A church chat app for every group and team
Get your church off the group text. A channel for every ministry and team, chat spaces anyone can start with the people they pick, direct messages for everything else, and moderation that belongs to the people who lead each conversation.
What does Chat do?
- Channels, group chats, and direct messages, with mentions, replies, reactions, and polls
- Start your own chat space with exactly the people you pick, no group required
- Photos, videos, files, and GIFs attached to a message, staged before you send
- Per-conversation moderators, scoped to what they lead
- A leader forum: a back room for questions, wins, and hard weeks
- Per-chat mute and unread counts
Want the long version? Read the full tour of Chat.
Chat at a glance
| What it is | Chat: Channels for every ministry and group. |
|---|---|
| Price | $99/year (save $201 on paying monthly) or $25/month, or included in Churchory One |
| Free trial | 45 days, no credit card |
| What’s included | Unlimited channels and messages. |
| Runs on | Core (free), in the Churchory web app and Churchory Mobile (iOS and Android) |
| Contract | None. Cancel any month. |
How does Chat work, step by step?
- Create your channels
- Name moderators
- Talk like a real messaging app
- Reach everyone who isn't in the chat
- Give leaders a back room
Which products work well with Chat?
Chat runs on Core, which is free forever. Products you add share the same directory, so you never enter your people twice, or get all of them with Churchory One.
Free forever: your people, roles and apps.
Add Groups and each group gets its own channel, and leaders can schedule a meeting from the conversation.
Add Events and an event can have its own channel, shared as a card people can RSVP to.
Add Documents to share a file from your church library right in a conversation.
Add Texting for the people who never open an app.
Questions about Chat
Does each product work on its own?
Yes. Every product runs on Core by itself except Retreat Builder, which needs Events because every retreat is an event. Products light up extra features when you own them together: Groups plus Chat gives each group its own channel, Sunday plus Care puts first-time guests on the follow-up list, and Events plus Newsletters pulls upcoming events into a newsletter.
Can we email and notify the whole church for free?
Yes. Church-wide email and push announcements are part of Core, so every church can reach, for free, the whole church or one group. Each person chooses, per category, whether they hear about things by push or email.
Does Churchory do text messaging?
Texting is in beta and not on sale yet. It will bring a shared two-way inbox, keywords people text to join a list, and blasts to everyone or one group; join the waitlist and we'll tell you when it opens.
Is church chat safe for youth ministry?
Chat is built with oversight in mind: moderators are named per conversation, a group leader moderates only what they lead, and administrators have a chat audit view for the moments someone has to look. Who can do what in Chat is set through the same role grid as everything else.