This is a meaningful moment for our company and the amazing churches we serve. Together, Pushpay and Nurture technology will work to close the shepherding gap, equipping ministry leaders with the tools, insights and action to know every person by name, understand where they are on their spiritual journey, and confidently see that every person in their church is being cared for. All without making changes to your existing tech stack. 

What excites me most is that this solves a problem we’ve heard from our customers for years—and it’s one we couldn’t fix on our own. 

Know them by name

Jesus says in John 10:14: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” We’ve been building towards this concept for a long time at Pushpay; to deepen connection and help people be known in their community. If you’ve followed Pushpay over the past year in particular, you may have heard us talk about the notion of the Engagement Journey. It’s our vision for how technology can help ministry leaders walk alongside the different touchpoints of someone’s faith journey—from the moment they watch a livestream for the first time, to the day they become a fully committed member of a church.

We’ve been building toward that vision, and have made significant progress to deliver the digital tools leaders need to help guide their people in their personal faith journey. Through our giving platform, ChMS, Resi, and our recently launched AI capabilities, we’ve helped churches bring people in their front doors and keep them engaged through giving, groups, streaming, and more. This is work that I’m immensely proud of, and it’s making a real impact on ministry. 

But there’s been a blind spot we couldn’t ignore. 

Picture this: Someone starts pulling back. Their attendance drops off. Their giving slows. They registered for an event but didn’t attend. Or maybe they stopped engaging with your weekly emails. The signals are all there—but they’re scattered across eight or nine different systems. 

No individual staff member has been able to connect the dots. By the time anyone notices, this potential disciple is already lost. These quiet departures, repeated across hundreds of households and churches every year, is what we call the shepherding gap. 

That’s the gap Nurture was built to close.

Nurture compiles data from 17+ integrations—including church management systems, giving platforms, and communication tools—and surfaces real-time engagement signals for ministry leaders. As the first ministry action system for churches, Nurture routes the best course of action to a pastor or staff member before someone slips out the back door for good. 

The software doesn’t replace the human connection at the heart of ministry. It makes directed, intentional connection possible at scale.

For nearly fifteen years, Pushpay has been helping churches attract, welcome, and mobilize their people. Adding Nurture to our product portfolio allows us to complete the pastoral care layer of the Engagement Journey. Together, we’re equipping ministry leaders with tools to help them develop seekers through the conscientious discipleship the Church is called to deliver.

Meet the Nurture team 

Nurture and Pushpay share the same heart for ministry, as well as a desire to help cultivate authentic human connection in the Church. Nurture.io was founded by Luke Denton, a former executive pastor at one of the largest churches in the United States. He built Nurture because he lived this problem firsthand: watching people quietly slip away from the congregation he loved, while his staff lacked both the visibility to catch issues in time and the tools to act on red flags.

We know that most churches openly embrace technology as a critical component in their ministry today. Pushpay’s most recent research found that 91% of church leaders say technology has helped them better care for their community. 

However, only 9% said that technology primarily helps with discipleship. This is the very work Nurture is built to support. 

Churches leveraging Nurture’s platform see nearly 2.8x more of their at-risk attendees return to the Church, and those churches are nearly three times more likely to re-engage lapsed volunteers. They also see a 145% increase on average in the number of lapsed donors who begin giving again.

Luke and his team embody the mission of the Church. They come to the table with a genuine understanding of what it feels like to be on staff, responsible for the souls in your care—but perhaps without the tools to understand those who need your guidance the  most. 

As we bring our companies more closely together, Luke will continue in a leadership capacity, working with Pushpay to integrate our two platforms. I personally couldn’t be more grateful to have him and the Nurture team onboard. 

What this means for your ministry

If you’re a Pushpay or Resi customer, this is exciting news. Nurture will be able to offer a more complete set of tools to know and care for your people at every stage of their faith journey.

Equally important: You don’t have to be a Pushpay customer to benefit from Nurture’s ministry action system. Nurture’s commitment to continue integrating across any church’s entire technology stack—regardless of the digital tools already in place—remains fully intact. 

In the near term, Nurture will continue operating as it does today, with Luke and his team focused on serving their customers and continuing to build and enhance their technology. This means that customer support, product development, and maintaining the Nurture brand is business as usual. What Nurture customers can look forward to over time is greater investment in the Nurture roadmap, and more robust support, both for product development and customer growth. In the meantime, our teams will be working to thoughtfully enhance the Pushpay, Resi, and the Nurture experience for the benefit of our customers. We’ll be sharing updates as that work continues.

A bold vision for the future  

The Pushpay team believes that coming together with Nurture will establish a foundation for something bigger than either of our companies could achieve alone.

I’m passionate about the church technology industry because I’ve seen the amazing work these tools accomplish. Digital solutions help ministry leaders better understand their congregations, and the platform Nurture has pioneered is the next step forward in church tech. Their capabilities allow ministries to not only view their congregation’s data, but to truly know every person by name and by story, and these insights empower leaders to act with informed intention as they shepherd their disciples.

We could not be more excited about what Pushpay and Nurture are building together. We look forward to sharing more updates in the coming months, as our teams thoughtfully develop functionality that will enhance the Pushpay and Nurture experience for everyone striving to grow His Kingdom.

Except your giving data lives in one platform, your attendance records live in another, and nobody set up an export that connects them. So your admin opens three browser tabs, pulls two separate CSV files, and starts copying columns into a spreadsheet by hand. The meeting starts in 15 minutes.

That report doesn’t get finished. Or it gets finished two days later, when the matter is no longer top of mind. Either way, the people it was supposed to surface (the ones disengaging from both their giving and their attendance at the same time) go uncontacted for another week.

This is the cost of a fragmented tech stack: Software that works fine in isolation, but tells you nothing about the connections between its data and someone else’s.

Where the pain is sharpest

Not every church feels this equally. Smaller churches typically run fewer platforms without a problem. A church with 80 weekly attendees might use one app for giving and a separate spreadsheet for attendance tracking, with no workflow issues at all.

Larger churches have more complexity but also more staff to absorb it. A 2,000-person congregation with six platforms and a four-person operations team has problems, but they have people to solve for the inefficiencies.

The midsize church is where the structural problem bites hardest. Enough ministry complexity to generate real data silos. Not enough headcount to paper over them. These churches are often running five or six disconnected platforms for Giving. ChMS. Communication, check-in, volunteer scheduling, and events. And an admin team of two or three people managing all of it, along with everything else they’re tasked with. Every manual reconciliation task those systems create lands on the same small group of people.

The 2026 State of Church Technology report, produced by Pushpay in partnership with Barna Group from responses from more than 1,300 church leaders, showed that churches with more fragmented stacks tended to score lower on missional technology metrics. Midsize churches showed the strongest pattern.

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The question nobody can answer

A pastor wants to know who on their regular attendee list stopped showing up and stopped giving in the same 30-day window. That combination almost always signals someone in trouble. A job loss. A family crisis. A slow drift away from the community. 

It’s a signal most churches miss entirely.

But answering this question requires cross-referencing two systems that have never shared a record. When someone’s recurring gift goes inactive, your giving platform sees it. Your ChMS sees when their check-in history went dark. Neither one knows what the other knows. So the question that should drive a pastoral phone call on a Tuesday afternoon instead triggers a manual data project that, in most churches, never happens.

Your pastor asks the question on Sunday. Your admin tells them it’ll take a few hours to pull together. By Thursday the spreadsheet is ready. Two more weeks have passed in the story of every person on that list. Some will have come back on their own. Some won’t. The window for a conversation that would have mattered is narrower than it was Sunday morning.

The hours add up

Real Life Church in Covington, Washington ran three separate platforms before consolidating: one for giving, one for kiosk transactions, one for event registration. Their staff was manually entering event registration data into their ChMS for 20 hours a week. Their accountant spent another three to five hours every week pulling figures from each of the separate platforms and reconciling them into a single location.

Together, that’s 23 to 25 hours of staff time every week spent on tasks that existed purely because the platforms didn’t communicate. After consolidating onto a single platform, they recovered 250 to 300 operational hours a year, between six and seven and a half weeks of an employee’s working hours that could be redirected away from data entry.

First Orlando made a similar transition, moving away from a church management system their own leadership described as having been “Frankenstein-ed over 30 or 40 years.” The administrative drag of that legacy system showed up in their giving numbers: after centralizing, the number of households giving doubled and recurring giving increased sixfold compared to their prior system.

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What consolidation actually looks like

Migration is disruptive. Moving member records, giving histories, and event data from multiple platforms into a single system takes time, creates a retraining burden for staff, and introduces a window of friction while the new system gets bedded in. If you’re mid-cycle on a capital campaign or heading into a high-volume season like Easter, the timing matters.

Whether that disruption is worth it comes down to one comparison: what your migration realistically costs in time and retraining against what staying fragmented costs every year. For Real Life, the fragmentation cost was 250 to 300 hours of staff time annually. A typical platform migration runs weeks of data cleanup and retraining, not a recurring annual drain.

You don’t have to replace everything at once, either. Start with the integration that creates the most visibility for your pastoral team. 

For most churches, that’s connecting giving data to member records. Once those two data streams share a home, the report from the Wednesday morning scenario becomes something your admin can pull in five minutes instead of forty-five. The question your pastor asked on Sunday gets answered on Monday. The other integrations can come later.

That said, consolidation can’t fix a data hygiene problem. If your member records are inconsistently maintained (duplicate profiles, missing contact fields, attendance data that nobody’s updated in eight months), a unified platform gives you one messy database instead of three. 

The first step for a lot of churches isn’t choosing a new platform. It might be auditing what’s actually in the current ones and deciding what’s worth migrating.

The report you can’t pull

Most churches already know which report they can’t pull. It’s the one that took three days to assemble last quarter, or the giving trend by attendance segment that nobody’s ever been able to run because the data lives in separate systems.

The 2026 State of Church Technology report shows where your church lands on the fragmentation spectrum, and what the churches with higher missional technology scores are doing differently. 

And if you’re looking for an evaluation of your church tech stack, the Church Tech Check gives you an analysis of how your situation stacks up against others.

FAQ

How do I know if our tech stack is actually fragmented or just complex?

The simplest test is the report test. Pick one question your pastor or board has asked in the last six months that requires data from more than one system, and time how long it takes to answer it. If the answer requires exporting from multiple platforms, opening a spreadsheet, and manual reconciliation before anyone can read a number, that’s fragmentation. Complexity isn’t the problem. Having tools that can’t share data without a staff member in the middle is.

We already have integrations between our platforms. Does that solve it?

Point-to-point integrations help, but they’re not the same as unified data. A giving platform that pushes records into your ChMS once a night handles transaction sync, but it usually doesn’t give your ChMS real-time visibility into lapsed gifts, recurring status changes, or giving patterns over time. And it almost never works in the other direction: your giving platform doesn’t know when someone’s check-in frequency drops. Integrations reduce manual entry. They don’t replace a shared data model. If you can’t run a cross-system report without exporting and reconciling, the integration isn’t solving the problem this post is describing.

What happens to our historical data during a migration?

That depends on what you’re migrating from and to, and it’s one of the questions worth asking directly before you sign anything. Most platform migrations include data import for giving history, member records, and attendance, but the depth and fidelity of that import varies. Some fields don’t transfer cleanly. Some historical records require manual cleanup before they’re useful in the new system. The data hygiene audit mentioned in the post matters here: churches that go into a migration with well-maintained records typically come out the other side with clean, unified data. Churches that skip that step often find the migration surfaces problems that were already there.

The 2026 State of Church Technology Report, developed by Pushpay in partnership with Barna Group from a survey of more than 1,300 U.S. church leaders, tries to name what’s actually going on. The picture it surfaces is more complicated than a simple “churches love tech” headline.

Optimism is real

Start with this: 95% of church leaders agree that digital tools open new opportunities for ministry. That’s a high level of consensus for any question put to a group this large and this theologically diverse. And 79% say technology has improved connection within their congregation.

So the skeptics-versus-adopters frame that dominated church tech conversations five years ago has largely dissolved. Most leaders, across church size, denomination, and geography, believe technology works. The harder question is what they mean by “works,” and for whom.

Because the same data that shows broad optimism also shows real divergence—in how confident leaders feel, in whether they see technology as a ministry partner or just an administrative convenience, and in how prepared their teams are for what’s coming next. The report doesn’t flatten those differences. It maps them.

The AI gap nobody’s closed

There’s a significant gap between how many church leaders are personally using AI and how many churches have any shared framework around it—we dug into the numbers and what to do about them here. But the policy question, as real as it is, may actually be the easier one.

Churches that have gone deep with technology, the report calls them “high-missional tech” churches, see measurably stronger outcomes in almost every category measured. Generational engagement. Congregational connection. Leaders’ sense that technology has deepened their congregants’ faith. The correlation is consistent enough that it’s hard to dismiss.

And yet more than half of senior pastors believe digital tools pose risks to the health of their congregation. That number drops significantly among church staff, which raises its own question about what pastors are weighing that their teams aren’t.

The concern pastors most frequently raise isn’t about cybersecurity or budget or vendor lock-in. It’s about authenticity. When your tools get efficient enough, you start asking what you’re trying to preserve. What does pastoral presence look like when communication scales? These aren’t questions with clean answers, and the report doesn’t pretend otherwise.

What data can’t settle

The research from Pushpay and Barna can tell you what 1,300 church leaders believe, fear, and prioritize. They can show you where the gaps are between stated values and actual practice. What they can’t tell you is how the leaders navigating this best are actually thinking about it—the tradeoffs they’ve made, the guardrails they’ve built, the places they’ve decided technology doesn’t belong.

That’s exactly what the webinar is for.

Matthew Sanders, CEO of Longbeard; Jon Plotner, Executive Pastor at Bethany Community Church; and Mackenzie Holmes from the leadership team at NEUMA LA worked through the report’s findings live, including the questions the data raises but can’t answer on its own.

The churches working through this well aren’t the ones with the most sophisticated tools. They’re the ones willing to ask the harder question out loud.

That’s why the right church management software (ChMS) matters. It means helping your systems talk to each other, so your people can stay focused on what really matters: caring for your congregation.

That’s where ChurchStaq comes in. Pushpay’s all-in-one church platform brings together ChMS, Giving, Everygift, and Insights. A connected ecosystem designed to make ministry operations simpler, smarter, and more human.

A single, connected system that keeps everyone on the same page

Ask any church administrator what slows them down, and you’ll hear a common theme: information scattered across too many places. Member details in one system. Giving data in another. Volunteer schedules tracked separately.

With ChurchStaq, your team works from one shared source of truth. Every person, family, and volunteer lives in a unified profile that’s easy to find and simple to update. When your giving tools, mobile app, and ChMS all communicate seamlessly, your staff can access the right information at the right time.

Attendance tracking that works quietly in the background

Every church needs to know who’s showing up. But that shouldn’t require manual lists or extra admin work. ChurchStaq’s attendance tracking tools make it easy to record participation through check-ins, events, and small groups.

Because attendance data is captured automatically and synced with your ChMS, your team gets accurate insights without adding extra steps to their workflow. It’s one less thing for staff to chase down each week.

Volunteer management that keeps everyone organized (and happy)

Volunteers are the heartbeat of your ministry, but managing their schedules can feel like a full-time job. ChurchStaq simplifies it with built-in volunteer management tools that help staff schedule, send reminders, and even let volunteers swap assignments on their own.

When communication is clear and expectations are set, your volunteers stay engaged and your staff gets time back to focus on leading, not coordinating.

Events and registrations made simple

From retreats to family nights to community classes, events are one of the best ways to build connection. With ChurchStaq, your staff can manage every step from registration to follow-up in one place.

You can build custom forms, collect payments, track attendance, and sync event data right into your ChMS. No duplicate entry. No missed follow-up. Just one seamless experience for both your team and your attendees.

Giving tools that simplify generosity

When it comes to financial stewardship, clarity and reliability matter. For both your donors and your staff. Pushpay’s giving platform, powered by Everygift, provides a fast, secure, and flexible way for people to give online, via text, or through your church app.

Everygift keeps donations flowing even during service interruptions and helps prevent failed transactions, giving your finance team peace of mind. And when tax season rolls around, IRS-compliant giving statements and financial reports are only a few clicks away.

Your donors get peace of mind. Your finance director gets a weekend.

Pushpay’s giving platform meets PCI-DSS Level 1 compliance standards, the highest level of security for payment processing.

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Reports and insights your leaders will actually use

Data’s only helpful when it’s easy to understand. With Pushpay Insights, your staff can see giving trends, volunteer engagement, and attendance metrics in one clear, visual dashboard.

These real-time reports give leaders a better grasp of what’s working in ministry and where to focus next—no spreadsheets required. Whether you’re prepping for a board meeting or planning the next quarter, the insights are ready when you are.

Integration that brings it all together

One of the most powerful parts of ChurchStaq is how naturally it all fits together.

When someone gives online, checks in their kids, or registers for an event, that information flows automatically to their member profile. Finance, communications, and ministry teams can all work from the same connected data without double entry.

Less manual work. More shared visibility. A clearer picture of your church community.

How it changes ministry behind the scenes

You can see the difference in small but meaningful ways every day:

• The children’s ministry leader who checks in families with confidence.
  
• The volunteer coordinator who’s no longer chasing confirmations.
  
• The pastor who can see recent engagement before making a care call.

When your tools are connected, your staff feels equipped and supported—and your ministry runs with greater ease and clarity.

Technology that fuels ministry

Great ministry happens when people—not processes—take center stage. The right church management software removes friction, connects your systems, and gives your staff more time to do what they do best: lead, serve, and build relationships.

With ChurchStaq, everything works together—ChMS, Giving, Everygift, and Insights—so your team can spend less time managing data and more time caring for people.

Schedule a demo to see how ChurchStaq can help your staff work smarter, serve better, and strengthen connection across your entire church.

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FAQ

What is church management software and why does my church need it?

Church management software (ChMS) is a digital tool that helps churches organize information, manage members, track attendance, and handle administrative tasks from one central system. For pastors, administrators, and church leaders, it simplifies daily management—streamlining giving, volunteer scheduling, event registration, and communication across your entire church.

How does church management software help small churches?

For small churches, the right software tool reduces manual work and eliminates scattered spreadsheets. It centralizes data—like family details, attendance, and donations—into one easy-to-access system. Staff can manage volunteers, create reports, and track church finances without extra administrative burden, freeing up more time for ministry and pastoral care.

Which church management software features are most helpful for staff?

Key features staff love include:

• Member management: keep track of families, groups, and volunteers.
  
• Attendance tracking: automatically record check-ins and event participation.
  
• Event registration: create and manage signups for church events in minutes.
  
• Giving and donation management: securely process online donations and generate reports.
  
• Volunteer management: schedule, communicate, and track service roles.
  
• Reporting and insights: view attendance, giving, and engagement trends at a glance.
  
• Security: protect sensitive giving and donor data with PCI-DSS compliant systems.

How does ChurchStaq improve attendance tracking and engagement?

ChurchStaq connects attendance tracking, event check-ins, and volunteer participation in one dashboard. Instead of separate spreadsheets, church staff can view trends and engagement across ministries. Attendance data syncs automatically with each member’s profile, giving leaders the insight to strengthen connection and follow up with care when someone misses a service or group.

Can church management software help manage volunteers and events?

Yes. ChurchStaq’s volunteer management tools help schedule roles, send reminders, and allow volunteers to swap assignments easily. For events, staff can create registration forms, collect payments, and track attendance—all within the same church management system. Everything syncs automatically, reducing administrative work and improving communication across your team.

How does ChurchStaq support online giving and church finances?

Pushpay’s Giving platform, powered by Everygift, provides secure online giving options that simplify donation management. Donors can give via text, mobile app, or your church website. Everygift ensures successful transactions even during service interruptions, while staff can access reports, track church finances, and generate IRS-compliant giving statements—all from one connected platform.

Is Pushpay’s giving software secure?

Absolutely. Pushpay’s Giving platform is PCI-DSS Level 1 compliant, which means every online donation is processed with the same level of security used by major financial institutions. Access controls within ChurchStaq also allow administrators to manage permissions, protecting sensitive member and donor data while maintaining transparency across your team.

Can pastors and leaders access data from anywhere?

Yes. ChurchStaq is cloud-based, so pastors, ministry leaders, and staff can access real-time data—attendance records, giving reports, volunteer schedules, and event details—from any device. This level of accessibility supports better collaboration and faster decision-making across your church’s leadership and ministries.

How does church management software improve administrative work?

By automating routine administrative tasks like attendance tracking, event registration, and donation reporting, church management software minimizes manual data entry and spreadsheet management. Staff spend less time on paperwork and more time engaging with people, planning services, and supporting ministries.

How can our church get started with ChurchStaq?

You can schedule a demo through Pushpay’s website to see how ChurchStaq’s integrated tools—ChMS, Giving, Everygift, and Insights—can simplify your operations, unify your data, and empower your staff to serve more effectively.

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In a recent message to technology leaders at the Builders AI Forum, Pope Leo XIV reminded the world that artificial intelligence isn’t just about what machines can do, it’s about who we are becoming through the technologies we build. He highlighted the responsibility of all builders of AI to cultivate moral discernment as part of their work, not losing sight of the impact every design choice can have on human beings created in the image of God. This “ecclesial endeavor” as he calls it, is an invitation to place technology at the service of evangelization and the integral development of every person. 

For those of you serving in parishes, this message might sound far removed from your daily work, but it’s probably closer than you realize. Even though you’re not directly developing AI, the way you use it can indeed be part of this ecclesial endeavor. 

Why “ethical AI” matters for ministry
Imagine being able to quickly identify who hasn’t been to Mass in a while, who might need a follow-up call after a prayer request, or who’s been quietly generous behind the scenes. That’s not data for data’s sake. That’s pastoral care powered by relevant insights. This is where our AI solutions are helping pastors and parish leaders get back the time required to respond to these critical human needs. 

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How Pushpay’s AI echoes the Pope’s vision
Our new AI-powered tools for churches and ministries are designed with intention and care, not just to make things faster, but to make ministry more personal.

Here’s how our approach reflects what the Church calls “ethical AI”:

• We’re committed to developing tools that enhance the human element, not replacing it. They’re designed with parish leaders like you in mind, freeing up staff and volunteers from repetitive tasks so you can spend more time connecting with people.
• We’re listening and building intentionally. These tools weren’t built in isolation — they were shaped by feedback from church staff, pastors, administrators, and church leaders. That collaboration reflects the Church’s call for dialogue between faith and reason in shaping technology.
• With Pushpay’s AI tools, you will be empowered to put your mission before metrics. AI can streamline tasks and highlight opportunities, but the goal isn’t efficiency — it’s encounter. These tools will help you take meaningful action in the moments that matter most.

Faith and reason, working together
Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI is a reminder that your parish work doesn’t have to stand apart from technological progress. But rather, as a Christian, you’re called to “ensure that emerging technologies remain oriented toward the dignity of the human person and the common good” (Pope Leo XIV).

When we use tools built with integrity and intention, we take part in the ongoing dialogue between faith and reason.

AI can’t preach the Gospel, anoint the sick, or comfort the sorrowful — but it can help church leaders within your parish do those things better. When technology is aligned with your mission, it makes your ministries more personal, responsive, and effective.

For the Church, the question isn’t whether AI has a role, it’s how we will use it wisely and faithfully to build up the Body of Christ in the digital age.

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The good news? It doesn’t have to stay that way.

When your church database, giving tools, and event management systems work together, ministry gets simpler and connection gets stronger.

Why connected church management systems matter

Every church, large or small, runs on information. Attendance lists, volunteer schedules, giving records, family data, it all shapes how you care for your community. But when that information is scattered across multiple platforms, it’s nearly impossible to see the full picture.

Disconnected systems lead to:

• Duplicate or outdated member records: inaccurate contact or family data.
• Missed follow-ups when attendance drops: people slip through the cracks.
• Financial data that doesn’t match attendance trends: giving and engagement lose context.
• Frustrated staff and volunteers: too much manual tracking, too little clarity.

An integrated ChMS becomes your single source of truth—with one login, teams can track attendance, manage donations, run events, and report across ministries.

Because when your tools are connected, your ministry is too.

Attendance tracking that tells a deeper story

With modern church management software, attendance tracking becomes more than a checklist. Mobile pre-check or kiosk check-ins, family groupings, and real-time updates help your team see who’s engaging and who might need a little extra attention.

Imagine this: your children’s ministry leader notices that a family hasn’t checked in for three weeks. With just a few clicks, she can view their profile, send a message, and remind them they’re missed. That’s pastoral care powered by data that works for people, not against them.

Pushpay’s ChurchStaq makes this even easier, allowing leaders to filter attendance by service, event, or small group. This turns raw data into real ministry insight.

Donation management that builds trust

Few areas require more accuracy and integrity than donation tracking. Church finances depend on reliable systems that are easy for members and transparent for administrators.

Integrated donation management brings everything under one roof:

• Secure online and mobile giving options: support for cards, ACH, and Apple Pay.
• Recurring donation setup: encourage consistent generosity.
• Real-time reporting: empower finance teams to make confident decisions.
• Generate IRS-compliant giving statements digitally: delivered via web or your app.
• Member giving history: automatically linked to their profiles.
• Optional non-cash giving: support stock and crypto contributions through integrations like Engiven.

For administrators, this eliminates hours of manual reconciliation. For pastors, it provides clarity on giving trends and stewardship health. For members, it builds trust because they know their gifts are handled with care.

ChurchStaq connects giving, attendance, and engagement data. And with Everygift, your church protects at-risk transactions and increases gift success—all while keeping generosity data in sync across the platform.

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Event registration that strengthens engagement

Church events are where relationships grow. Whether it’s baptism Sunday, a youth retreat, or a volunteer appreciation dinner, these moments build community and momentum.

But when sign-ups happen through paper forms or disconnected websites, details fall through the cracks.

Integrated event management tools eliminate that stress. Members can register, sign up kids, and even volunteer—all in one place.

Pushpay’s event management streamlines registration, approvals, forms, and room or resource scheduling. Registrations feed attendance and rosters, while volunteer schedules and communications are managed in the ChMS. No more exporting spreadsheets or juggling reminders.

The power of connected ministry data

When attendance, giving, and events live in one system, your team gains a new level of visibility. Suddenly, ministry trends become clear:

• Who’s new and needs a personal welcome.
• Which groups are growing or need more leaders.
• How generosity is shaping ministry momentum.
• Where families are engaging most.

Your church’s data becomes a living map of spiritual growth and connection.

With Pushpay Insights, pastors and staff can visualize engagement across the entire church, identify patterns, and respond with care. Same-day data turns trends into action. And because everything is cloud-based and permission-controlled, your information stays secure while giving leaders the access they need.

How to choose the right church software

If your church is considering a new management system, start with your goals:

• Identify your pain points: what takes the most time each week? What causes frustration for your staff?
• Evaluate usability: a tool only works if your team enjoys using it.
• Prioritize integration: make sure your giving, attendance, and event tools communicate seamlessly.
• Look for support: a strong customer service team can help your staff get up and running smoothly.
• Match your mission: choose a solution that reflects your church’s purpose and scale—something that grows with you.

Ministry runs better when everything works together

Technology will never replace people, but it can empower them.

When your church management software connects attendance, donations, and events, your staff gains time, clarity, and peace of mind. Pastors can lead with greater insight. Families feel known. Volunteers feel supported. And your church can focus on what it’s called to do: care for people and share the love of Jesus.

Ready to simplify your ministry workflow?

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Frequently asked questions

What is an integrated church management system (ChMS)?

An integrated ChMS combines your church’s attendance, giving, and event data into one connected platform. Instead of using separate tools for each task, everything lives in a shared system—so staff and volunteers can view member information, run reports, and communicate across ministries seamlessly.

How does connected software help ministry teams?

When your giving platform, attendance tracking, and event registration tools work together, your team spends less time managing spreadsheets and more time caring for people. You can see who’s engaged, where families are involved, and how generosity trends align with attendance.

What makes Pushpay’s ChurchStaq different from other church software?

ChurchStaq is a full digital ministry platform—not just a database. It unites Giving, ChMS, Apps, and Pushpay Insights so your team has one login and one source of truth. Plus, features like Everygift protect at-risk donations and improve gift success rates, while Pushpay Insights helps pastors identify engagement trends in real time.

Can we track attendance by group, event, or service?

Yes. With ChurchStaq, you can filter attendance data by service, event, or small group. Check-ins can happen via mobile, kiosk, or family grouping, giving you accurate, real-time attendance reports that support pastoral follow-up.

Is Pushpay Giving secure and IRS compliant?

Absolutely. Pushpay’s donation tools meet PCI-DSS Level 1 Service Provider standards—the highest level of security in payment processing. Churches can also generate IRS-compliant giving statements directly through the platform or app, ensuring your end-of-year reporting is both accurate and easy to access.

What donation types does Pushpay support?

Pushpay supports online and mobile giving via debit/credit card, ACH, and Apple Pay. Through integrations like Engiven, churches can also accept non-cash gifts such as stock or cryptocurrency donations.

Can members set up recurring donations?

Yes. Donors can create and manage recurring gifts from your church’s website, app, or donor portal. Recurring donations encourage consistency and help your church plan ministry budgets with greater confidence.

Does Pushpay support event registration and volunteer scheduling?

Yes. Event management tools are built directly into ChurchStaq. Members can register for events, sign up kids, and volunteer in one place, while staff can manage forms, approvals, and room scheduling within the same system.

How does Pushpay Insights help leaders make decisions?

Pushpay Insights gives you a unified view of engagement, attendance, and giving trends. Pastors can identify people who may be disengaging, measure ministry health, and respond proactively with care—all using real-time, visual dashboards.

What if our church already uses other software tools?

Pushpay integrates with more than 80 third-party systems, so you can connect existing tools like planning, accounting, or messaging platforms without losing data or starting over.

Is Pushpay designed for churches of all sizes?

Yes. Whether you’re a small church or a large multi-campus ministry, Pushpay offers flexible packages (Core, Advanced, Complete) so you can scale as your church grows.

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That’s why the tools you choose matter. The right church finance solution will streamline bookkeeping, simplify compliance, and give leaders the clarity they need to steward resources well.

Fund accounting built for ministries

At the heart of church bookkeeping is fund tracking. Unlike traditional accounting that centers on profit margins, fund tracking makes sure designated gifts and ministry budgets remain separate. That means the youth camp fund, building project, and missions budget all stay in their proper lanes.

Without clear fund tracking, churches risk misusing restricted gifts—often unintentionally. Pushpay helps prevent these errors by ensuring every dollar is tracked according to donor intent. Leaders gain peace of mind knowing they can give accurate updates to elder boards, pastors, and donors at any time.

Detailed and customizable reporting

Pastors, boards, and finance teams all need clear insights into church generosity to make wise decisions. The best systems provide reporting that’s both detailed and customizable, giving every leader the level of clarity they need.

With Pushpay, leaders can generate IRS-compliant donor statements, review fund and campaign reports, and access real-time giving and engagement dashboards in Pushpay Insights. These reports are easy to share, which means pastors can communicate financial updates transparently with their congregation.

Donor and contribution tracking

Generosity is the heartbeat of ministry, and without reliable giving, churches can’t fulfill their calling. Donor and contribution tracking should be at the core of any church finance platform.

With Pushpay Giving, contributions flow seamlessly into your system. Funds are automatically assigned to the right ministry or project, whether for missions, a building campaign, or the general budget. Receipts are generated promptly, and year-end donor statements are produced with just a few clicks. Online and recurring gifts are integrated in real time, so staff never have to reconcile them manually.

For donors, this transparency builds trust. For staff and volunteers, it eliminates hours of manual entry. And for leaders, it creates a clear picture of church finances, making it easier to steward generosity faithfully.

Budgeting tools for ministries

Budgets are more than numbers on a spreadsheet—they’re a reflection of a church’s priorities. Every ministry, from children’s ministry and worship to missions and outreach, depends on thoughtful financial planning. That’s why strong budgeting visibility is a must-have in any church bookkeeping software.

Pushpay Insights provides leaders with a clear, real-time view of financial health. Ministry-specific giving trends can be tracked and compared to plan, eliminating year-end surprises. Pastors and ministry leaders can see how their generosity data aligns with church priorities without needing an accounting background, thanks to easy-to-read dashboards and visual reporting.

This kind of clarity not only reduces stress but also empowers leaders to make decisions that keep ministries healthy and aligned with mission. When financial information is easy to access and understand, it stops being a burden and becomes a tool for ministry growth.

Ease of use for staff and volunteers

Not every church has a full-time accountant. Many rely on part-time staff or faithful volunteers to manage finances. That’s why a user-friendly interface is critical.

Pushpay is designed with people in mind, not just finance experts. Role-based permissions ensure that pastors can see reports, bookkeepers can manage entries, and staff can input information without getting overwhelmed by unnecessary features. Cloud access means multiple users can collaborate from different locations, and simple workflows make training fast and stress-free.

When software is easy to learn and use, your team can spend less time on admin and more time focusing on ministry.

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Integrations with church software and giving platforms

Church finances don’t exist in a vacuum. Contributions, donor data, and member management are all connected, and the best systems integrate these elements into one streamlined flow.

Pushpay offers more than 80 integrations, along with a robust API, to sync with accounting platforms, donor engagement tools, and member management systems. This reduces duplicate data entry, cuts down on errors, and keeps everything in sync across your church’s financial and ministry operations.

Compliance and audit readiness

Transparency matters. Churches are accountable to their members, donors, and in many cases, the IRS. The right system keeps your records audit-ready with detailed ledgers, contribution receipts, and grant reporting.

Pushpay provides IRS-compliant donor statements and PCI-DSS Level 1 security, giving churches confidence when facing audits or financial reviews. With clean, accessible records, leaders can demonstrate to donors and boards that every dollar is being stewarded responsibly.

Choosing the right church finance solution

Churches don’t need generic business tools. They need finance and giving software built for faith-based organizations, designed to simplify reporting, track funds, and empower ministry leaders.

Pushpay was built with those needs in mind. From donor contribution tracking to real-time engagement dashboards, from detailed reporting to role-based permissions, Pushpay equips churches to steward generosity faithfully. The result is more time for ministry, less stress for staff and volunteers, and greater trust with your congregation.

When your church chooses the right solution, you’re not just adopting a financial tool—you’re embracing a ministry partner. Pushpay helps your church simplify finances so you can focus on what matters most: serving people, strengthening connection, and advancing the mission God has given you.

FAQ

What is church accounting software?
Church accounting software is designed specifically for the unique financial needs of churches and ministries. Unlike generic accounting programs, it supports fund tracking, donor contribution reporting, and ministry-specific budgeting so that churches can manage designated funds, staff payroll through external systems, and compliance requirements with ease.

Why do churches need fund accounting?
Fund accounting allows churches to separate and track designated gifts, such as missions, building projects, or youth ministry funds. This ensures money is used according to donor intent and provides transparency for boards and congregations. Without fund accounting, churches risk mismanaging restricted funds.

Can church accounting software integrate with giving platforms?
Yes. The best church finance solutions integrate directly with giving platforms, donor management systems, and even accounting software. Pushpay, for example, connects online and recurring giving with fund tracking, ensuring contributions are tracked automatically and donor statements are generated seamlessly.

Is church accounting software only for large churches?
No. Churches of all sizes benefit from software that simplifies reporting, donor tracking, and budgeting. Smaller churches often rely on part-time staff or volunteers, and user-friendly church finance software ensures they can manage finances without needing professional accounting expertise.

How does Pushpay support church finances?
Pushpay provides integrated tools for giving, donor tracking, reporting, insights dashboards, and broad integrations with accounting platforms. By connecting financial data with ministry tools, Pushpay helps churches save time, reduce errors, and build trust with donors and congregations—all while keeping leaders focused on ministry.

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