No more spreadsheets.
No more scattered tools.
Just one powerful platform.
ChurchCMS brings your member records, giving, communications, attendance, mobile app, and website into one organised system — modern, secure, and completely free. Your church deserves better than paperwork.
Most churches are running on
tools that were never built for them.
Spreadsheets lose data. WhatsApp groups miss people. Paper registers don't scale. Your church deserves a real system — one built specifically for how ministry works.
and expensive.
- Member records spread across spreadsheets, notebooks, and phone contacts
- Attendance tracked on paper — impossible to spot who's drifting away
- Giving collected in envelopes, manually counted, rarely reported
- Events announced on WhatsApp groups that half the congregation isn't in
- No mobile presence — members have no digital connection to the church
- Paying $100–$200/month for software that owns your data
- Locked into a vendor — leaving means starting from scratch
- No way to reach every member quickly in an emergency
and completely free.
- Every member profile in one searchable, exportable directory
- QR code attendance at the door — instant, accurate, automatic
- Online giving with full donor history and one-click giving statements
- Push notifications, SMS, and in-app announcements reach everyone instantly
- A branded Android app your members download and use every week
- $0/month — free forever, no matter how much your church grows
- Open source — you own the software, your data never leaves your server
- One platform replaces six scattered tools, for good
How ChurchCMS transforms every level of your church
Ministry Level
Manage Bible studies, prayer groups, choirs, and ministry teams from one dashboard. Track attendance, send targeted messages, and coordinate events without the chaos of multiple group chats.
Organisation Level
Real data on your congregation — who's growing, who's giving, who's been absent for three weeks. Make better decisions, plan better services, and steward your church's resources with confidence.
Member Level
Every member feels seen — birthday wishes, anniversary messages, personal prayer follow-ups, and daily scripture in their pocket. Stronger community bonds mean stronger retention and deeper giving.
Built for every layer
of your church.
ChurchCMS doesn't just manage data — it strengthens ministry, sharpens leadership decisions, and deepens the connection every member feels to your church.
Less admin chaos.
Run every team, group, and programme with clarity — from the choir to the children's ministry, all in one place.
Create groups for every ministry — choirs, Bible studies, committees, youth groups. Assign leaders, track members, and message the whole team instantly.
Schedule services, special events, and Sunday school classes. Sync automatically to the mobile app and send reminders so nobody misses what matters.
Members submit prayer requests through the app. Leadership receives them privately. The Knock for Help feature lets anyone reach a pastor instantly and discreetly.
Publish every sermon to your website and mobile app automatically. Members listen on demand, share with friends, and stay connected to the Word all week long.
Take your Sunday service online with live streaming and video rooms. Reach members who can't attend in person and expand your congregation beyond your walls.
Publish your weekly bulletin digitally — no printing costs, no paper waste. Push announcements directly to every member's phone the moment they're ready.
Solid foundation.
Real data gives church leadership the clarity to plan, grow, and steward resources with confidence.
Every member profile in one searchable, exportable database — contact details, family units, subscription status, attendance history, and giving records all in one place.
Every member gets a printed photo ID card with a unique QR code. Scan at the door for instant, accurate attendance — no registers, no manual entry, no errors.
Receive tithes and offerings securely from anywhere. Track every donor, generate annual giving statements, and run fundraising campaigns — all from your dashboard.
A dedicated, easy-to-manage website for your church — publish sermons, events, bulletins, and announcements without any technical knowledge required.
Your congregation's data lives on your server — not a corporation's cloud. No third-party access, no data selling, no risk of a vendor shutting down and taking your records with them.
See who's attending regularly, who's been absent, and where giving trends are going. Spot members who need pastoral attention before they drift away silently.
seen, valued, connected.
When members feel known and cared for, they give more, serve more, and bring others along with them.
Your church in every member's pocket — events, sermons, giving, prayer requests, messaging, and daily scripture, all in a branded Android app at no cost.
Automated birthday and anniversary messages sent directly to members — a small touch that makes every person feel remembered and valued by their church family.
A daily scripture delivered automatically to every member's phone — keeping the congregation spiritually connected to the church every single day, not just Sunday.
Push and SMS notifications for events, service reminders, and urgent announcements. Reach every member instantly — no more relying on someone to forward a message.
When members are informed, engaged, and feel part of a community, they give more generously, volunteer more willingly, and invite others to join.
In-app messaging keeps the congregation connected between services. Community features give members a private, church-owned space — not a public social media platform.
Not just free. Fundamentally
different from everything else.
ChurchCMS isn't a cheaper version of Planning Center. It's a completely different philosophy — built on ownership, freedom, and respect for your church's data.
Your member records, giving history, and congregation data live on your server — not a corporation's cloud. No third party can access, analyse, or sell your church's information.
No corporate data access everMost church software charges per member or per user. ChurchCMS charges nothing — whether you have 50 members or 5,000. The price is always the same: $0.
Unlimited members, unlimited usersExport your data anytime in standard formats. Move to a different host. Spin up a new instance. The MIT licence means you own the software outright — no vendor can ever hold you hostage.
Full data export, always availableChurchCMS is fully customisable. Your church has a unique identity — bring your designer, your branding, your ideas. Nothing is locked behind a template you can't change.
Open source — customise anythingBecause ChurchCMS is open source, a growing community of certified developers worldwide can install, customise, and extend it for you — in your language, for your market.
Find a partner developer near youStop stitching together WhatsApp groups, Google Sheets, a giving app, and a website builder. ChurchCMS does all of it — in one place, for one team, with one login.
Replace 6 tools with one systemYour data is yours.
Not a product. Not an asset.
When you use a typical SaaS church platform, your congregation's data — names, addresses, giving amounts, attendance patterns — sits on someone else's servers. That company can raise prices, change terms, get acquired, or shut down. ChurchCMS works differently.
- Data stored on your own server or your chosen host
- No third-party analytics on your congregation
- No risk of a vendor shutdown taking your records
- Export everything at any time in standard formats
- GDPR and data privacy compliant by design
- MIT licence — you own the software, not just a subscription
ChurchCMS vs typical SaaS platforms
Need help? There's a global pool of certified developers ready to assist.
ChurchCMS is open source, which means developers worldwide can install, customise, and build on it for your church. Bring your own developer, or find a certified ChurchCMS partner in your country — someone who knows your language, your market, and your payment methods.
Switching from another platform?
See how ChurchCMS compares.
We've put together honest, detailed comparisons against the most popular church management tools — so you can make the right decision for your church.
ChurchCMS was built for
churches just like yours.
Whether you're a small congregation just getting organised or a growing church ready to ditch expensive tools — there's a path here for you.
You're managing everything manually — attendance on paper, giving in envelopes, announcements on WhatsApp. ChurchCMS gives you a professional system at zero cost, so your budget goes to ministry, not software.
- Full platform at $0 — no trial, no catch
- Simple enough for non-technical church admins
- Mobile app for members included free
- Community support + developer pool available
Your current platform charges more as you grow and holds your data hostage. ChurchCMS has no member limits, no per-seat fees, and no lock-in. We'll migrate your existing data cleanly.
- Full data migration from your current platform
- No cost increase as your congregation grows
- More features than most paid platforms
- Your data moves with you — always
Your congregation lives on their phones. ChurchCMS was built with mobile-first churches in mind — a full Android app, local payment gateways like M-Pesa and Flutterwave, and multilingual support.
- Native Android app for members — free
- M-Pesa, Flutterwave & Paystack giving
- Works on affordable Android devices
- Local developers available in your country
Church budgets are under pressure. Software that costs $150/month is $1,800 a year that could fund a mission trip, a food bank, or a youth programme. ChurchCMS gives you everything those platforms offer — at zero ongoing cost.
- Save $1,000 – $2,400 per year vs paid platforms
- Managed hosting available from $29/mo if needed
- Full UK & US payment gateway support
- GDPR-compliant data handling by design
Your congregation trusts you with their personal information. ChurchCMS keeps that data on your server — not a corporation's cloud. No third-party analytics, no data selling, no risk of a vendor misusing what your members shared in confidence.
- Self-hosted — data never leaves your server
- No corporate access to your congregation's records
- Open source — inspect every line of code
- Export everything, anytime, in standard formats
We were paying over $150 a month for church software. ChurchCMS gave us everything we needed — member management, a mobile app, online giving, and even printed ID cards for our members — completely free. The money we save now goes directly into our community outreach programme.
You don't need to be
technical. Not even close.
ChurchCMS was designed for pastors and church administrators — not IT departments. If you can use a smartphone, you can run ChurchCMS.
Talk to us. Tell us about your church — size, country, what you're using now. We'll show you exactly what ChurchCMS can do for you.
15 minutes · no obligationSelf-host for free with our install guide, or let us handle everything with managed hosting. Either way, we make sure you're live and running properly.
Live within 24–48 hoursFollow our written guides to add your first members, set up giving, and send your first notification. Everything is documented in plain language — no jargon.
Written guides available nowStep-by-step walkthrough videos will be added for every module — from setting up your member directory to running your first online giving campaign.
Video guides — coming soonAny church admin can
run this. Seriously.
We've seen 70-year-old administrators learn ChurchCMS in an afternoon. The interface is clean, the language is plain, and every action makes sense — because we built it for ministry workers, not developers.
- Add members, families, and groups in minutes
- Send a push notification to your whole church in 3 clicks
- Track Sunday attendance without touching a spreadsheet
- Publish a sermon to your website and mobile app at once
- Generate a giving statement for any donor instantly
- Need help? Our support team replies within 24 hours
Written Guides & Documentation
Step-by-step instructions for every feature — in plain language
Quick Start Guide
Get your first members added and notifications sent in under an hour
Video Walkthroughs
Full screen recordings of every module — watch and follow along
Admin Training Course
A structured course for new church administrators — free
See ChurchCMS
running for your church.
A free 15-minute call with our team. We'll walk you through the platform, answer your questions, and show you exactly how ChurchCMS would work for your congregation — no pressure, no sales pitch.
What happens on the call
- 1 We learn about your church — size, country, what you currently use
- 2 We show you a live demo of the features most relevant to you
- 3 We answer every question you have — honestly
- 4 We recommend the best path — self-host free, managed hosting, or one-time setup
- 5 You decide — no follow-up pressure, ever
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