Likelihood to Recommend Church Community Builder is ideal if you are seeking to connect your church members to your pastoral staff and to one another in an effective way. If you are looking to plan major events (like our church's 25th Anniversary Service, for example; or our annual Marriage Conference), then Church Community Builder will be incredibly helpful to you! Church Community Builder is also helpful for distributing items like membership applications and mass emails.
Read full review Pushpay has been fantastic for us in the implementation of events, especially in the processing of registration forms and collecting fees. Pushpay has also been great in helping us receive donations and contributions to the church. Additionally, I have also used Pushpay (specifically, the CRM database) to help in our process of Church Membership (receiving applications, registering attendance at our membership classes, etc).
Read full review Pros Helps church members connect with one another. Provides church leaders with church members contact info readily and efficiently. Helps register attendance at retreats and other church events and functions. Read full review Read full review Cons "Processes" option can sometimes be a bit confusing Mass communication process (via email) is a bit confusing Mass communication process (via text message) seems to be lacking Read full review Ability to apply multiple discount codes on a single transaction Church management software could be more aesthetically pleasing Church management software could be slightly more user friendly in the "Process queues" Read full review Support Rating The access to support is excellent; however, the turnover with assigned account managers has been high over the years, which makes it challenging to build a lasting rapport. There have been some technical and functionality issues communicated over the years which have been received by the account manager. At the time, with responses such as "yes, we know it's an issue, and we're working on that, but we don't have a timeframe." These problems are never resolved, nor are progress reports or follow up ever addressed, then the account manager changes and the cycle starts again.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Far and away, Church Community Builder is an incredibly superior product to PowerChurch. PowerChurch did not nearly feature all of the useful tools that Church Community Builder offers. Church Community Builder's greatest advantage over PowerChurch would be its accompanying Lead App, which allows me as a Pastor to easily pull up the contact information of any church member simply from my iPhone - PowerChurch didn't offer anything even remotely that useful. Choosing Church Community Builder was a clear no brainer.
Read full review We had previously used a program called eGiving to receive online payments and contributions, and we have previously used PowerChurch as our CRM, and Pushpay (including its Church Community Builder program) far excels both of these other programs. Pushpay is more user-friendly, and its financial program and its CRM program work much more effectively with one another.
Read full review Return on Investment We have seen increased connection between pastoral staff and church members We have been able to more effectively put on excellent church-wide events We have been able to systematize our membership application process (and also keep a better paper trail) Read full review Recurring giving schedules allow higher and more consistent electronic giving. Time and cost savings with paperless statements. Read full review ScreenShots