ChurchApps — Speaker Notes

01 — Our Why

You're handing them churchapps.org/lc before you start — this is the short version of what's on that page.

To run a modern church effectively you need certain software and curriculum. The Church has outsourced these platforms to for-profit companies which often don't share our mission or values. This makes the Church less effective in its mission.

The thing is — the Church has the people and the resources to build this software ourselves and share it with every church in the world. Instead, the Capital C Church is spending over a billion dollars a year to purchase these resources and making tools in-house they don't share with other churches.

Meanwhile, the poorest churches in the world are going without and the overall mission of the Church suffers. When profit is the motivator, loyalties are to the shareholders — not Christ. The Church needs to stop outsourcing the Great Commission and start modeling the generosity of Christ so the Capital C Church can function at full capacity.

It's really not a technology problem — it's a stewardship problem. We exist to fix it.

Pause after "We exist to fix it." Let it land.

03 — What We Built

A complete, free, open-source software suite — every major tool a church needs, at no cost, forever.

Made for the Church · by the Church

B1 Admin replaces paid church management software — manage people, giving, groups, attendance, volunteers

B1.church church website, mobile app, member portal, giving, and groups — web & phone

B1 Check-In replaces check-in kiosk software — self-service for services & kids ministry

Lessons.church replaces paid curriculum — free, open-source video lessons from preschool through adult

FreeShow replaces paid worship presentation software — lyrics & slides on Sunday

FreePlay replaces paid classroom curriculum TV apps — delivers lessons to classroom screens, plays offline, no tech skills needed

04 — What God Has Done

10,000+ churches now using ChurchApps — all free
Churches we've helped are now sponsoring and helping other churches — the multiplication effect is growing
Igniting fires in people in other countries to get involved and carry this forward
Better tools → more effective disciple-makers → more people coming to Christ

Story — Southside Christian Church, Fort Pierce FL

Pastor Paul Hugenbart was about to spend money on ProPresenter, Planning Center, and paid curriculum. He agreed to try ChurchApps first.

FreeShow replaced ProPresenter. B1 Admin replaced Planning Center. Lessons.church replaced their paid curriculum.

He told us ChurchApps moved them forward two years. No budget debate. No anxiety. A Capital C Church partner stepped up to help them — and now Southside is paying it forward, helping another church get on their feet.

I'm back there now helping them build a plan for their growing family ministry.

That's one story we know about. What really excites me is the ones we don't know about.

This is your anchor story. Take your time here.

05 — Most Excited About This Year

Bigger partners pushing our products into more churches — visibility we've never had before (meetings like this one)
International growth — Scripture says we're one body. But most church software was built for wealthy American congregations. We're changing that — translating into local languages, building for lower-resource environments, making sure ministry opportunity isn't determined by a church's zip code or bank account.
The open-source movement in the church is growing — we're in the right place at the right time
The software is getting better and better — more users, smarter product, ChurchApps is starting to snowball

Tie the partner piece back to why you're excited to be in this room today.

06 — Where We're Dreaming

Our dream isn't primarily that everyone knows the ChurchApps name — it's that the Church sees a new model is possible: technology created by the Church, for the Church, shared across the Church
The Faith Tech community adopts ChurchApps as their open-source project — Christian developers contributing code as an act of ministry
Our team becomes moderators, not sole builders — because hundreds of contributors are carrying it forward
AI + open source = an unfair advantage for the Kingdom as SaaS costs keep rising

07 — Core Strengths

We are a small team that moves fast

Mission-Driven, Not Revenue-Driven

Because we're not driven by billing tiers or feature upsells, we're free to focus on what actually helps churches make disciples — not what increases subscription revenue. Everyone on staff or volunteering with ChurchApps — full-time or part-time — sees this as a mission field, not a job. That changes everything.

If it feels natural: "God has positioned us perfectly for this AI moment — open source plus AI is a gift."

08 — Biggest Challenges

Awareness

The greatest barrier is simply that churches don't know we exist. Getting ChurchApps in front of the right people at the right time is our number one growth challenge.

Skepticism (Why is this free? What's the catch?)

Churches naturally ask, "Who's behind this?" Building credibility through trusted church partnerships and visible ministry impact is one of our biggest needs right now.

Capacity

Demand is growing faster than our team can scale. We need developers willing to contribute their skills, donors who believe in the mission, and organizations willing to invest in keeping this free for the Church.

Natural close: "That's part of why conversations like this one matter so much to us."