More and more digital tools for churches

Digital tools now play an important role in church life. This is not about replacing human relationships, community life or the way a congregation functions with software. It is simply about using the right tools to make certain tasks easier and to communicate better.

Website, member management, communication, visual identity, sharing teachings... Needs are many and, good news, more and more solutions now exist specifically for churches and Christian communities.

Rather than looking for a tool that does everything, it can be more relevant to choose specialised solutions according to the needs of your church.

Ekklesi: create and manage your church website simply

Ekklesi meets a very specific need: helping churches have a modern, high-quality website without needing technical skills.

Creating a website can quickly become complicated. You have to think about structure, design, hosting, maintenance and the different information to present.

Ekklesi simplifies this process by offering pages and features designed directly for churches. The goal is that a community can quickly present the essentials: address, times, denomination, news, announcements, teachings, or even the possibility of giving online.

Ekklesi is therefore not meant to become the software that does everything in a church. Its aim is to meet one specific need well: the church's presence and visibility on the internet.

Eliakim: making internal church management easier

Once you leave the public side and the website, churches also have many internal needs.

Member management, organisation, follow-up and administration can quickly become complex as the community grows.

This is notably the kind of challenge Eliakim works on, with a solution designed to make the day-to-day management of churches easier.

The approach is therefore complementary: where Ekklesi focuses mainly on what the church presents to the public online, Eliakim responds more to the needs linked to its organisation and internal management.

Amen Colors: working on your church's communication

Having the right tools matters, but so does the way you communicate.

A church may need to work on its visual identity, its communication materials, or more broadly the way it presents its activities and projects.

Amen Colors supports Christian organisations with their communication and design needs.

This is another interesting example of specialisation: not every church has the skills or the time to create a coherent visual identity and quality materials on its own.

And many other digital needs

These three examples are far from covering every need a church may have.

Depending on the community, it may also be necessary to find solutions for:

• sending newsletters and communicating with members;
• publishing or hosting sermons and teachings;
• managing events and registrations;
• organising teams and volunteers;
• managing accounting or donations;
• livestreaming services;
• communicating on social media.

Many software tools, services and providers now work specifically with churches.

To go further and discover other solutions, the site Église Numérique lists many digital tools that can meet the different needs of Christian communities.

Choosing the right tools rather than one tool that does everything

A church's digital shift does not necessarily mean multiplying software.

The real issue is identifying the tasks where a tool can genuinely save time, improve communication, or help people without technical skills become autonomous.

A small church will obviously not have the same needs as a community of several hundred members.

The essential thing is therefore to start from real needs, then choose the tools that fit.

At Ekklesi, we have chosen to focus on one challenge: helping churches be properly present on the internet, simply and at an accessible cost.

And we are rather glad to see other actors working, on their side, on the many other digital challenges churches face.