Latest Updates
Keep edited free-tool drafts while personalizing
October 12, 2026Keep edited messages, email subjects, and team tasks while changing details or switching formats, with explicit restore and reset controls.
Inspect product screenshots in a larger view
October 10, 2026Enlarge existing product screenshots, inspect details, and return to the page with keyboard-friendly controls.
Find a starting plan from four capacity needs
October 10, 2026Compare member, administrator, branch, and monthly campaign counts before reviewing the full plan allowances.
Review and copy free church resources
October 10, 2026Read examples before adding details, then copy complete templates or a visitor plan with your edits and team notes.
Connect calendars and church automations
October 8, 2026Connect Google or Outlook schedules and church workflows with scoped keys.
Zapier stays private and is available by invitation. Make is also available
by invitation while its public directory review is pending.
Put your first church workflow to work
October 7, 2026Follow setup through a completed public response and a saved follow-up owner and due date, or a Completed status.
Follow free tools through church onboarding
October 6, 2026See consented free-tool visits alongside requests, approvals, account creation, and church activation, with 90-day retention and removal on consent withdrawal.
Free tools for church messages and visitor follow-up
October 6, 2026Personalize church SMS templates and prepare a visitor welcome plan with editable messages, team responsibilities, and free downloads. No account needed.
Access requests include a security check
October 6, 2026Complete a security check before requesting access and retry without losing your entered details, helping keep automated submissions out of the review queue.
Read member cards and choose a useful follow-up method
October 5, 2026Read member names and actions on phones, use contact-aware follow-up defaults, and identify response date boundaries and saved views more easily.
Open product menus with your keyboard
October 4, 2026Open collapsed menus with Enter or Space, move between choices with arrow keys, and return focus with Escape.
Save members first and follow up clearly
October 3, 2026Choose when to invite a member, correct missing contact details on mobile, and explore an assigned demo response.
A smoother first church journey
October 3, 2026Continue from signup into the dashboard, save form settings reliably, and collect usable visitor follow-up details.
Connect a new or existing Stripe account
October 2, 2026Select an existing Standard account or create a new one through Stripe, with safer setup and disconnects.
A calmer dashboard for daily work
September 26, 2026Find daily priorities first, with compact setup guidance and expandable reports.
From access request to an active church
September 26, 2026Add members directly, recover from connection failures, and measure setup progress separately from account creation.
Clearer public forms and navigation
September 25, 2026Responsive church navigation keeps Give within the page, with compact headers and clearer public forms.
A clearer start for your church
September 25, 2026Start without a logo and follow three practical dashboard setup steps, with progress based on saved data.
A People group at the top of the sidebar
September 17, 2026Dashboard, Members, Visitor Inbox, Pastoral Care, Donors & Giving, Households, Groups, and Communications now sit together in one sidebar group that opens by default after sign-in.
Event pages: add to calendar, share, and registration options
September 16, 2026Public event pages gain Google Calendar and Apple/Outlook calendar links, a share button with copy-link feedback, and optional registration checkboxes such as “Bring a dish” that you define per event.
Public devotionals page: topic filters, email sign-up, and the app
September 16, 2026Visitors can filter devotionals by topic, subscribe by email to get new devotionals from the church, and jump to the mobile app from the same page.
Pastoral notes are now only visible to pastoral staff
September 16, 2026A member note marked “Visible to pastoral staff” is hidden from admins without the Pastoral Care permission, in the notes list, the activity timeline, and when deleting; the toggle only appears for staff who can use it.
Assign a follow-up to any member
September 16, 2026From a member profile, assign a call, text, email, or visit to a colleague with a due date, mark it done with an outcome, and see it in the dashboard follow-up list and the attention bell.
Add members to a group straight from the Members list
September 16, 2026Tick any number of members, choose a community group, and add them all at once; anyone already in the group or beyond its capacity is reported rather than duplicated.
Every public church page shares one header and footer
September 16, 2026Visit, Connect, Devotionals, Campaigns, Outreach, Give, and Prayer Request now carry the same navigation, a Give button, and a footer with the church’s details.
The dashboard now opens with people
September 16, 2026New visitors, follow-ups due today, open care cases, and this month’s gifts sit at the top, with today’s follow-up list, what needs attention, recent activity, and a giving trend.
Search everything from the header, and see what needs attention
September 16, 2026A search box on every dashboard page finds members, visitors, care cases, and pages, and a bell shows overdue follow-ups, unowned or urgent care, profile changes, and new form responses.
The Members list is now a working directory
September 16, 2026Saved views, filters for tags, groups, sign-in and giving, sortable columns, a column chooser, CSV export, and bulk tagging.
Member profiles bring everything about a person together
September 16, 2026Open any member to see their activity, giving, groups, household, and care in one place, and keep notes and tags on the record.
Public forms load reliably on church websites
September 16, 2026Embedded and shared forms now open correctly when the church site and TheFaithApp run on different domains.
Faster sermon series browsing
September 5, 2026Revisit sermon series and message lists with less waiting in the mobile app.
Client onboarding is now invitation-only
September 3, 2026Churches can request access while Super Admins review fit and send secure, private account setup links.
Churches control member AI access
August 31, 2026Ask your church is now an explicit church-paid choice with administrator control and a per-member fair-use safeguard.
Paid plans now have clear growth limits
August 31, 2026Standard, Large, and Enterprise now scale through published allowances instead of repeating unlimited access.
Pricing makes product capacity clear
August 30, 2026Church management remains free for small churches while every plan now shows its products, allowances, add-ons, and data guarantees.
YouTube Live becomes an on-demand sermon
August 29, 2026Finished YouTube Live services can become on-demand sermons automatically after YouTube processes the recording.
Member migrations preview every outcome before import
August 29, 2026Move people from Planning Center, Breeze, Subsplash, Tithe.ly, or another CSV with provider-aware mapping, duplicate review, and a safe undo path.
Private calendars stay useful and private
August 29, 2026Churches can share automatically updated Event and service schedules without exposing member details or internal planning notes.
QuickBooks and Xero connect to balanced giving journals
August 29, 2026Finance teams can connect QuickBooks or Xero, select live church accounts, and safely send balanced journals with duplicate-safe corrections.
AI Assistance keeps people in the loop
August 28, 2026Members can ask source-grounded church questions while staff gain permission-aware drafts, search, and transcript cleanup suggestions.
Church networks work together with clear boundaries
August 27, 2026Trusted churches can support plants, coordinate shared ministry, and reuse resources without merging their member data.
Operations and facilities stay ready
August 27, 2026Churches can coordinate rooms, Sunday operations, equipment, safety, access, transport, weather decisions, and emergency readiness from one audited workspace.
Outreach connects mission work and local presence
August 27, 2026Churches can coordinate mission participation, preparation, prayer, service partners, verified impact, and reviewed stories across staff, member, and public experiences.
Giving distinguishes received gifts from payment attempts
August 26, 2026Giving now combines trustworthy totals, receipts, statements, safe QR/NFC/text access, recurring recovery, finance operations, accounting mappings, granular permissions, and protected history.
Volunteers serve with clarity and care
August 25, 2026Churches can build healthy teams, publish safer schedules, close coverage gaps, prepare worship services, and give members one Volunteer Hub.
Communications reach the right people
August 19, 2026Churches can prepare segmented announcements, weekly briefs, emergency alerts, SMS conversations, semantic bulletins, and focused campaign seasons.
Events turn invitations into participation
August 18, 2026Churches can publish recurring events, collect free or paid registrations, manage waitlists and attendee needs, send reminders, and check people in.
Private promises return without surveillance
July 28, 2026Members can gently revisit explicit goals and Rule of Life commitments while churches shape the invitation without seeing personal activity.
Sabbath mode protects room to rest
July 28, 2026Churches can shape Sabbath and retreat invitations while members privately mute church broadcasts for a chosen window.
The church calendar changes the formation tone
July 28, 2026Churches can shape every season of the year, and members automatically receive the current tone, Scripture, and practices without being scored.
Lament makes room without forcing answers
July 28, 2026Churches can shape biblical lament liturgies while private words stay off the server and optional wall offerings remain moderated and anonymous.
Congregational fasts make room for every body
July 28, 2026Churches can coordinate shared fasts with meaningful substitutions while members join without explaining their health or circumstances.
Guided Examen lets private words go
July 28, 2026Churches can shape a gentle evening review while members know their encrypted private words will be permanently deleted on schedule.
Daily Office prays across distance
July 28, 2026Churches can publish their own fixed-hour liturgies while members choose gentle local bells, pray offline, and sense anonymous live presence.
Seasonal Rules of Life stay private
July 28, 2026Churches can shape prayerful seasonal rhythms while every member writes and revisits a private covenant without streaks or scores.
Gifts find open serving needs
July 28, 2026Churches can shape discernment instruments that keep member results private, invite trusted mentor affirmation, and connect strong gifts to real opportunities.
Personal formation stays personal
July 28, 2026Members can follow private discipleship goals and keep encrypted class reflections while churches provide customizable starting points without reading private progress.
Discipleship connects mentors and members
July 28, 2026Churches can shape staff-led mentorship programs, pair members with mentors, and keep shared check-ins in one protected journey.
Discipleship remembers every formation step
July 28, 2026Members and church teams can review pathway history, preserve certificates, and begin new formation cycles without losing earlier progress.
Discipleship turns classes into formation pathways
July 27, 2026Churches can build customizable classes with lessons, quizzes, teachers, member progress, and verifiable completion certificates.
Mobile giving SDKs are available for Flutter and React Native
July 25, 2026Developers can add authenticated general and campaign giving without placing payment-processing endpoints or provider secrets in their apps.
Partner apps can offer confidential Pastoral Care
July 25, 2026Church apps can add member-owned care requests, private follow-up preferences, life moments, and quiet days through the v1 API.
Pastoral Care organizes rites, coverage, and preaching
July 25, 2026Care teams can coordinate rite checklists, bounded caregiver handoffs, and dependable preaching plans.
Prayer Rooms protect media during app switches
July 23, 2026Microphones and cameras now stay off after a member leaves and returns to the app foreground.
Prayer Rooms add an audio-only fallback
July 23, 2026Video-room members can reduce video data while keeping prayer audio, chat, and room controls available.
Pastoral prayer protects confidential care
July 23, 2026Members can share an encrypted prayer request with a smaller, permission-controlled pastoral team.
Urgent prayer connects members to timely follow-up
July 23, 2026Members can privately ask leaders for timely prayer support while churches coordinate a safe, owned response.
Prayer teams coordinate daily care
July 23, 2026Churches can organize verified prayer volunteers around safe daily lists, assignments, availability, and weekly email digests.
Private prayer journals build a personal prayer rhythm
July 23, 2026Members can keep prayers private, record answered reflections, share when ready, and choose daily, weekly, or one-time reminders.
Prayer requests add safer audience controls
July 23, 2026Members can share prayer requests with their church, a Community Group, or church leaders and retain control through editing and withdrawal.
Handwrytten cards are ready for visitor follow-up
July 23, 2026Churches can connect Handwrytten and send consent-aware welcome cards from a visitor journey, with guarded sender setup, test or live review, and order tracking.
Forms connects church intake to follow-up
July 21, 2026Churches can build, publish, share, and embed flexible forms, then assign and complete every response from one organized inbox.
React Native apps can use hosted sign-in
July 18, 2026Developers can add hosted member sign-in to React Native and Expo apps without running a callback website.
Flutter apps can plug into hosted sign-in
July 18, 2026Developers can register a Flutter app in Developer Access and use the new SDK to receive a member bearer token without hosting a callback website.
Community coordination adds practical tools
July 17, 2026Members can use clearer employment help, a reviewed lending and medical-equipment library, synchronized ministry chats, and flexible quiet hours and push preferences.
Community research starts with member consent
July 17, 2026Members can privately share interest in future community-support ideas while staff see only protected aggregate readiness.
Donation drives now use Outreach Campaigns
July 17, 2026Staff can connect a reviewed Needs & Offers donation drive to an existing campaign, giving members one coordinated place to contribute.
Community keeps groups and chat together
July 16, 2026Members can return to their groups, discover new ones, and open linked discussions or announcements from one mobile Community experience.
Welcome every new visitor with one connected journey
July 16, 2026Guests can plan a visit or connect without an account while staff coordinate consent-aware follow-up, useful next steps, and optional physical welcome cards.
Your church week now meets you on Home
July 14, 2026See personal commitments, useful next steps, group updates, saved sermon moments, and quick actions together on the mobile Home screen.
Member Directory connects your church
June 27, 2026Members can browse a privacy-first church directory, control what they share, and staff can manage households, approvals, and reminders.
Prayer Rooms trial limits protect live room capacity
June 22, 2026Trial Prayer Rooms now default to smaller gatherings with monthly participant-minute metering before upgrading.
Hosted member sign-in simplifies API access
June 19, 2026External apps can now use TheFaithApp-hosted member sign-in instead of bringing their own Firebase credentials.
Prayer Community adds a church prayer feed
June 17, 2026Members can now share approved prayer requests, mark that they prayed, and follow up when prayers are answered.
Prayer Rooms beta is ready for mobile testing
June 17, 2026Members can now create and join beta audio and video prayer rooms, use room controls, and give toward room goals.
Chat attachments, voice notes, and sermon sharing are upgraded
June 13, 2026Chat now supports richer image, PDF, voice note, and sermon attachment experiences across web and mobile.
Chat conversations are easier to follow
June 12, 2026Chat now has better room lists, timeline grouping, search, presence, reply navigation, and group details.
Chat rooms have stronger admin controls
June 11, 2026Admins can now manage room behavior with moderation, read states, mentions, reactions, and notification preferences.
Sermon AI content is available in the external API
June 11, 2026Third-party apps can now read published sermon transcripts, chapters, insights, and translated transcript cues.
Chat realtime is now powered by Firebase
June 10, 2026Chat messages, typing states, and room updates now arrive faster across web and mobile.
Sermon AI tools are now available
June 9, 2026Generate reviewed sermon transcripts, chapters, insights, translations, quote cards, content drafts, and uploaded-video clips.
App customization is now available to all admins
May 29, 2026The app customization workspace is now open to all admins, without the earlier rollout gate.
App customization is now available
May 15, 2026Design a branded mobile experience with your own theme, navigation, custom pages, reusable content blocks, live preview, and release controls.