCB in the small to mid-market church segment.

Others

• Resi: Resi is a Pushpay strategic partner providing live streaming and video delivery for churches. While it does not directly compete with CCB's ChMS, it is part of the broader church-tech ecosystem and the integrated Pushpay platform offering.

Emerging players

• Flocknote: Flocknote is a church communication and engagement platform focused on email, text messaging, and member directories. It overlaps with CCB's engagement functionality, particularly for parishes prioritizing outreach over giving.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CCBChurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/CCBChurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/church-community-builder
• Instagraminstagram.com/pushpay/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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