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Church Database Management

So about a year ago, I was thinking to myself that my church has no good software for managing members, giving, and attendance. So I began researching packages but all I found were open source packages that had small to no communities, entry level packages that did not do everything I wanted, and large applications that did everything I needed but were too expensive.

So being a software developer, I started a small grassroots software company with my buddy and wrote our own. It has all the features for my current church, plus we researched a couple others like Powerchurch, ACS, and Fellowship One and incorporated a few others.

We then made a listing on Capterra and picked up a few leads. We are currently planning on going to a few conferences this year to show it off and see where it takes us. We are currently marketing a it as a web application it with a small up front fee to set up the site and then a monthly subscription to use the software. We also offer a client version with some advanced features.

I thought I would post a tidbit here to get some feedback and possibly some leads. Your thoughts are well appreciated.

All the big churches have a major database that does all that fro all their churches that also has management information software. The small one location churches don't need such a full blown option, and the very few that are in between don't have the money at the upper levels to justify the expenditure.

Good luck.