What Ekklesia360 does

Ekklesia360 is a church-focused Software-as-a-Service platform that provides a web-based Content Management System, online giving infrastructure, church management software, and mobile/community engagement tooling to churches, ministries, and non-profit organizations. The product portfolio includes the Ekklesia360 CMS at the core, bundled with optional modules: e360 Giving (online donations at $10/month base plus 3% + $0.39 card / 1% + $0.39 ACH transaction fees, PCI Level 1 compliant), e360 ChMS (people, attendance, communications, volunteer scheduling starting at $35/month), e360 Themes (pre-built templates at $500 onboarding), MinistryOne (native iOS/Android mobile app), and the ChurchStreaming live-streaming integration. Subscription tiers span Basic ($60/month), Plus ($85/month), Advanced ($175/month), and Pro (custom), with a 10% annual billing discount and no contractual lock-in. Underlying technology includes cloud-hosted media delivery over Akamai CDN with Rackspace Cloud Files storage, automatic audio/video encoding across MP3, MP4, FLV, MOV, and other formats, a full API and FTP for customization, and integration with 25+ third-party services across CRM, payments, communications, forms, and storage. Named customers include Woodbury Lutheran Church (mid-market), Eagle Brook Church (enterprise), High Desert Church, and Port City Community Church, with measurable outcomes such as a 404% increase in Small Groups page traffic and 452 page visits to a new Classes page within 90 days for Woodbury Lutheran.

Ekklesia360 monetizes primarily through tiered monthly subscriptions, a $500 one-time onboarding fee tied to theme selection, transaction-based take rates on giving volume, and a layered professional-services arm that includes custom website design, web strategy consulting (Pro Strategy Project, Essentials Strategy Project), website coaching, branding, and managed giving administration. Go-to-market is hybrid: a product-led self-serve path (theme selection, plan pick, account setup) coexists with a sales-assisted track for higher-complexity churches, anchored by quotes, free consultations, and dedicated account management. Marketing combines content (blog, ebooks, case studies, white papers), SEO around church website/online-giving queries, organic social, email newsletters, and the Conclave community events held in Charlotte, Houston, San Diego, and Chicago. Distribution also leverages partnership channels within the Ministry Brands portfolio of church technology companies.

The company was founded in 2006 in San Diego by Drew Goodmanson as Monk Development, with Etienne de Bruin (CTO) joining that year and James Martin (President/COO) joining in 2008. Ekklesia360 now operates as part of Ministry Brands Holdings, LLC, with operational headquarters at 14488 Old Stage Road, Lenoir City, TN. Headcount is reported at 1-10 in firmographic records but other sources indicate a distributed team of 25+ across Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, Austin, Colorado, North Carolina, and additional locations. The platform is trusted by over 8,500 churches across more than 20 countries, with reported reach of 550,000+ members, 220,000+ sermons, and 277,000 events. Past recognition includes three consecutive San Diego Business Journal Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies awards (2010-2012) and INC 5000 placement in 2013. No external funding rounds or acquisitions are disclosed.

Name

Ekklesia360

Legal name

Ministry Brands Holdings, LLC

Website

https://ekklesia360.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ekklesia360 provides a web-based Content Management System and integrated ministry software suite - including online giving, church management, sermon hosting, and mobile apps - to over 8,500 churches and ministries across 20+ countries, monetizing through tiered subscriptions and transaction-based giving fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church Technology Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Web Content Management (WCM) & Experience Platforms (Content Services) (HDAEAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Blogging & CMS Content Platforms (BPAMAJAG), Digital Newsroom/CMS Platforms for Publishers (MPACAIAH)

Keywords

• Church website CMS
• Church management software
• Online giving platform
• Ministry website hosting
• Sermon management system

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Website Subscription Plans: Recurring monthly or annual subscriptions for website hosting and CMS access across four tiers (Core, Plus, Advanced, Pro). Onboarding fee of $500 charged at signup. Annual payment saves 10%.
2. Online Giving (e360 Giving): $10/month subscription plus per-transaction fees (3%+$0.39 for cards, 1%+$0.39 for ACH). Optional add-ons: kiosk giving at $19/month per kiosk, text giving at $5/month. Churches can save up to 30% compared to other providers.
3. Church Management Software (e360 ChMS): Starting at $35/month when bundled with e360 Giving. Includes people management, attendance, communications, and volunteer scheduling. No setup fees or contract fees.
4. Professional Services: Custom website design and development services, web strategy consulting (Pro Strategy Project, Essentials Strategy Project), website coaching sessions, and branding/logo services billed as separate engagements.
5. Third-Party Integration Services: Integration services where the Ekklesia360 team integrates third-party tools (ChMS, giving, streaming, email) into client websites, billed as add-on service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ekklesia360 builds and sells a web-based Content Management System (CMS) purpose-built for churches, delivered as a hosted SaaS platform with tiered monthly/annual subscriptions. The CMS is tightly integrated with optional add-on modules — e360 ChMS (church management software), e360 Giving (PCI Level 1 compliant online/text/kiosk giving), and MinistryOne (church mobile app) — alongside pre-designed e360 Themes, a sermon manager, and live streaming via partner ChurchStreaming. The company also provides separately billed professional services for custom website design, custom development, web strategy consulting, managed giving administration, and website coaching.

Product overview

Ekklesia360 is a church website platform and ministry technology suite. The core offering is the Ekklesia360 Content Management System (CMS), a web-based platform for church websites that includes built-in features for sermons, events, blogs, online giving, and privacy controls. This core platform integrates with optional add-on modules including e360 ChMS (Church Management Software at $35/month) for congregation management, people tracking, mass communications, and volunteer scheduling; e360 Giving (online giving platform at $10/month) for tithes, offerings, and text-to-give; and MinistryOne for mobile app engagement. The platform also connects with ChurchStreaming for live streaming services. Churches can start with pre-built e360 Themes (from $500 onboarding plus $70-295/month subscription) or commission fully custom designs through the company's professional services team. Additional services include web strategy consulting, website coaching, managed giving programs, and Conclave networking events for church communicators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• e360 ChMS: Church Management System solution that provides insights and information to help churches manage their community, including people management, giving tracking, event management, and mobile app.
• e360 Giving
• e360 Themes
• MinistryOne

Products and services

• Ekklesia360 CMS (Core Platform) Web-based Content Management System (CMS) purpose-built for churches and ministries, providing website hosting, design tools, content management, sermons, events, blogs, online giving integration, and Church Management Software connectivity on tiered subscriptions (Basic $60, Plus $85, Advanced $175, Pro custom).
• e360 Themes Pre-designed responsive church website templates (including themes named Francis, Kalley, Finney, Allen, Sunday, Palmer, Wesley, Trotter, Carmichael, Tubman, King, Parks, Truth, Whitby, Elliot, Spurgeon, Augustine, Strong, ten Boom, L'Engle, Wilberforce, Nouwen, Polycarp, and Wycliff) sold as a one-time onboarding product starting at $500 plus the selected monthly plan.
• e360 ChMS (Church Management Software) Church Management Software covering people management, family/group linking, interaction tracking, attendance, giving data analysis, mass communications (email/SMS/voice), volunteer scheduling, child check-in, event management, calendar, document approval, and a native iOS/Android mobile app. Pricing starts at $35/month when bundled with e360 Giving.
• e360 Giving PCI Level 1 compliant online giving platform for churches supporting one-time and recurring donations via credit/debit cards (3%+$0.39 per transaction) and ACH (1%+$0.39), with text-to-give ($5/month add-on) and kiosk giving ($19/month per kiosk). Base subscription $10/month, with customized giving pages matching church branding.
• MinistryOne (Church Mobile App) Mobile church app (MinistryOne) that integrates with the Ekklesia360 platform, providing iOS/Android mobile access for members to engage with sermons, events, communications, and giving on the go.
• ChurchStreaming Live streaming service for churches providing multi-destination broadcast (Facebook, YouTube, Apple TV), real-time transcoding, customizable viewer layouts with sermon notes and chat, moderated prayer requests, 7-day expert support, and CDN scaling from small congregations to 100K viewers.
• Custom Website Design Goal-oriented custom website design service for churches needing a fully customized site beyond pre-built themes, delivered by a dedicated project team and engaged via free quote request and sales-assisted consultation.
• Custom Development Services Custom development services for churches including custom website implementation, third-party integrations (ChMS, giving, streaming, email), and theme tailoring for specific ministry needs — billed as add-on engagements.
• Web Strategy Services Strategic website consulting delivered as two engagements — Pro Strategy Project and Essentials Strategy Project — to help churches plan their online ministry presence.
• Managed Giving Full-service managed giving program in which the Ekklesia360 team handles giving communications and administration so churches can focus on ministry.
• Website Coaching One-on-one website coaching sessions pairing churches with designated website coaches, delivered as coaching packages of 3-5 personalized sessions with screen sharing covering site setup, custom sitemaps, and best-practices training.
• Conclave Private roundtable gathering of church communicators for networking, best-practices sharing, and discussion of church communications challenges, hosted in cities including Charlotte, Chicago, San Diego, and Houston.
• Branding Service Branding service for churches delivered as a standalone Design engagement alongside custom website design, logo packages, custom graphics, and color consultation.
• Logo Packages Standalone logo package service offered as part of Ekklesia360's Design services, providing churches with custom logos for their brand identity.
• Custom Graphics Custom graphics service for churches offered as part of Ekklesia360's Design services for tailored visual assets and creative deliverables.
• Color Consultation Color consultation service for churches offered as part of Ekklesia360's Design services to align visual identity across website, branding, and print collateral.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration41 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ChurchStreaming.tvcoreTechnology or IntegrationRecommended live streaming partner of Ekklesia360. Provides live streaming specifically designed for churches with multi-destination broadcast, real-time transcoding, customizable viewer layouts, sermon notes, moderated prayer requests, and live chat. Includes 7-day expert support and performance monitoring.
• Monk DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company and development arm behind Ekklesia360. Monk Development builds and maintains the software suite including Ekklesia360 CMS, e360 ChMS, and e360 Giving. Founded in 2006 by Drew Goodmanson with Etienne de Bruin (CTO) and James Martin (President/COO) as key leaders.
• Ministry Brands Holdings, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company of Ekklesia360 and Monk Development. Ministry Brands is a portfolio company serving the church technology market. Ekklesia360's privacy policy and copyright notices reference Ministry Brands Holdings, LLC.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pushpay: Public church engagement and giving platform competing directly with e360 Giving and increasingly with full-stack church SaaS offerings.
• Tithe.ly: Church giving, messaging, and mobile app platform, directly overlapping e360 Giving and MinistryOne use cases.
• Planning Center: A leading church management platform offering people, services, registrations, giving, and check-ins, with a strong overlap in mid-market church customers that also use Ekklesia360's CMS.
• Breeze ChMS: Church management software for people, giving, events, and check-in that integrates with multiple website platforms, overlapping e360 ChMS.
• Shelby Systems (ShelbyNext / Shelby Arena): Long-standing church management and accounting software vendor; Ekklesia360 has integration partnerships with both ShelbyNext and Shelby Arena.
• Subsplash: All-in-one church engagement platform spanning websites, apps, giving, and media — a full-stack competitor to the Ekklesia360 suite.
• Church Community Builder (CCB): Church management software focused on groups, serving, and people, with website integrations comparable to Ekklesia360.

Emerging players

• Rock RMS: Open-source church management platform with website and giving integrations; an emerging alternative to Ekklesia360 for technically capable churches.

Broad incumbents

• Ministry Platform: ACS Technologies' flagship ChMS serving medium-to-large churches; a broader incumbent also integrated with Ekklesia360 via web hooks.
• Squarespace: General-purpose website builder used by many small churches as an alternative to e360 Themes, especially for buyers seeking low-cost self-service setup.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/MonkDevelopment
• Facebookfacebook.com/ekklesia360
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ekklesia360
• Pinterestpinterest.com/monkdev

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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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