Free church management software: Churchory Core
Every church starts here. Free, forever. Core is the part of Churchory every product shares: one directory of your people and families, the roles that decide who sees what, church-wide email and push announcements, and the Churchory web, mobile and Mac apps. It is free forever, with no card, and every product you add plugs straight into it.
Everything every product needs.
- People and families: one directory for guests, members and staff, with real households instead of a shared surname
- Roles and permissions: roles you name, with access set product by product for the products you own
- The Churchory web app, plus Churchory Mobile on the App Store and Google Play and Churchory for Mac. They show whatever products your church owns
- Church-wide email and push announcements to your whole church or one group
- AI connections: connect Churchory to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor through our read-only connector
Want the long version? Read the full tour of Core.
Core at a glance
| What it is | Core: Free forever: your people, roles, email and push, and the apps. |
|---|---|
| Price | Free forever, no credit card |
| What’s included | Free forever, with or without a product. No credit card. |
| Runs on | The Churchory web app, Churchory Mobile (iOS and Android) |
| Contract | None. Cancel any month. |
How does Core work, step by step?
- Bring your people in
- Model real families
- Build your roles
- Invite people
- Keep it clean
Which products can you add to Core?
Churchory One
Every product, and every one we build next, for one price. All 13 products on sale today and your church’s own app in the stores, on one directory with one bill. Texting, Photos and Church Websites join it as each one leaves beta.
Gather
Sundays, groups, events, and the meetings in between.
Communicate
Reach people where they actually read.
Care & give
Look after your people, and let them give back.
Share
The files and photos your church keeps making.
Your church, everywhere
Your name on the app store and the web.
People and families, roles and permissions, church-wide email and push, and the Churchory web, mobile and Mac apps, with no card. Every product you add plugs into it.
Questions about Core
What is Churchory?
Churchory is church management software for small and mid-size churches. Start free with Core (your people directory, families, roles and church-wide email and push), then add only the products you need, like groups, events, Sunday serving and check-in, kids, care, chat and voting, or get everything with Churchory One. It runs in a web app for staff and leaders and in Churchory Mobile on the App Store and Google Play for everyone else, and it is built and supported directly by a husband-and-wife team.
Who is Churchory for?
Churchory is for small and mid-size churches, and especially for the pastors, church administrators and ministry leaders who run them with a few staff and a lot of volunteers. Nothing in it assumes a full-time IT person: the kiosk, the sign-up links and the apps are built for the volunteer who was trained once and is standing at a table at 9:58 on a Sunday.
Is there a free trial?
Yes: 45 days free, with no credit card, on the products you pick, or on everything if you start with Churchory One. Want to try another product along the way? Add it during the trial in one click, free. The trial is the real product, not a sandbox or a separate demo version, so nothing you set up is thrown away when it ends. When you sign up you can let yourself straight in, or tick the box asking us to set it up for you; if you tick it, we import your people and groups and build out your ministries before you log in, then walk you through your own church rather than a sample one.
What's included in the free trial?
The trial includes the products you pick at sign-up, plus Core (your people directory, families, roles and permissions, church-wide email and push, and the member apps). Pick Churchory One at sign-up and the trial includes everything. Adding another product during the trial is one click and costs nothing; Your own app is the one exception, because it only comes with Churchory One.