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 This software was created for use by churches BUT because you can customize the fields, it has been very effective for other non-profit use. Workshops are geared for church users so I don't usually attend those. It has a LOT of functionality. I am able to import my data from Quickbooks as I utilize that product as well. Since I am not a church and my chart of accounts is pretty complex, I have found it easier to import from Quickbooks rather than the other way around. It is easier for me to control the accounting side of things by doing this way.
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 tracks donations for year end giving statements with donation details makes emailing all donors super easy produces labels for mailing newsletters tracks donations by categories I set up you can modify the input boxes to fit your needs....this is especially helpful as I am not a church and it is primarily set up for churches to use. you can create custom reports and save them for future use 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 There is too much clicking! Could be MUCH more effective if less clicking was required. This is my biggest complaint! It's not a deterrent to purchasing, and it does not affect its functionality, but is an annoyance that could EASILY be fixed. It can be cumbersome to figure out how to use features but is pretty user friendly. 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 I don't remember the names but I evaluated other church donor software and Servant Keeper offered the most bang for your buck. It had amazing funtionality but not a super high price tag.
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 Because I use the desktop version, there was literally a one time cost and it has given me years of use and function. It has improved my ability to communicate easily and effectively with donors Read full review ScreenShots