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Join the 14,000 churches, Catholic parishes, and (arch)dioceses that trust Pushpay for best-in-class church software.

Just like our 14,500 customers, your staff and ministry leaders will love knowing that they can rely on Pushpay’s technology to take on their everyday needs—from parishioner engagement to giving and church management software. We’re the complete solution to grow your parish or diocese.

Let us show you what Pushpay and our Catholic product, ParishStaq, can offer your community.

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  • Product Features
  • Church AppsChurch Apps
  • Open APIOpen API
  • Audio PlayerAudio Player
  • BlogBlog
  • Custom Branded ExperienceCustom Branded Experience
  • BulletinBulletin
  • CalendarCalendar
  • ChatChat
  • Check-InsCheck-Ins
  • Embedded GivingEmbedded Giving
  • EventsEvents
  • Event RegistrationEvent Registration
  • Group RegistrationGroup Registration
  • Web Link LivestreamWeb Link Livestream
  • Native Live StreamingNative Live Streaming
  • Media FeedsMedia Feeds
  • Multi CampusMulti Campus
  • Native FormsNative Forms
  • Prayer RequestsPrayer Requests
  • ProfilesProfiles
  • Push Notifications(w/Segmentation)Push Notifications
  • Quick Polls or Open ResponseQuick Polls or Open Response
  • Homily/Lesson Notes(fill-in-blank)Homily/Lesson Notes
  • Social IntegrationSocial Integration
  • Video PlayerVideo Player
  • LEAD App (including the below)LEAD App (including the below)
  • Mobile Access to Member Profiles, Serving History and Church DirectoryMobile Access to Member Profiles, Serving History and Church Directory
  • Volunteer Schedule AccessVolunteer Schedule Access
  • Group ManagementGroup Management
  • EventsEvents
  • Worship Plan AccessWorship Plan Access
  • Workflows AccessWorkflows Access
  • GivingGiving
  • Branded Experience - GivingBranded Experience - Giving
  • Debit PreferredDebit Preferred
  • Spanish Web GivingSpanish Web Giving
  • Giving Thank You AnimationGiving Thank You Animation
  • Donor Covers FeesDonor Covers Fees
  • KioskKiosk
  • Check DepositCheck Deposit
  • Multi CampusMulti Campus
  • PledgingPledging
  • Capital Campaigns Capital Campaigns
  • Preconfigured Giving LinksPreconfigured Giving Links
  • One-time Future Dated GiftOne-time Future Dated Gift
  • Recurring GivingRecurring Giving
  • Split GivingSplit Giving
  • Text GivingText Giving
  • Non-cash GivingNon-cash Giving
  • QR Code & Unique Giving Page GeneratorQR Code & Unique Giving Page Generator
  • Organizational GivingOrganizational Giving
  • Donor NurtureDonor Nurture
  • Donor DevelopmentDonor Development
  • Third Party ProcessorThird Party Processor
  • Church Management SoftwareChurch Management Software
  • People ProfilesPeople Profiles
  • Sacrament TrackingSacrament Tracking
  • Group ManagementGroup Management
  • Volunteer SchedulingVolunteer Scheduling
  • Calendar & EventsCalendar & Events
  • Event Check-InEvent Check-In
  • Child Check-InChild Check-In
  • Check-In AnnouncementsCheck-In Announcements
  • Serving RotationsServing Rotations
  • Family ServingFamily Serving
  • Automatic Scheduled ReportsAutomatic Scheduled Reports
  • Create and Share Custom ReportsCreate and Share Custom Reports
  • Facility ManagementFacility Management
  • ParishStaq
  • Church Apps no
  • Open API no
  • Audio Player no
  • Blog no
  • Custom Branded Experience no
  • Bulletin no
  • Calendar no
  • Chat no
  • Check-Ins no
  • Embedded Giving no
  • Events no
  • Event Registration no
  • Group Registration no
  • Web Link Livestream no
  • Native Live Streaming no
  • Media Feeds no
  • Multi Campus no
  • Native Forms no
  • Prayer Requests no
  • Profiles no
  • Push Notifications no
  • Quick Polls or Open Response no
  • Homily/Lesson Notes no
  • Social Integration no
  • Video Player no
  • LEAD App (including the below) no
  • Mobile Access to Member Profiles, Serving History and Church Directory no
  • Volunteer Schedule Access no
  • Group Management no
  • Events no
  • Worship Plan Access no
  • Workflows Access no
  • Giving no
  • Branded Experience - Giving no
  • Debit Preferred no
  • Spanish Web Giving no
  • Giving Thank You Animation no
  • Donor Covers Fees no
  • Kiosk no
  • Check Deposit no
  • Multi Campus no
  • Pledging no
  • Capital Campaigns no
  • Preconfigured Giving Links no
  • One-time Future Dated Gift no
  • Recurring Giving no
  • Split Giving no
  • Text Giving no
  • Non-cash Giving no
  • QR Code & Unique Giving Page Generator no
  • Organizational Giving no
  • Donor Nurture no
  • Donor Development no
  • Third Party Processor no
  • Church Management Software no
  • People Profiles no
  • Sacrament Tracking no
  • Group Management no
  • Volunteer Scheduling no
  • Calendar & Events no
  • Event Check-In no
  • Child Check-In no
  • Check-In Announcements no
  • Serving Rotations no
  • Family Serving no
  • Automatic Scheduled Reports no
  • Create and Share Custom Reports no
  • Facility Management yes
  • PDS
  • Church Apps no
  • Open API no
  • Audio Player no
  • Blog no
  • Custom Branded Experience no
  • Bulletin no
  • Calendar no
  • Chat no
  • Check-Ins no
  • Embedded Giving no
  • Events no
  • Event Registration no
  • Group Registration no
  • Web Link Livestream no
  • Native Live Streaming no
  • Media Feeds no
  • Multi Campus no
  • Native Forms no
  • Prayer Requests no
  • Profiles no
  • Push Notifications no
  • Quick Polls or Open Response no
  • Homily/Lesson Notes no
  • Social Integration no
  • Video Player no
  • LEAD App (including the below) no
  • Mobile Access to Member Profiles, Serving History and Church Directory no
  • Volunteer Schedule Access no
  • Group Management no
  • Events no
  • Worship Plan Access no
  • Workflows Access no
  • Giving no
  • Branded Experience - Giving no
  • Debit Preferred no
  • Spanish Web Giving no
  • Giving Thank You Animation no
  • Donor Covers Fees no
  • Kiosk no
  • Check Deposit no
  • Multi Campus no
  • Pledging no
  • Capital Campaigns no
  • Preconfigured Giving Links no
  • One-time Future Dated Gift no
  • Recurring Giving no
  • Split Giving no
  • Text Giving no
  • Non-cash Giving no
  • QR Code & Unique Giving Page Generator no
  • Organizational Giving no
  • Donor Nurture no
  • Donor Development no
  • Third Party Processor no
  • Church Management Software yes
  • People Profiles yes
  • Sacrament Tracking yes
  • Group Management yes
  • Volunteer Scheduling yes
  • Calendar & Events no
  • Event Check-In no
  • Child Check-In no
  • Check-In Announcements no
  • Serving Rotations no
  • Family Serving no
  • Automatic Scheduled Reports no
  • Create and Share Custom Reports yes
  • Facility Management yes

A Complete Parish Suite

Pushpay offers ParishStaq, the most comprehensive and complete suite of ChMS, Giving, and App solutions for parishes and (arch)dioceses. Our fully integrated platform supports everyone in your community—from parishioners to volunteers to staff and pastors.

  • Skip A Stop To The Parish Office
    Register for faith formation, new membership, retreats, parish events, vacation bible school, and more right from the App.
  • Giving
    Pushpay combines traditional and digital giving to meet your needs.
  • LEAD App
    Only Pushpay offers a mobile app in multiple languages so your pastor, staff, and leaders can pull up the information they need wherever they are.
  • Reporting and Insights
    Drive growth in engagement and giving with real-time data designed to put you in the know.
  • Volunteer Management
    Save time trying to find volunteers and ensure that all your Masses and activities are covered.
  • Parishioner App
    Keep parishioners up to date with everything happening in the life of your parish.

A Solution Designed To Save You Time

Pushpay gives you more control, more productivity, more connections, and more time back for ministry. Our dynamic ChMS software eliminates the need for manual entry, making it easy and efficient for your parish administrators to upload, track, and find data.

  • Parishioner Profiles
    Get an instant view of sacraments, collate family members into households, track participation, and view faith formation milestones.
  • Faith Formation Management
    Reduce back-to-school stress and easily create groups, manage registration, and tuition payments made through the app.
  • Customizable Forms
    Create forms, collect registrations, and accept payments with automations set up in the ChMs.
  • Liturgical Minister And Volunteer Management
    Ensure that all of your Masses and activities are covered, and allow your people to switch assignments with each other.
  • Facility Management
    Help your leaders reserve rooms, request equipment, submit room layouts, and have their event visible on the master calendar.

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Apps That Engage Your Parishioners Beyond The Pew

Continue the Sunday experience with ongoing spiritual content, opportunities to express generosity or participate in the life of your parish, and lead while on-the-go.

  • LEAD App
    Only ParishStaq offers a mobile app in multiple languages so your pastor, staff, and leaders can pull up the information they need wherever they are.
  • Parishioner App
    Brand it with your logo and look so parishioners can easily find your parish on all major digital platforms.
  • App Analytics
    Find out what content is getting the most views or downloads, and create more of what’s working for your community.

Pushpay Joins Your Parish On The Journey

Pushpay makes a significant investment into ongoing innovation and development. We have approximately 100 full-time employees across our Product and Engineering teams. To ensure the success of our customers, Pushpay employs over 115 full-time staff within our Customer Success department, all focusing on supporting our customers in various ways—including teams such as Support, Implementation & Customer Success Management.

We offer a range of services for every phase of the journey including:

  • Implementation Coaches
    Our experts provide onboarding support every step of the way to ensure your team is making the most of our software.
  • Pushpay University
    Our on-demand library of video courses and quizzes, bolstered by insights from experts around the world, are available to you 24/7. The content is designed to help leaders overcome challenges and expand their knowledge through continuous education accessible to them anytime, anywhere.
  • Help Center Articles
    We’ve organized step-by-step help articles so that you can easily find answers to common questions.

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Updated, Not Outdated

Our unified ChMS experience helps your staff easily pull reports, create ministry groups, and set up automation processes so that they can focus on fulfilling the mission of stewardship across your parish.

  • Fewer Clicks
    Get an at-a-glance view of the data you quickly need on parishioner profile pages.
  • Intuitive UI
    No need to click through multiple layers of information to find what you need.
  • Support For Catechists
    Choose from Sacrament Tracking, search/export capabilities, set up groups, track attendance, and parent communication tools.
  • Facility and Volunteer management
    Reserve rooms and ensure Masses are covered while giving volunteers the freedom to easily switch assignments with each other.

A Giving Solution That Delivers Results

On average, churches taking advantage of Pushpay’s Giving solution see a 12% increase in total dollars given, and a 24% boost in givers who choose recurring giving. What’s more, for churches using our giving product, the average increase in giving after adding our giving solution is twenty-one times larger than their subscription cost.

Explore the many ways Pushpay innovates church tech tools to maximize your Sunday offertory.

  • Giving Experience in English & Spanish
    3-second secure mobile and online giving, with the option to toggle between English and Spanish.
  • Easy-to-use Donor Management
    Track offertory gifts in any form—checks, cash, online gifts, and gifts in kind. Plus, easily email or print annual giving statements.
  • Rich Donor Insights
    Instant view of new, repeat, recurring, at-risk, and lapsed donors.
  • Custom QR Codes
    Offer parishioners an effortless and contact-free giving experience, and brand it with your parish logo at the center of the QR code.
  • Envelope Integration
    Our seamless integration with National Church Solutions ensures giving options for traditional and digital givers alike.

Relationship-Focused Donor Management

Personalization is key to any donor development strategy, and Pushpay has the tools to engage donors in every phase of their giving journey:

  • Rich Donor Insights
    Instant view of new, repeat, recurring, at-risk, and lapsed donors.
  • Built-in reports and custom reports
    Get the data you need to understand giving behavior, trends, and engagement.
  • QR code for giving
    Give parishioners an effortless and contact-free giving experience.
  • Recurring Suggestions
    Prompt donors to give weekly, biweekly, monthly, first and 15th of the month, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually.
  • Thank you animations
    Make giving fun and let your parishioners know just how important they are with thank you animations.

Best-in-Class Analytics

Parishes today know that gathering data and statistics about their parishioners is key to achieving their mission—our App Analytics Dashboard, ChMS Reports and Insights, and Donor Development tools delivers that and more:

  • ChMS
    Catholic church leaders can use data to understand how to minister to your parishioners and strengthen relationships.
  • Giving
    Encourage greater giving effortlessly with Pushpay’s patent-pending A.I. and Machine Learning technology that recognizes patterns in generosity and prompts givers to move to recurring giving.
  • App
    Paint a picture of parishioner engagement with app analytics, and create relevant content for your groups in a way that bulletins can’t.

Multi-Language Options

Pushpay is the first in the market to offer multiple language capabilities:

  • Our ChMS is available in English and Spanish
  • The secure giving app has a handy toggle that switches between English and Spanish
  • Our LEAD App content can be viewed in English, Spanish, or Vietnamese
  • Create custom content like groups or app media in any language you like

We’re continuing to grow our product and are currently working to expand our apps’ multilingual flexibility in the near future. There will be something for just about everyone!

Security You Can Trust

With industry leading platform security, Pushpay is the enterprise-grade solution that more than 14,000 churches, parishes, and (arch)dioceses rely on. Pushpay maintains PCI – level 1 compliance and is proud to maintain a 99% uptime record.

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Why Parishes & Dioceses Choose Pushpay

Chris Kozlowski
St. Isidore Catholic Church
"Once you get onto a platform like Pushpay, people are giving on a weekly basis or a monthly basis, and their support doesn’t waiver. So that’s huge. Based on the statistic that most people only attend their own church 40 times a year, that’s a 20% gain right off the top."
Fr. Christopher Walsh
St. Raymond of Penafort Catholic Church
"With the LEAD App, I can bring up their name, see a picture, and hit a button to call them or get directions to their home. It’s been a total gamechanger."
Fr. Anthony Stewart
Mother Teresa Catholic Church
"It makes my ministry so much easier and I get to be more personal with families."
Jennifer LaMontagne
St. John Newman Center
"It’s so nice having a comprehensive view of who’s involved, how they’re involved, and identifying opportunities to intentionally continue their path towards discipleship."
Lisa Sliker
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
"At the macro-level, data can be used to measure not only how effective we were in forming missionary disciples but, at the micro level, how well we’re forming hearts for Jesus."

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