Online Church Solution

Name

Online Church Solution

Legal name

Flashlight Media, LLC

Website

https://onlinechurchsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Eagle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Subscription - Core Platform: Annual subscription providing access to website builder, membership database, church member directory, association directory, email accounts, email newsletter, and event registration. All tools included for one price.
2. Setup Fee: One-time setup fee per website for account creation and initial configuration. Customer is responsible for building their own site.
3. Podcasting Add-on: Add-on podcasting service at $100/year for OCS websites, including integrated media player, mobile web app integration, recent messages plugin, statistics, and Apple Podcasts page. Standalone podcasting for non-OCS websites at $135/year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Online Church Solutions provides an integrated, all-in-one subscription platform that combines a custom-built CMS website builder with church management software (ChMS) for small churches, ministries, missionaries, and religious non-profits. For $225 per year, customers receive a responsive website builder, a centralized church membership database, an online member directory, event registration, a drag-and-drop email newsletter tool, and unlimited domain-branded email accounts, with sermon podcasting available as a $100/year add-on. The service is operated by the founders of Flashlight Media, LLC and currently serves over 400 churches and ministries in the US and more than 17 additional countries.

Product overview

Online Church Solutions offers an integrated platform combining a Website Builder (CMS) and Church Management Software (ChMS) for small churches, ministries, missionaries, and non-profits. The core platform includes a custom-built Website Builder, Church Membership Database (the centerpiece of their ChMS), Church Member Directory, Event Registration, Email Newsletter builder, Email Accounts, and Association Directory — all included in the base $225/year pricing. Podcasting is offered as a $100/year add-on. The platform is proprietary, built with PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, and is hosted on managed servers. The company is currently pivoting to a new brand called Church Thrive.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Podcast Your Sermons: Sermon podcasting service started in 2005, offering online hosting for sermon audio, an HTML5 sermon player, Apple Podcasts page integration, listener statistics, and optional sermon notes PDF uploads.

Products and services

• Website Builder Custom-built CMS that enables churches to easily build, customize, and maintain a responsive church website without needing in-house technical staff. Included in the $225/year all-in-one subscription.
• Church Membership Database Centralized database within the ChMS that manages member information, family records, skills, groups, attendance, counseling history, custom fields, photos, and targeted email messaging; supports CSV export. Included in the $225/year subscription.
• Church Member Directory Online and printable member photo directory connected to the Membership Database, allowing members to update their own contact information with administrator approval. Included in the $225/year subscription.
• Event Registration Proprietary system for creating church event registrations with customizable forms, seat limits, attendee tracking, text/email notifications, calendar integration, and registration reports. Included in the $225/year subscription.
• Email Newsletter Drag-and-drop email newsletter builder with responsive layouts, dynamic image resizing, social media icons, multiple templates for different groups, and automatic sign-up from the church website. Included in the $225/year subscription.
• Email Accounts Unlimited email accounts using the church's domain name, with 500MB storage per account, webmail access, autoresponders, and email forwarding. Included in the $225/year subscription.
• Podcasting (Sermon Podcasting) Sermon podcasting service with HTML5 Sermon Player, Apple Podcasts integration, RSS feed management, listener statistics with geographic location, and cloud-based MP3 hosting. Available as a $100/year add-on for OCS websites or as a $135/year standalone service for churches on their own websites.
• Association Directory Directory tool for religious denominations, associations, districts, and regions to list member church contact information with searchable listings by church, city/state, or pastor. Included in the $225/year subscription.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400 churches and ministries served
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Liquid WebcoreTechnology or IntegrationManaged server hosting provider since 2008. Provides 99.9% uptime infrastructure, Intel Solid State hard drives, 100 Mbps network connection, 24/7/365 managed server with proactive monitoring. Hosting datacenter located in Lansing, Michigan with SSAE-16 and HIPAA compliance.
• Flashlight Media, LLCcoreOthersParent company and full-stack web development business owned by Mark and Alisha. Online Church Solutions is a service of Flashlight Media, LLC. The husband/wife team runs both entities, with OCS being the church-focused product line and Flashlight Media handling general web development work.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Pushpay: Leading church engagement and ChMS platform serving mid-to-large churches with giving, mobile, and management tools. Overlaps directly with OCS in ChMS but operates at a much larger scale with broader portfolio (Pushpay, Resi, Church Community Builder).
• Squarespace: General-purpose website builder widely adopted by small churches and ministries for basic web presence without ChMS. Represents the do-it-yourself alternative for budget-constrained congregations that OCS targets.

Direct peers

• Planning Center: Suite of church management modules (People, Services, Check-Ins, Giving, Registrations) used by tens of thousands of churches. Most direct functional overlap with OCS's integrated CMS + ChMS approach.
• Faithlife: Church and Bible software company offering Proclaim, Logos, and church management tools. Overlaps with OCS in serving churches with integrated content and management tooling.
• Ekklesia 360: Church website and online church management platform built specifically for small-to-mid-size churches, with overlapping CMS, email, event, and directory functionality.
• Breeze ChMS: Church management software focused on small and medium churches with people, events, giving, and communication modules. Closest mid-market direct competitor to OCS's all-in-one ChMS positioning.
• IconCMO: Long-standing ChMS for smaller churches offering membership, contributions, attendance, and communications. Comparable niche focus and price-sensitive customer base to OCS.
• Tithe.ly: All-in-one church platform spanning giving, apps, websites, and ChMS. Targets the same SMB and mid-market church segment as OCS with a comparable bundled value proposition.
• Subsplash: Church engagement platform offering mobile apps, websites, media, and giving. Competes with OCS in website/communication tools for churches of similar size.
• ChurchTrac: Affordable church management software for small churches, including membership, contributions, events, and website tools. Targets the same budget-constrained small-church segment as OCS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/OnlineChurchSolutions

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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