Most churches collect prayer requests on sticky notes, comment cards, or Google Forms — and then nothing happens. Seedling is a prayer management platform built to make sure no request falls through the cracks, helping churches track, organize, and follow up on every prayer with real accountability.[^1]
Here's how it works: church guests submit prayer requests via voice recording, text, QR code, or by scanning physical prayer cards — a feature added after significant demand from churches still using handwritten cards.[^4] Intercessors on the prayer team are notified (or auto-assigned), pray over the request, and the original requester gets a message when someone has prayed for them. Behind the scenes, pastors gain AI-powered insights into prayer themes, emotional sentiment, and spiritual health patterns across their congregation — turning prayer data into actionable pastoral care.[^1]
Seedling also includes Coach Mustard, an AI companion designed to help people pray more thoughtfully and give pastors deeper understanding of what their community is going through.[^2] Churches can run prayer campaigns — including sermon-based campaigns generated from sermon transcripts — and create shared prayer threads where members pray for one another on digital walls.[^4]
Why Leaders Love It"Seedling allows us to pray for requests and send the testimony to the caller. It's one of the most powerful things I've seen for our prayer team members to steward. Seedling makes this fun and easy." — Phil Elmore, Care Pastor, Christian Life Center[^1]
"I have been able to triple my time spent in actual prayer as is my prayer team because of Seedling." — Annabella Sils, Pastoral Resident, New North Church[^5]
"Just think how encouraging it is to get a message knowing five people are thinking about you, praying for you, and sending Scripture that fits your situation." — Benjamin Richau, Prayer Team Leader, Tentmakers[^6]
Notable- Founded in September 2024 at the Lausanne Congress in Seoul, South Korea, by a team of former pastors and ministry leaders[^2]
- Built by Salt & Light Company; CEO Darren Allarde also serves as Student Pastor at Echo.Church[^2]
- Trusted by churches worldwide including Saddleback Church, Echo Church, Eternal Wall of Prayer, Faith Driven Entrepreneur, Indigitous, Rise City Church, Lifegate, Tentmakers, New North Church, and many more[^1]
- Processed over 15,000 prayer requests across churches on multiple continents[^2]
- Expanded internationally to the Philippines and Australia with localized pricing and native SMS support[^4]
- Integrates with Planning Center and Rock RMS to connect prayer data with church management systems[^4]
- Customer stories document measurable impact: 3x more prayer time, 4-5x prayer coverage per request, admin time reduced from 75% to 25%[^5][^6]
- Subscription-based pricing with annual plans and geographic pricing for global accessibility[^3]
