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Beta now · Public launch Labor Day, September 7, 2026

Built by a pastor for the church

99% of spiritual transformation happens away from the pew.

SmallChurchApp helps your church live like it's still Sunday on Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, Saturday night.

Apply for a beta spot Just notify me at launch

A small number of pilot churches are onboarding through Labor Day 2026 (Sept 7). Public launch is the same day.

Pen-and-ink illustration of a man in a church pew taking sermon notes directly in the SmallChurchApp on his phone, with the speaker preaching from the pulpit behind him.

A look inside

See it in your hand.

What pastors and members see every day.

SmallChurchApp home screen showing the morning Daily Word and a prayer prompt.
Stay connected A daily word and prayer in your pocket every morning.
SmallChurchApp event screen showing Sunday service check-in and a notes area.
Sunday made simple Check in, take notes, never lose what stirred you.
SmallChurchApp calendar screen listing services, studies, and serving opportunities.
Never miss out Every service, study, and serving opportunity in one place.
SmallChurchApp personal profile screen showing a record of devotions, prayers, and milestones.
Grow daily Your personal record of devotions, prayers, and milestones.
SmallChurchApp ministries screen showing ways to get involved in the church's work.
Get involved Find your place in the body's work.
SmallChurchApp leader screen showing tools to post the daily word, schedule events, and manage the church.
For leaders Post the daily word, schedule events, manage your church — all from the same app.

The problem

Tuesday rarely remembers Sunday.

Most members can't recall Sunday's sermon by Tuesday afternoon. That isn't a failure of faith. It's a gap in the rhythm of the week.

It would be a shame if our phones kept us better connected to Amazon than to our faith family.

Not for streaming more media to consumers. Built to deliver more moments for the family.

Pen-and-ink illustration of two women in a church fellowship hall holding up their phones to share what they're seeing in the SmallChurchApp — one screen shows Upcoming events on the church calendar, the other shows the week's Prayer Feed.

The reframe

Not a bulletin in your pocket. A blueprint in your hand.

A blueprint for the small-church work the big platforms forgot about: remembering birthdays, keeping the prayer feed current, knowing who needs a phone call this week, being there for each other in the moments that matter.

Built around five rhythms

The disciplines that form disciples.

The disciplines of the early church are still the disciplines that form disciples today.

Bible Reading

and contemplation

Prayer

talking to God by caring for others

Giving

to the church and through the church

Fellowship

connections made, relationships strengthened

Service

in the body and to the world

Who it's for

Built for the church that:

  • Knows every member by name — and does not want to lose that
  • Believes Sunday isn't a media production
  • Values relationships over reach
  • Is somewhere between 30 and 500 members

And for the growing church

Growing churches face the opposite pressure: as numbers climb, the family atmosphere that made the church precious starts slipping through the cracks. Big churches spend years trying to recreate what they used to be. We help you not lose it in the first place.

Whether you are 30 members or 300, the work is the same: forming disciples through the historic Christian spiritual disciplines — prayer, Scripture, fellowship, giving, and service. SmallChurchApp is built around that work, not around it.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustration of three teenagers gathered around one phone in a church parking lot, checking the pack list for a youth outing as they load up the Hollis Chapel van behind them.

Two ways to be part of this

Pick what fits your church.

Pilot churches · limited

Apply for a beta spot

We're hand-picking a few churches between now and Labor Day. Your pastor talks to our pastor. We set everything up for you. You give us honest feedback. No charge during beta.

We'll write back personally within a day or two. No demo deck.

No commitment

Just notify me at launch

If beta isn't right for you yet, drop your email and we'll let you know the day public signup opens — Labor Day, September 7, 2026.

One email. No newsletter. No spam.

The honest roadmap

Where we are. Where we're going.

We don't sell vaporware. Here's what works today, what we're building this summer, and what's ready by public launch on Labor Day.

  1. Now · Beta

    Pilot churches onboarding

    • Magic-link sign-in for every member
    • Per-church URL (yourname.smallchurch.app)
    • Events, prayer feed, devotionals, member directory
    • Personal white-glove setup with the pastor
    • Built-in tripwire monitoring so problems get caught before pastors do
  2. Summer 2026

    Hardening for everyone

    • Self-serve church provisioning (no more "ask David")
    • Email deliverability hardening (DMARC, sender reputation)
    • Sermon companion: notes, follow-ups, weekday reminders
    • Birthday + anniversary reminders for the whole congregation
    • Pastor feedback shaping every release
  3. Labor Day · Public launch

    Open to every small church

    • Anyone can sign up their church in under 10 minutes
    • Transparent pricing — small-church friendly, founder-set
    • Giving integration with the platforms small churches already use
    • iOS + Android home-screen install (PWA)
    • Polished onboarding for the pastor's first 10 minutes
    • Event sign-ups with "I'm bringing ___" for meals, picnics, and care moments
"All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord's Supper), and to prayer."
— Acts 2:42

The "secret sauce" of the early church is still the recipe today.

Bringing more people into the Kingdom is your mission.
Helping you maintain a family environment is our pleasure.