Connecting Members

What Connecting Members does

Connecting Members, founded in 2005 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a private web design and management platform purpose-built for small organizations without dedicated technical staff — principally Catholic parishes, schools, ministries, dioceses, and members of the Knights of Columbus across its Agent, General Agent, Local Council, and State Council tiers. The company operates as a subsidiary of Engage Software following an acquisition that integrated its event registration and membership management tools into a broader association management offering. The underlying platform is a cloud-based content management system bundled with an automated email newsletter, SMS broadcast, event registration, online donations and payment processing, a searchable ministry directory, news manager, and a drag-and-drop page builder, with integrations to Google Analytics, Google Calendar, GoDaddy, and HubSpot Payments. The product portfolio is segmented into four vertical-specific packages — Church & School Websites, Knights Councils Websites, Knights General Agents Websites, and Knights Agent Websites — each priced and packaged differently to match the buying motion of that segment.

The business model combines monthly recurring subscriptions (ranging from $24.95/month for individual Knights Agents to $199.95/month for General Agents with managed editing) with one-time setup fees of $49.95 to $1,000 and usage-based email charges of $0.00095 per email sent. An optional $100/month Site Management add-on extends the offering into white-glove content editing services. Go-to-market is sales-led: customers schedule one-on-one planning meetings with designers, receive custom mockups, and are supported by an in-house team during build, launch, and ongoing operations; self-service onboarding is available at the lower Knights Agent tier. Distribution is direct, U.S.-only, via the company website, phone (314-966-4000), and email ([email protected]), with customer testimonials and referrals serving as the primary demand-generation channel. The company reports platform-level scale metrics of 100,000+ members managed, 1,000+ clients served, $5M+ in customer revenue processed, $250,000+ in donations processed, and 50,000+ event registrations, alongside a named customer base that includes 50+ General Agents, 60+ Agents, 30+ Local Councils, and 7+ State Councils.

Name

Connecting Members

Legal name

Connecting Members

Website

https://connectingmembers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Connecting Members is a St. Louis-based, cloud-hosted website design and management platform serving Catholic parishes, schools, ministries, dioceses, and the Knights of Columbus (agents, general agents, and councils) with bundled email, payments, donations, and event registration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church and Nonprofit Website Design & Management Software

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Community/Group Chat Platforms (BPAMACAH)

Keywords

• Church website design
• Member management software
• Online donation platform
• Event registration system
• Automated email newsletters

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

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, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Website Design and Hosting Subscription: Monthly subscription services for website hosting, design, and ongoing support with various tier levels for different customer segments
2. Setup and Customization Fees: One-time setup fees ranging from $49.95 to $500 depending on service tier and customization requirements
3. Email Usage Fees: Additional per-email charges of $0.00095 per email sent for broadcast email services
4. Site Management Add-On: $100/month add-on for managed content editing services where staff handles website updates

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Connecting Members provides web design, hosting, and ongoing website management for churches, schools, ministries, dioceses, and Knights of Columbus organizations on a cloud-based platform. The bundled offering combines customized website design with one-on-one planning, automated email newsletters, event registration and payment processing, online donations, broadcast email and text messaging, and a content management dashboard.

Product overview

Connecting Members is a website design and management platform offered as a single unified service with bundled solutions. The core offering includes customized website design with ongoing support, combined with integrated communication tools (email newsletters, text messaging), event registration and payment processing, and content management capabilities. The product portfolio includes distinct tiered solutions: Church & School Websites (core product for religious and educational institutions), Knights Councils Websites (for local and state councils with event and payment features), Knights General Agents Websites (for insurance agencies with Knights-compliant content), and Knights Agent Websites (individual agent sites). All tiers share common infrastructure including the Dashboard, News Manager, Ministry Directory, Email Newsletters, and Online Donations features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Church & School Websites Website design and management solution for churches and schools, featuring customizable themes, monthly editing options, automated email newsletters, event registration, payments, donations, and text messaging.
• Knights Councils Websites Website solution for Knights of Columbus local and state councils, including event registrations, dues collection, online donations, text and email communications, and member management.
• Knights General Agents Websites Professional agency websites for Knights of Columbus insurance general agents, featuring Knights insurance content, agent bios, agency staff directory, recruiting email capabilities, and compliance-ready content.
• Knights Agent Websites Individual agent websites for Knights of Columbus insurance agents to market their career and services, with integrated booking calendar and IAR page links.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ members managed on the platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Engage SoftwarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngage Software acquired Connecting Members and integrated their event registration and membership management tools into one solution. Engage Software is trusted by national and regional member-based non-profits. Connecting Members operates as an Engage Software company.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tithe.ly: Tithe.ly provides online giving, church websites, and mobile apps for churches and faith-based organizations. It is a direct competitor to Connecting Members' bundled website + donations + event registration offering, targeting the same small-to-mid-sized church segment.
• Planning Center: Planning Center is a suite of church management apps (People, Giving, Services, Check-Ins, Groups, Calendar) used by tens of thousands of churches. It is a direct peer offering a more comprehensive product suite overlapping with Connecting Members' membership, donations, and event features.
• Breeze Church Management: Breeze is a church management software platform offering people, donation, event, and communication tools for small and mid-sized churches. It directly competes with Connecting Members on integrated member management and donation processing for the same small-church customer profile.
• Pushpay: Pushpay is a church engagement and giving platform serving mid-to-large churches with mobile giving, church apps, and management tools. It is a direct competitor that has expanded down-market into the smaller-church segment that Connecting Members serves.
• Elexio (Concordance): Elexio provides church management software including member databases, giving, communication, and website tools for small to mid-sized churches. It competes with Connecting Members on integrated member-management and church website functionality.
• Icon Systems (IconCMO): Icon Systems offers IconCMO, a complete church management solution with membership, contributions, events, and website features. It directly parallels Connecting Members' all-in-one approach for small religious organizations.
• Servant Keeper: Servant Keeper is a church membership and contributions management software aimed at small to mid-sized churches. It is a direct peer to Connecting Members' member-management and donation-processing capabilities, often purchased by churches with limited technical staff.
• Subsplash: Subsplash provides a church engagement platform with giving, mobile apps, media, and group tools. It competes with Connecting Members' integrated communications + giving + events model, particularly for churches looking to digitize member engagement.
• Clover Sites: Clover Sites is a church website design and hosting company serving small and mid-sized churches, similar to Connecting Members' core website design + hosting offering. It is one of the closest head-to-head competitors in the niche church website builder space.

Broad incumbents

• ACS Technologies (Realm): ACS Technologies is a long-established, broader-scope provider of church and school management software (including the Realm platform). It serves a similar customer base as Connecting Members but operates at much larger scale with a wider product portfolio across faith-based and education markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/connecting-members

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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