Guides for parish offices

Plain, practical answers to common questions about running a parish.

• How to choose church management software

  A practical checklist for choosing church management software: members, roles, mobile app, communication, website and cost.

• How to set up a church member directory

  Steps to build a church member directory: gather records, organise families and wards, set privacy, and invite members to an app.

• How to send church announcements to phones

  How churches send announcements, bulletins and alerts to members' phones with push notifications instead of group chats.

• Free website options for small parishes

  Free church website options for small parishes compared: general site builders versus a free parish website connected to your parish software.

• Moving from spreadsheets to parish software

  How to move parish records from spreadsheets into parish software: clean the data, import families, and roll out to staff and members.