Church Social

Name

Church Social

Legal name

Church Social Inc.

Website

https://churchsocial.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church Management Software

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

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

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Church management software
• Congregation communication tools
• Membership directory software
• Donation tracking platform
• Church calendar scheduling

Headquarters

HQ city

Beamsville

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Small Church: Tiered subscription model based on church membership size. Small tier for 0-200 members at $60/month, billed annually.
2. Subscription - Medium Church: Medium tier for 200-400 members at $90/month, billed annually.
3. Subscription - Large Church: Large tier for 400+ members at $120/month, billed annually.
4. Special pricing: Mission churches, church plants, and needy churches can contact for special pricing arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Church Social provides a cloud-based church management SaaS platform that helps congregations communicate and stay organized through a unified suite covering member directory, family records, groups, calendars, schedules, messaging, file sharing, photo library, bulletins, prayer requests, sermon archiving, giving/donation tracking, pastoral visits, and leadership tools. The platform is delivered as a web application and native iOS/Android mobile apps with push notifications, sold via tiered annual subscriptions based on church membership size.

Product overview

Church Social is a unified church management software platform designed to help congregations communicate, stay organized, and manage church operations. The core platform provides a comprehensive suite of integrated modules including: Member Directory, Groups, Calendar, Schedules, Messaging, Files, Photos, Library, Bulletins, Prayers, Sermons, Giving, Visits, Leadership, and Administration tools. The platform is available as a web application and native mobile apps for iOS and Android. A REST API enables developer integrations and workflow automation. Pricing tiers (Small at $60/month for 0-200 members, Medium at $90/month for 200-400 members, and Large at $120/month for 400+ members) provide full access to all features with annual invoicing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Church Social Core Platform Cloud-based church management software delivered as a web application at app.churchsocial.com, providing unified modules for member directory, family photos and contact info, groups, calendar, schedules (nursery, ushers, host family, deacon collections), messaging with group targeting, files, photos, library, bulletins, prayer requests, sermons, giving/donation tracking, visit tracking, and leadership/administration tools. Sold to churches as tiered annual subscriptions with a 30-day free trial and free Excel-based data migration.
• Church Social Mobile App Native iOS and Android applications offering a simplified version of the web platform with fast access to the event calendar, member directory, recent messages, livestream, bulletins, and push notifications for new messages, message replies, and new bulletins. Supports offline access, stay-signed-in functionality, Face ID/Touch ID authentication, and a redesigned full-month calendar view.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces administrative tasks for elders and deacons allowing more time for shepherding
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• URCNA (United Reformed Churches in North America)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep partnership with URCNA federation to provide specialized annual statistics reporting aligned with 2026 Synod decisions. Church Social collaborated with URCNA Statistics and Directory Editor Jody Luth to build reporting features.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Subsplash: Church engagement platform emphasizing mobile apps, giving, and media. Directly competes with Church Social's mobile and engagement layers and targets similar congregation sizes with a more polished consumer-grade UX.
• Icon Systems (IconCMO): Church management software offering member, contribution, and accounting modules. Comparable in scope and customer profile for small-to-mid congregations, particularly useful as a comp for evaluating single-vendor admin replacement.
• Breeze: Church management software popular with small-to-mid-sized congregations, offering people, giving, events, and check-in modules. Closely comparable in target customer size (SMB congregations) and self-serve SaaS motion, making it the most direct mid-market competitor.
• Planning Center: Market-leading church management SaaS suite (People, Giving, Services, etc.) serving tens of thousands of churches across all denominations. Directly competes with Church Social for congregation management, but is far broader and larger — most analogous competitor for feature and GTM benchmarking.
• ChurchTrac: Affordable church management software aimed at small churches with member tracking, contributions, and attendance features. Comparable in target segment and self-serve pricing motion, particularly for sub-200 member congregations.
• Church Community Builder (CCB): Cloud-based church management platform serving mid-sized churches with directory, groups, and contribution tracking. Closely comparable feature set and customer profile; useful comp for migration/displacement dynamics.

Regional players

• Elvanto: Church management software originating in Australia and serving primarily Australian and NZ congregations. Closest geographic peer given Church Social's Australian customer base; useful comp for internationalization trajectory.

Emerging players

• Tithe.ly: Church giving and engagement platform that has expanded into a broader church app suite. Most directly comparable on the giving/donor management module, with growing overlap in communication and member engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Realm (ACS Technologies): Established church management database with deep functionality for membership, contributions, and accounting. Targets larger congregations with more complex back-office needs — broader and more enterprise than Church Social but overlapping in core admin workflows.
• Pushpay (Community Brands): Larger church engagement and giving platform now part of Community Brands, serving mid-to-large churches globally. Competes on giving/donor management and mobile engagement; broader portfolio but less specialization in Reformed denominational workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/churchsocialapp
• Facebookfacebook.com/churchsocialapp

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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