If your church uses Planning Center and you've been frustrated by clunky email tools that don't talk to your people database, Flow Forth was built to solve exactly that. It's an email marketing platform purpose-built for churches, with Planning Center as the single source of truth for all your contact data — no exports, no sync headaches.^1
Flow Forth lets you send beautifully designed emails using a drag-and-drop editor, a lightweight rich text editor (for simple, personal-feeling messages), or full custom HTML. You can set up automated email sequences triggered by Planning Center list changes, pull events, groups, and registrations directly from Planning Center into your emails, and use custom merge tags from any Planning Center People field to personalize every message — including @first-name and @last-name in subject lines.^1^3 A Canva integration lets you import designs and send Canva Email templates directly to your Planning Center people.^4
Beyond email, Flow Forth includes free link-in-bio pages and branded, trackable QR code management — now supporting Planning Center items, file downloads, phone calls, and text messages as QR destinations. Every QR code can be tracked or static, and you can update where it points without reprinting. Link pages support file and Planning Center content links.^1
Founded by Thomas Harmond and publicly launched in May 2025, Flow Forth has shipped improvements at a remarkable pace — multiple updates per week. Since the last update alone, the platform has added simple emails, HTML emails with a full code editor, a Canva integration, a GIF generator, a redesigned automation builder, person blocks that import contact info from Planning Center People, auto-join domains for team onboarding, an improved home dashboard with performance charts, a public status page, and help videos throughout the help center.^3
Notable- Planning Center native: Syncs unlimited people and lists automatically; supports Services, Groups, Registrations, and Calendar imports; Planning Center link type in editor for quick linking to forms, registrations, and Church Center pages^1
- Three email types: Drag-and-drop builder, simple rich text editor, and full HTML code editor^3
- Pay per send, not per contact: Free tier includes 500 emails/month with all features; paid plans scale by volume^6
- Canva integration: Import Canva designs and send Canva Email templates with automatic merge tag conversion^4
- Rapid development: Near-daily updates since launch; dozens of features shipped including collaborative editing, GIF generator, image shapes, QR code enhancements, and an expanded help center with videos^3
- Founded by Thomas Harmond — previously at Hillsong Church, based in Houston, TX^7
- Public status page at flowforth-status.com for service transparency^8
Platforms: Web Pricing: Freemium (free tier + subscription)
