Running a modern church means juggling member data, online giving, volunteer schedules, live streams, and a website — and most platforms charge thousands for the privilege. B1 Church gives you all of it for free.^1
B1 is a complete church management platform that bundles a customizable mobile app, a drag-and-drop website builder, digital giving, contactless check-in, attendance tracking, a member directory, small group management, sermon library, worship service planning with a song library, AI-powered search in the admin dashboard, and direct messaging between members — all from one dashboard. It supports multi-campus churches and includes role-based permissions so staff and volunteers see only what they need.^1
B1 is built by ChurchApps (Live Church Solutions), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2012 with one conviction: the Church shouldn't have to outsource its tools to for-profit companies. Rooted in Matthew 10:8 — "Freely you have received, freely give" — ChurchApps serves over 15,000 churches across the globe and keeps every line of code open source on GitHub.^2 B1 is part of a family of free ministry tools that includes Lessons.Church (curriculum), FreeShow (worship presentations), and FreePlay (classroom content).^3 In 2025, B1 unified its branding under the b1.church domain — retiring the former CHUMS name for a simpler, clearer identity.^9
Why Churches Love It"B1 is a church saver. As a small church with a limited budget, this software is GOD SENT and a blessing. Being free allowed us to redirect our software budget to actual ministry." — Church administrator^1
"ChurchApps helped us become more visible in our community — boosting awareness, donations, and volunteers so we can better serve families in need." — Robert Cooper, Friend and Kin^1
"I heartily recommend ChurchApps. It is a ministry in the truest and best sense of the word." — Ken Idleman, A.B. M.Div. D.D.^1
Notable- CHUMS officially rebranded to B1 Church in 2025 — all branding, URLs, and wording now unified under b1.church^9
- AI-powered search added to the B1 Admin dashboard in 2025, and churches can now connect Anthropic's Claude (via an MCP server built into the B1 API) or ChatGPT to their B1 data with scoped, church-level API keys^10
- New in 2026: congregation-wide SMS texting through a Clearstream integration, plus KingdomFunding as a third payment processor alongside Stripe and PayPal (Stripe is now optional for donations)^11
- Part of the ChurchApps family alongside Lessons.Church, FreeShow, and FreePlay (a companion TV app for classroom curriculum display)^3
- 100% open source — all code available on GitHub for churches to use, study, or self-host (two primary repos: B1Admin with 1,362 commits and 28 contributors, and B1App with 1,392 commits)^5
- Available on iOS, Android, and the web; B1 Church Check-In is a separate kiosk app for Android tablets at the door^6^13
- Supports 29 languages and has crossed the 15,000-church milestone as of Spring 2026, saving the average church roughly $1,500 per year^11
- Self-hosting option available for churches that want full control^5
- Data encrypted in transit; users can request data deletion^7
- Live Church Solutions is headquartered in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (EIN 45-5349618)^2
