The Church Co

What The Church Co does

The Church Co is a privately held, bootstrapped SaaS company founded in 2015 by Paul Cox and domiciled in Florida, USA, that operates a cloud-based website and digital platform purpose-built for churches. The core product is a drag-and-drop church website builder with a live visual editor, premade blocks, and templated themes, extended by natively integrated modules for online giving (Stripe-powered), sermons and media with podcast distribution, an auto-expiring events engine, small groups discovery, a members portal, digital prayer requests, sermon notes, and a livestream "Church Online" interface. A fully branded custom mobile app and a beta Smart TV digital signage product round out the surface. The platform connects bidirectionally with major church management systems — Planning Center, Church Community Builder, ChurchSuite, and PushPay — which together create an operational dependency layer above the website itself.

The business operates a tiered subscription model (Basic at $29/mo, Premium at $49/mo, Ultimate at $199/mo, all billed annually) with a 14-day free trial and a bundled free website-building service that has served 5,000+ churches since launch. One-time setup tiers range from free Simple Setup (locked to a 1-year contract) to Custom Setup at $999, and additional managed services — Google Ads, Local SEO and AEO, and a Full Marketing bundle — are priced at $499–$749/month. Go-to-market combines self-serve PLG signup with sales-assisted 25-minute demo calls, denominational SEO, content marketing, and a presence at church industry conferences (Exponential, C3Conf). Distribution extends globally across the US, UK, Australia, and Indonesia with GDPR and UK GDPR compliance in place and a dedicated EU/UK sales function.

AI is deployed as applied, tier-gated features rather than as a core architectural layer: AI Sermon Transcription, AI Image Tagging, a Website Assistant, and a Sermon Upload Assistant are available on the Ultimate plan. The company remains founder-owned with no disclosed institutional capital, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A history; its strategic trajectory is oriented around product surface expansion, deeper ChMS integration, and incremental geographic reach into European markets.

Name

The Church Co

Legal name

The Church Co

Website

https://thechurchco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Church Co is a bootstrapped Florida-based SaaS company that provides churches with a drag-and-drop website builder, integrated giving, sermon, events, and members modules, and a custom-branded mobile app, serving 5,000+ churches globally through tiered subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church Website Builder Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Media, Publishing & Broadcasting (Radio, TV, Digital, Press) (BPAGAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith & Religious Live Streaming Platforms (MPACACAK)

Keywords

• Church website builder
• Church management software
• Online giving platform
• Church mobile app
• Church engagement tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Winter Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans: Monthly or annual subscription tiers (Basic $29/mo, Premium $49/mo, Ultimate $199/mo) providing access to website builder, hosting, and core features. Annual billing with 14-day free trial included.
2. Website Setup Services: One-time setup fees for website design and migration assistance: Essential $299, Tailored $799, Custom $999. Simple setup is free with yearly subscription.
3. Marketing Services: Additional monthly services: Google Ads Management at $499/mo, Local SEO & AEO Management at $499/mo, Full Marketing Management at $749/mo
4. Online Giving Processing: Stripe-powered giving with standard processing fees (typically 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Church Co provides a cloud-based digital platform for churches, centered on a drag-and-drop church website builder with built-in modules for online giving, sermons and media, events, small groups, member portals, digital prayer, sermon notes, and livestreaming. The platform is offered via tiered subscription plans (Basic, Premium, Ultimate) and includes free website-building services with every subscription, plus a fully branded custom mobile app for churches.

Product overview

The Church Co is a church website platform offering a comprehensive suite of tools designed specifically for churches. The core product is the Church Website Builder (a drag-and-drop website designer), which serves as the foundation. Key integrated modules include Online Giving (Stripe-powered), Sermons & Media (with podcast distribution), Events Engine, Small Groups (with map-based discovery), Members Portal, Sermon Notes, Digital Prayer System, and Church Online (livestream interface). Premium integrations connect with Planning Center, PushPay, ChurchSuite, and Church Community Builder. The platform offers tiered subscription plans (Basic, Premium, Ultimate) with the Ultimate plan including AI-powered features (AI Sermon Transcription, AI Image Tagging), Smart TV Digital Signage, Content Personalization, and dedicated support teams (Web Design Team, Content Management Team, Web Strategist, App Strategist). Additional marketing services include Google Ads Management and Local SEO & AEO Management. The company also offers custom-branded mobile apps that sync with the website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Church Website Builder
• Custom Branded Mobile App
• Online Giving
• Sermons & Media
• Digital Prayer System
• Events Engine
• Small Groups
• Members Portal
• Sermon Notes
• Church Online
• Google Ads Management
• Local SEO & AEO Management
• Full Marketing Management
• Website Setup Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5000 churches have websites built by The Church Co
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability4 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Planning CentercoreTechnology or IntegrationDeep bidirectional integration with Planning Center for events, groups, people, giving, forms, registrations, and sermons. When content is added to Planning Center it automatically syncs to church website.
• PushPaycoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration for events, groups, and people management. PushPay giving button can be embedded anywhere on the website.
• ChurchSuitecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration for events and groups management with ChurchSuite.
• Church Community BuildercoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration allowing members to keep information synced between The Church Co Members Portal and Church Community Builder.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processor for online giving. Handles transaction processing with standard fees (typically 2.9% + 30¢). Members Portal dashboard connects to Stripe for donor management.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Subsplash: All-in-one church engagement platform offering church apps, websites, giving, media, and communication; competes directly with The Church Co's bundled website + app + giving + sermons stack for mid-market and large churches.
• Tithe.ly: Church giving, websites, and engagement platform with mobile app and ChMS functionality; directly comparable to The Church Co's Basic/Premium tiers and a named integration partner that overlaps functionality.
• Planning Center: Church management software suite (People, Giving, Calendar, Registrations, Groups, Services, Publishing) that also offers Media (sermons), Church Center app, and websites, making it the most direct end-to-end competitor to The Church Co across website, app, giving, and sermon distribution.
• Pushpay: Church giving and engagement platform with a church app, websites, and ChMS components; The Church Co integrates with Pushpay but Pushpay also sells direct competitive products, putting it in adjacent/competing position.
• Church Community Builder (Ministry Platform): ChMS with member, group, event, and giving modules that integrates bidirectionally with The Church Co Members Portal; a partial competitor where churches choose between keeping church data on the website vendor vs. on the ChMS.
• Breeze ChMS: Church management software with member database, giving, events, check-in, and website features; targets the same SMB church segment as The Church Co's Basic and Premium plans.
• ChurchSuite: UK-based church management platform with members, events, groups, rota, and giving modules; integrates with The Church Co but serves the same UK evangelical and Anglican churches as a direct alternative.

Emerging players

• Sharefaith: Church-specific website builder with themes, media, giving, mobile app, and background/video library; targets the same denomination-agnostic church market as The Church Co's SMB tier.
• Flocknote: Church communication, email/text, and basic website platform aimed at small and mid-size parishes; partial overlap with The Church Co's outreach, events, and small-groups features for budget-constrained congregations.

Broad incumbents

• Wix for Churches: Generic drag-and-drop website builder used by many small churches; lacks The Church Co's church-specific modules (prayer, sermon, giving, ChMS integrations) but competes on raw website-design capability and brand recognition at the low end.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thechurchco
• Facebookfacebook.com/thechurchco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thechurchco

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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