Everything your church needs
One integrated platform — no patchwork of disconnected tools.
Sermon Library
Organize and share your complete sermon catalog. Upload videos, note cards, slides, and study materials. Members browse, watch, and read Scripture cross-references.
Bible & Reading Plans
Full Bible reader with sermon cross-references. Create structured reading plans — from a 5-day devotional to a year-long journey — and track member progress day by day.
Prayer Requests
Members submit prayer requests privately or publicly. Pastoral staff see, respond to, and track every request — with full history linked to each person's care profile.
Calendar Management
Full event management with recurrence rules, paid registration via Stripe, offline registration recording, and attendance signals from members.
Announcements
Create church-wide announcements with category, priority level, and auto-expiry date. Announcements expire automatically — no manual cleanup required.
Pastoral Care (CRM)
Full member directory with 360° profiles — attendance history, group memberships, prayer requests, serving records, and pastoral notes in one place.
Households & Relationships
Group family members under a shared address, designate a primary contact, and see aggregate giving across the household. Link members with typed relationships — spouse, mentor, emergency contact, and more.
Milestones
Record significant faith events on each member's timeline — baptism, salvation decision, membership class completion, marriage, and custom types. Auto-recorded when discipleship path steps are completed.
Visitor Follow-Up
Automated 3-step follow-up workflow for first-time visitors — Day 1 welcome email, Day 3 personal call prompt, Day 7 group invitation. Track every visitor through the pipeline.
Small Groups
Members browse and join groups. Admins create groups, assign leaders, track attendance, and view group health metrics. Leaders manage their own group roster.
Group Chat & Messaging
Every small group has its own message thread. Leaders and members communicate inside the app — no third-party chat tools required. Admins can broadcast to any group.
Discipleship Paths
Structured growth journeys with milestones and steps. Pastors create paths, assign members, and track completion. Members see their progress on a visual journey bar.
Online Giving & Text-to-Give
Accept one-time and recurring gifts. Members choose their fund, give via Apple Pay, card, or SMS keyword. Admins record offline gifts and manage recurring schedules.
Giving & Tax Statements
Automatically generate end-of-year giving receipts for every donor. Members download their tax statements directly from the app. Admins can regenerate on demand.
Pledge & Stewardship Campaigns
Cast a vision for a giving initiative and invite members to make pledge commitments. Track total pledged vs. fulfilled in real time. Export data for board reports.
Fund Accounting
Track budgets by fund, record income and expenses, and export budget vs. actual reports for financial oversight and board meetings.
Mass Communications
Send targeted emails to the whole congregation or specific segments — small groups, roles, or lapsed members. Schedule in advance, save reusable templates.
SMS & Text Messaging
Send text messages to congregation segments via Twilio, Vonage, Sinch, Plivo, or Bird. Target the whole congregation or specific groups in seconds.
Drip Campaigns & Automation
Automated multi-step email and SMS sequences triggered by member events — new join, first gift, group join, form submission, or lapsed member. No manual follow-up required.
Push Notifications
Targeted push campaigns with audience segmentation (role, group, lapsed members), scheduled sends, rich push images, deep links to any screen, and open-rate / tap-through analytics per campaign.
UpdatedVolunteer Scheduling
Teams, roles, slots, availability management, conflict detection, and replacement workflow. Visual understaffed indicators and one-tap send reminders to upcoming volunteers.
Service Scheduling
Define service types, recurring service definitions, and automatically generated instances. Assign team members to services with role-based slots and templates.
Check-In & Attendance
Kiosk-mode check-in for families. Search by last name, select children, generate a 4-character security code. Admins manage sessions, rosters, rooms, and export attendance.
Event Registration & Payments
Members register and pay for retreats, camps, and events via Stripe. Admins set capacity, pricing, and deadlines. Walk-in registrations recorded offline. Export attendee lists as CSV.
Live Stream
Native RTMP ingest via Mux — stream from OBS or Restream with no third-party embed required. Members watch via adaptive HLS. Live viewer count updates in real time. Session auto-archives as a sermon draft.
UpdatedPresentation & Live Broadcast
Slide presenter with operator and audience views. Real-time sermon transcription and multilingual caption delivery to any device in the room — no app download required.
Forms & Surveys
Build custom forms with multiple field types, share public links, and review or export responses from the admin panel. Trigger drip campaigns on form submission.
Background Check Integration
Request and track volunteer background checks without leaving the app. Integrates with major screening providers. Clearance status is visible on every volunteer profile.
Reports & Analytics
Church health dashboard with Sunday Readiness Score. Custom self-service report builder — configure metrics, save reports, and schedule recurring delivery. Per-member attendance timeline with absence alerts.
UpdatedDonor Recovery & Lapsed Alerts
Automatic alerts surface donors whose recurring gifts have lapsed or who have gone silent. Target lapsed members as a named segment in email and SMS campaigns.
Native Mobile App
Vine & Branch is available as a native iOS and Android app. Members get biometric login, push notifications, and a full native experience — no mobile browser needed.
Adaptive UI
The interface adapts to each member's technology comfort level. Simplified or Standard layout — members choose, and admins can override per user.
Quick Enroll & QR Onboarding
Admins generate a reusable QR code. New members scan it, fill in their name and email, and receive an activation link. No admin approval gate required.
Staff Directory
Maintain a public-facing staff directory visible to the congregation. Add photos, titles, bios, and contact info. Admins manage entries from the Staff admin panel.
Audit Logs
A full, tamper-evident record of every administrative action taken on the platform — who changed what and when. Essential for accountability and compliance.
App Settings
Configure church name, timezone, logo, branding, SMTP, SMS provider, and platform-wide defaults — all from a single admin settings panel.
Worship Planning
Song library with lyrics and chord charts. Drag-and-drop service order builder with per-item volunteer assignments. Pre-service team call list and one-click printable PDF — no more spreadsheets.
NewPodcast Distribution
Sermon catalog published as a live Apple Podcasts and Spotify-compatible RSS feed. Per-episode audio URL and duration management. Built-in submission guide gets your podcast listed in every major directory.
NewTV Apps
Watch sermons and live services on the big screen. Roku channel via Direct Publisher (no development required). Samsung/LG Smart TV browser support with d-pad navigation. AirPlay from iPhone or iPad to any Apple TV.
NewSpiritual Decisions Tracking
Record salvations, baptisms, rededications, and custom decisions on any member or visitor profile. Follow-up status workflow tracks every decision from needs follow-up to completed. Dashboard with counts and CSV export for denomination reporting.
NewAttendance Timeline
Per-member check-in history with attendance streak and gap detection. Configurable absence threshold triggers a pastoral alert. Bulk congregation-wide absence report surfaces who hasn't been seen and for how long.
NewMinistry Health Dashboard
KPI goal tracking for attendance, giving, volunteer coverage, group participation, and visitor conversion. Set church-wide targets, track progress visually, and review historical trend sparklines — all on one dashboard.
NewVisual Guest Pipeline
Kanban board for tracking first-time visitors through fully customizable stages. Drag cards between stages, log pastoral notes, mark follow-up steps complete, and get overdue alerts — all from a single view.
NewCustom Member Fields
Define church-specific fields that appear on every member profile — text, number, date, select, checkbox, or URL. Fields are reorderable, markable as required, and optionally displayed in the member directory.
NewMember Self-Service Portal
Members update their own profile, photo, and contact details — no admin request needed. My Account includes a Household tab, Giving history with downloadable statements, and Settings for UI mode and notifications.
NewPastoral Care Module
Structured visit and care logs per member — hospital, home visit, counseling, bereavement, and more. Follow-up status tracking with a pastoral dashboard that surfaces overdue care and recent activity across the congregation.
NewDuplicate Detection & Merge
Automatic fuzzy-match detection surfaces likely duplicate member records. Admins review pairs side-by-side, choose which data to keep, and merge — all giving, attendance, notes, and group memberships re-link to the surviving record.
NewEngagement Scoring
Every member gets a composite 0–100 engagement score across attendance, giving, groups, serving, and discipleship. Pastoral dashboard with band filters. Alerts when members drop below threshold. Scores appear on member name popovers across the app.
NewChildren's Check-In Safety
Label printing data, parent SMS from classroom, room capacity enforcement, self-check-in kiosk, trusted pickup lists, grade promotion, emergency contacts, volunteer ratio enforcement, and household-shared security codes — the full safety stack.
NewGAAP Fund Accounting
Double-entry bookkeeping with balanced journal entries, general ledger per account with running balance, trial balance, bank account management, and full bank reconciliation workflow — everything a church treasurer needs.
NewData Explorer
Ad-hoc query sandbox for church IT staff. Query 12 collections with filters, aggregation, cross-collection joins, and CSV export. Save and reuse queries. No SQL required — visual builder with schema browser.
NewIntegration Connectors
Pre-built connectors for QuickBooks Online, Mailchimp, ProPresenter, Planning Center, and Zapier. Connect in minutes — no code required. Test, sync, and monitor from the admin panel.
NewVisual Workflow Builder
Drag-and-drop workflow automation canvas. Wire triggers, conditions, delays, and actions into complex flows — no code, no forms. Run history shows exactly which nodes fired for every execution.
NewBackground Check Automation
Roles requiring screening auto-trigger check requests on volunteer assignment. Provider webhook auto-updates clearance status. Expiry tracking with batch reminder emails keeps your volunteer pipeline safe and compliant.
NewOne-Click Follow-Up
Click any member name to open a quick-action popover — see their engagement score, create a care task, log a note, send an email or SMS — all without leaving the current screen.
NewDonor Self-Service
Donors pause, resume, and edit recurring gifts. Update payment methods, download tax statements, and manage giving preferences — all from My Account, no admin involvement needed.
UpdatedBible Study Tools
Tap any word in any Bible verse to see the original Greek or Hebrew from Strong's Concordance — transliteration, definition, and usage. Cross-references, commentary, and sermon prep pipeline built in. The only ChMS with original-language study tools.
NewPrayer Wall
Members see public prayer requests, tap "I'm praying" to encourage the requester, and leave prayer comments. Requesters get notified when someone is praying for them.
NewVolunteer Self-Swap
Volunteers who can't serve post their shift as available. Other qualified volunteers claim it — no admin involvement. The swap completes automatically with email notifications.
NewPastoral Appointments
Members book appointments directly with their pastor. Pastors set recurring availability, members select open slots, and both receive email confirmations. Reduces phone and email burden.
NewSermon Notes
Follow along during the sermon with fill-in-the-blank note templates. Pastors create templates from their study; members fill in during service and save their notes for later review.
NewFeature Toggles
Admins enable or disable 33 features to match their church's needs. Turn off what you don't use — the nav, dashboard, and API adjust automatically. Simplify the experience for your team.
NewParent Portal
Parents see their children's check-in history, allergy info, emergency contacts, and active security codes — all from their own account. Update emergency contacts without asking an admin.
NewSubscription Billing
Five plan tiers (Seed through Harvest) with Stripe-powered checkout, self-service billing portal, webhook-driven status updates, feature gating, and 7-day grace period on failed payments.
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