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TUVU
TUVU is a subscription-based, ad-free Christian social networking app where believers connect through posts, prayer requests, groups, and church communities. Available on iOS, Android, and web with a free 30-day trial, it also offers TUVU Communities for churches to manage events, livestreams, giving, and private content libraries.
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The Pour Over
The Pour Over is a free, politically neutral Christian news newsletter reaching 1.6M+ readers three times a week with concise news summaries paired with Scripture and an eternal perspective. Also offers a family edition (Decaf) written at a 7th-grade reading level, a podcast with 100K+ downloads, a Lent devotional, and a BibleGateway partnership. Seven-figure annual revenue, fully ad-supported.
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Grow: Christian Social App
A free Christian social app combining an Instagram-like feed with 100+ devotional plans, worship music sharing, Bible verse image creation, and 7 Bible translations. Built by Jamie Matthews through City Life Community Projects in Reading, UK, with content partnerships from Urban Saints, Scripture Union, Christians in Sport, and churches worldwide. Recognised among the top Christian social apps for 2026.
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Doxa
Voice-first encouragement app that weaves together Bible passages, 1,800+ verified testimonies from 2,000 years of church history, and your own personal record of God's faithfulness — powered by AI to meet you where you are.
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Called
An all-in-one church communication and community platform by the Newman Ministry team — combining group chat, events with RSVPs, prayer requests, member engagement insights, and youth-safe messaging. Trusted by 500+ churches and 50,000+ members. Free 30-day trial, then tiered annual pricing by community size.
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Zemare
Zemare is a community-driven Ethiopian gospel lyrics platform with 7,500+ songs in six languages, native audio streaming, and line-by-line biblical annotations — built for worship teams, choirs, and diaspora Christians to understand the deeper meaning behind what they sing.
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PRAYR App
A prayer-focused social platform that helps small groups, ministries, and churches stay connected through shared prayer requests, one-tap "I prayed for you" notifications, Scripture-based encouragement, and premium group management tools.
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Disciple Life App
Bible study app built for one-on-one and small group discipleship — not solo reading. Created by Grace Church of Mentor (OH), it pairs mentors and mentees around shared study guides (English & Spanish) with free evangelism resources included. Growing library includes Foundations, The Walk, Simply Blessed, Foundations for Students, and a church membership class workbook. iOS only as of April 2026 — Android app delisted from Google Play.
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ActsSocial
A free, ad-free, algorithm-free Christ-centered social platform founded on Acts 2:42–47 by Shawn Whitson, offering prayer walls, community groups, Christian news, local church and business directories, creator tools, and a 40-Day Social Media Fast Challenge — with 100K+ prelaunch signups, $3.5M in faith-aligned funding, and active development since its June 2025 global launch.
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connect.
A private, branded communication and community engagement app for churches, schools, ministries, and sports organizations — with customizable channels, monitored messaging, event ticketing, fundraising campaigns, push notifications, and resource sharing. Built by Connect – ITZ, LLC (MAP Companies) in Lexington, KY. Operates from a clear orthodox Christian statement of faith.
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Champion Prayer
A faith-based social prayer app by Pastor David Harrelson that lets users record and share audible prayers within open or closed groups, track answered prayers, and build digital prayer chains with Bible verse matching. Free with optional subscription. Available on iOS and Android.
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Through the Word
A free nonprofit Bible app with 8–10 minute audio guides for every chapter in the Bible — 1,189 total — organized into 19 guided Journeys. Version 5.1 refines group messaging with continuous playback and text-to-speech. Founded by pastor Kris Langham, trusted by 150K+ daily listeners, and partnered with YouVersion. No ads, no fees, ever.
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Fio: Catholic Music & Podcasts
Fio is a Catholic streaming platform unifying 1,000+ creators across podcasts, music, and audiobooks, with 90,000+ hours of curated content and industry-leading creator royalties.
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Bible365
A free community Bible reading program that guides believers through the entire Bible in a year with daily readings from OT, NT, Psalms, and Proverbs, pastoral teaching from Calvary Chapel, and multiple ways to follow along including app, text, and podcast.
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Gatherly
Gatherly is a church communication platform with Fellowship Circles, a Prayer Wall, Daily Scripture, and Planning Center integration — designed to keep faith communities connected beyond Sunday with no ads or algorithms. Co-founded by Erik and Joaquin Llenado, it's currently in Early Access with personal onboarding for founding churches.
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Promise Keepers
A free web-based digital community from the historic Promise Keepers men's ministry, led by CEO Shane Winnings. Offers devotionals, Bible study, group discussions, prayer connections, and e-courses. Also runs national Wake-Up Call conferences, a college campus tour, the Make Dads Great Again campaign, and publishes resources including Shane Winnings' 2026 book Men of God.
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Families Arising App
A free faith-based app by Families Arising offering Christian moms a structured Growth 360 Curriculum, devotionals, Bible studies, coaching, community, and family resources — now with 349K+ people reached across 205+ countries and a new Family Ambassador mentoring pathway.
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Church.Chat
An event-oriented group messaging platform for church volunteer teams — combining chat, scheduling, roster management, and task tracking in one web app with smart notifications that only alert members when they're scheduled to serve.
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Prayer Global
A free, community-driven prayer app that divides the world into 4,770 regions and guides you through Scripture-based, location-specific prayers for each one. Inspired by the Moravians' 100-year prayer movement, it coordinates global intercessors to complete prayer laps around the world — with 55 laps and 32,800+ pray-ers so far. Built by Gospel Ambition alongside Disciple.Tools, Zúme Training, and Prayer.Tools.
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Memory Verses
MemoryVerses is a Scripture memorization platform with six free practice methods, daily Bible games including a Wordle-style reference puzzle, automatic training plans, family accounts, and church groups with challenges — available on web and iOS with 30+ translations.
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SOTE.life
A Christ-centered short-form video platform with curated faith content, Christian news via SOTE.report, and daily prayer and gratitude tracking tools — social media with a faith filter, backed by Church Budget century-long legacy serving churches.
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Engage Spaces
Engage Spaces is an all-in-one operations platform for ministries, multisite churches, and nonprofits that combines communication, training, reporting, and team management with location-based pricing and unlimited users across North America.
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Love God Greatly
A global women's Bible study ministry offering free studies in 45+ languages using the SOAP method — with an app featuring daily reading plans, guided journaling, memory verses, and a worldwide community of women studying Scripture together.
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Crossgrid
A faith-driven marketplace connecting customers with verified Christian business owners and service providers across 14 categories, with free search for customers and a flat monthly subscription for Pros — building a Kingdom-first business community on Long Island and beyond.
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Fext
Fext is a mass texting app for iPhone and iPad that sends personalized, private SMS messages to each recipient individually — no group chats or reply-all. Widely used by pastors, churches, and community leaders for devotionals, event updates, and outreach.
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Christendom
A free Catholic video platform that curates content from dozens of creators — watch, follow, build playlists, and discover new voices, all in one place. Built by Longbeard Creative, the team behind Magisterium AI and the Builders AI Forum.
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ARMA Courses
ARMA Courses is an online Bible education platform founded by Dr. Manny Arango and Dr. Aaron Ross, offering 55+ video courses on Scripture, theology, and cultural topics with workbooks, quizzes, a private community, and live calls — helping thousands of Christians understand the Bible for themselves.
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The Odin Project
A free, open-source full-stack web development curriculum with over 1.8 million learners. Covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails through project-based learning and a 60,000+ member Discord community. Self-funded by donations via Open Collective since 2023. Curriculum GitHub repo has 12,400+ stars and was last updated May 2026.
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Focus on the Family App
Free Christian family resource app from Focus on the Family featuring the daily broadcast with Jim Daly, articles, devotions, assessments, group messaging, and community tools for every season of life — marriage, parenting, and beyond.
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Here's My Church
A free, interactive map of Christian churches across all 50 U.S. states with attendance estimates, denomination filters, and community-driven corrections.
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The Chosen
The first multi-season TV series about the life of Jesus, with 900M+ episode views and 300M+ viewers in 175 countries. Stream all seasons free in the official app — no ads, no paywalls. Season 6 (Crucifixion) premieres November 15, 2026 on Prime Video. Season 7 (Resurrection) filming underway. Created by Dallas Jenkins, produced by 5&2 Studios.
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Prayvine
Prayvine is a free, nonprofit prayer platform that helps missionaries stay connected with supporters through secure, encrypted prayer circles — trusted by workers with Cru, InterVarsity, and Food for the Hungry, with an active Learning Center and built-in tools for crafting engaging prayer requests.
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Not the Bee
A humor-based news and commentary site from the creators of The Babylon Bee, featuring real stories so absurd they read like satire — with a built-in social network, dedicated Christianity section, and apps for iOS and Android.
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Zaia
Zaia is a Christian social networking app on a mission to unite believers worldwide. Share your faith through photos, video, and words, join community "Tribes," read the Bible in-app, post prayer requests, and connect across denominations — all in one clean, uplifting space. Founded by a former Amazon Prime Video CMO, the app also birthed Glimpse of Heaven, a nonprofit hosting cross-denominational worship events.
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Change The Map
A prayer movement app connecting Christians to pray specifically and knowledgeably for the Buddhist world, with weekly prayer guides, a monthly podcast (50+ episodes), country-level and missionary prayer spaces, multilingual content, and denominational partnerships across multiple AG districts.
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Seedling - Prayer Platform
An intelligent prayer platform that helps churches track, follow up on, and gain AI-powered insights from prayer requests — so no one slips through the cracks.
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Tabella.app
Free Catholic app uniting parishes, dioceses, and ministry groups with instant communications, automated weekly emails, Mass and event scheduling, donation integrations, a rich library of prayers and Catholic podcasts, and a parish-supporting debit card — all without paywalls.
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GAPP
GAPP (Gospel to All Peoples and Places) is a mission-tracking platform by Ta Ethni that helps agencies, churches, and missionaries log activities, monitor church health, and coordinate strategy across teams and languages — trusted by organizations like the International Mission Board. Updated to v2.4.2 with denomination picker and archived-team indicators.
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Relay: Quit Porn Addiction
A Y Combinator-backed, therapist-designed recovery program that helps men and women quit porn addiction through anonymous group accountability, interactive video lessons, and evidence-based tools — with a faith-focused track for Christian users who want spiritual healing alongside clinical recovery.
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Undershepherd
Pastoral care software helping pastors and care teams log interactions, track life events, assign tasks, and stay organized — with privacy-first design, Planning Center and Breeze integrations, and active blog resources. $10/month. By Sabbath Ventures.
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Stello
Stello is a free, open-source desktop app for sending secure and interactive newsletters. Built by a Christian non-profit for missionaries and ministry workers, it encrypts messages on your device and lets recipients view rich, interactive updates in their browser — no accounts or apps needed.
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Foster the City
A free app for churches partnering with Foster the City, connecting Foster Parents, Support Friends, and Advocates through shared calendars, prayer requests, messaging, and curated foster care resources to help families foster longer and better.
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The Robloxian Christians
A pioneering youth-led online church that served the Roblox gaming community from 2011 to 2023. Founded by 11-year-old Daniel Herron, TRC grew to 54,000+ members across 85+ countries, holding over 1,400 services with 203,000+ visits. Its legacy seeded 120+ youth-led Roblox churches and continues to inspire the viral Roblox Ministries 2.0 movement in 2025–2026.
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myChelper
A free, all-in-one church engagement platform offering a branded mobile app, drag-and-drop website builder, mobile giving, and small-group communication — built by a YouVersion engineer with the lowest fees in the category.
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Pastor Notes App
A church engagement platform that lets pastors share sermon notes, run live polls and Q&A, collect prayer requests, and connect with their congregation through the companion Bible Notes app — replacing scattered communication channels with one dedicated ministry tool.
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Lightdao
LightDao is a pre-beta, faith-driven NFT marketplace on Solana that aims to connect Christian digital artists with supporters, directing art proceeds toward charitable causes — though the platform has not yet launched after three years of development.
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Hide The Word
A free Bible memory app that turns Scripture memorization into an engaging daily habit through 2-minute micro-lessons, group accountability, voice recitation, and lesson plans — built by a Kenyan developer with a heart for helping believers hide God's Word in their hearts.
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yesHEis
Free evangelism app from CV (Christian Vision) with practical tools, training courses, interactive challenges, and a global activity map — helping everyday Christians share their faith with confidence in 19+ languages, backed by nearly 5 million social media followers worldwide.
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Krew Social
An enterprise-grade community-building platform that helps churches, hospitals, universities, and military organizations fight loneliness by connecting members through shared interests, spontaneous micro-events, and a friend-suggestion algorithm — with Planning Center integration for churches and growing government partnerships for veteran suicide prevention.
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Develop.Me
A learning management platform built for churches, Christian businesses, and academic institutions — offering on-demand courses, cohort-based learning, gamification, and peer discussions powered by Cultivate Leadership Institute.
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CrossTalk: Bible Chat + Prayer
CrossTalk is a free AI-powered Bible assistant offering interactive Scripture study with a built-in multi-translation Bible reader (ESV, NIV, NLT, NLV, NRSV), Clips for sharing, Fruit of the Spirit assessment, community Prayer Wall, curated knowledgebase with 100K+ answers, and Bible trivia — serving 100K+ users across 190 countries.
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theWell
theWell (formerly BePerk) is a free Christian social media platform combining short-form videos, photo sharing, prayer requests, testimonies, and community discussions — all in a faith-centered, moderated space designed to help believers connect and grow.
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Flare - for Groups
All-in-one group communication platform combining chats, events, attendance, photo albums, polls, Venmo payments, hours-based and payment-based points tracking, and emergency check-in. Used by 500,000+ people across student organizations, ministries, Rotary clubs, and community groups. Free on iOS and Android with frequent updates (v6.4.1, April 2026).
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Missio
A security-first communications platform for missionaries and ministry workers that turns social-media-style posts into automated email newsletters — with end-to-end encryption, face blur, Invisible Mode for sensitive contexts, auto-generated landing pages, giving integration, and email analytics. Updated bi-weekly with new features.
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Jesus.net Online Courses
Free online courses from Jesus.net covering faith, prayer, the Bible, identity in Christ, anxiety, finances, and Jesus — with optional personal e-coaching. Part of a global network of 120+ ministries in 40+ languages reaching over 450,000 daily email subscribers.
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FlockConnect
FlockConnect is the first Church Relationship Manager (ChRM), helping pastors identify isolated members by mapping the friendships and connections within their congregation — complementing existing church management systems with AI-powered relational insights, isolation alerts, and discipleship tracking. Accepted into the Missional Labs Faith & AI Accelerator 2026.
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Ascend
Gamified Bible study app ("Duolingo for the Bible") with quizzes, flashcards, verse memorization, a personal phoenix companion, community leaderboards, and daily lessons under 10 minutes. 100K+ users. Founded by SMU student Gideon Mackay (Pharah LLC). Two free lessons/day, Premium unlocks unlimited access. Near-daily updates. iOS, Android, Mac, Apple Vision.
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Dear God - Prayer Diary
A prayer journal app where you write personal letters to God, each one blooming as a flower in your digital prayer garden. Includes daily devotional prompts, calm background music, community sharing, and a calendar to track your prayer habit.
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VerseLocker
A completely free Bible memory app by Scripture Memory Fellowship with interactive tools like blur, initials, word choice, typing, and audio looping to help you memorize Scripture. Used in 170+ countries with 11.3M+ verses added since 2018, available on iOS, Android, Amazon, and web.
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Keep in Touch (kit)
An open-source platform for Christian creators to share project updates, capture email leads, and build in public — with shared faith.tools authentication, built-in blogging, RSS feeds, and AI content moderation.
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Word on Fire Institute
Bishop Barron's Word on Fire Institute offers 55+ Catholic courses, 15 expert-led communities, monthly live seminars, a quarterly print journal, and an accredited master's degree to form evangelists who engage the culture with beauty, goodness, and truth.
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Donkey Mobile
A church community platform from the Netherlands that gives each congregation its own branded iOS, Android, and web app with group messaging, one-on-one chat (Donkey Chat), digital giving at 0% commission, calendars, a member directory, and AI-powered sermon summaries — now serving 600+ churches across Europe.
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ChurchSoftware
Free all-in-one church management platform offering people management, online giving, accounting, worship planning, volunteer scheduling, kids check-in, and more — built by church staff for churches of every size, available in 8 languages.
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Scripture Forge
A free, open-source web app by SIL International for collaborative Bible translation — featuring AI-powered draft generation now used in nearly 500 projects worldwide, Paratext integration, and community checking tools that connect translation teams with language speakers across the globe.
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Mooch
Free sharing economy app by believers in Edmond, OK that lets you lend, borrow, and track items with friends you trust — turning your friend group into a lending library for tools, gear, books, and more. No ads, no fees. Church groups and small groups use it to share resources and save money together.
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Churchome
Free church app from Judah and Chelsea Smith offering daily guided prayers, weekly Bible-based services for all ages, real-time Pastor Chat, monthly livestream experiences, and ChurchKids Stories. 300K+ weekly viewers. iOS 4.9 stars, Android 4.3 stars.
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Bible Verse Bot for Discord
A free Discord bot from the nonprofit Bible SMS ministry that delivers beautifully designed KJV Bible verse images on demand and auto-posts daily devotionals to your server via announcement channels.
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Sparks Chinese Bible
Sparks (火花) is a free digital Bible platform by the Bible Society offering 60+ Chinese Bible translations, original-language tools, an AI-powered learning assistant, video courses (including the 186-lesson Bible Land series), podcasts, daily devotionals, a Chinese Bible translation timeline, bookstore, and community features for Chinese-speaking Christians worldwide.
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Marco Polo
A private, ad-free video messaging app for staying close to the people who matter most. Send videos back and forth on your own schedule — with AI transcription, Sharecast, and group chats. Widely adopted by churches, small groups, and faith communities for ministering and connection.
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Rava: Discover God's Story
Rava is a free, group-centric Discovery Bible Study app from the makers of Waha. Press play, listen to Scripture and discussion questions, and discover God's story together — available in 46+ languages with offline support and encryption.
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Reformed Hours of Prayer
A free app guiding church communities through seven daily liturgical prayer hours with psalms, Scripture readings, real-time prayer connections, and Bible tracking — available on iOS, Android, and web.
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Sermon Central
The world's largest free sermon research library — plus AI-powered sermon outlines, research assistants, and funeral sermon generators — equipping 250,000+ church leaders weekly in 100+ countries to preach with excellence.
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Anor
Anor is an AI-powered intelligence layer for churches and nonprofits that unifies people data from tools like Mailchimp, Anedot, and Planning Center into one profile — with engagement scoring, network mapping, and actionable insights so no one gets overlooked.
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The Chip Ingram App
The official app from pastor Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge, delivering free daily Bible teaching, radio broadcasts, message notes, devotionals, discipleship videos, and group messaging to help Christians grow deeper in their faith.
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PrayerMate
Free prayer organizing app by Discipleship Tech (UK charity) that helps you pray consistently through personalized categories, daily reminders, 500+ church and mission organization prayer feeds, group prayer sharing, and curated biblical prayer resources. v9 rewrite launched 2025 with improved cloud sync. Available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Apple Vision.
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Fruit Bible
Fruit Bible is a free iPhone app designed to build lasting Bible reading habits through personalized plans, daily reminders, guided reflection questions, and a community reflections feed where friends and church members encourage one another — built by a FaithTech Sydney team and actively updated.
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Epistle
A communication platform built by missionaries, for missionaries. Post updates with photos and videos; Epistle automatically sends them to ministry partners at their preferred frequency. Partners respond with likes, prayers, and comments. Used by thousands serving with Cru, YWAM, Pioneers, and more.
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StraightText - Church Texting
A desktop app for Mac and Windows that lets churches send personalized bulk iMessages and SMS from their own phone number — no new number, no per-message fees, and replies land right in the pastor's Messages app.
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Prayse
Prayse is a free, open-source prayer journal app that helps you organize prayers into folders, set reminders, journal your thoughts, add voice prayers, and connect with other believers through prayer groups — available on iOS and Android.
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3-16
Free Christian prayer network app connecting believers worldwide to share requests, pray in groups, join live prayer events with voice broadcasting, and connect through Ministry Pages — built by Andrei Baburin in Indonesia, supporting 7 languages.
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Nucleus
Premium all-in-one church website builder with sermon management, conversational Flows for signups, a private Prayer Wall, online giving (no percentage taken), and the signature Launcher — putting every next step one tap away. Built by Brady Shearer (Pro Church Tools), used by 3,000+ churches, and featured in Forbes and Christianity Today. Also offers free website makeovers with professional photography.
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Pure Desire
Pure Desire Ministries provides Christ-centered support groups, certified counseling, podcasts, and recovery resources to help men, women, and couples find freedom from compulsive sexual behavior and healing from betrayal trauma — now headquartered in Nashville, TN with 30+ years of ministry, a Barna-partnered research study, and an annual summit.
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Church Online Platform
Free church livestreaming platform by Life.Church with interactive chat, live prayer, volunteer tools, and customizable Moments for next steps. 38,000+ churches since 2011. 85 million total attendees over 20 years (April 2026 anniversary). Completely free, no limits. Localized in 60+ languages.
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Streetlights Bible
A free, word-for-word audio Bible set to a hip-hop soundtrack, read by diverse voices — built by Chicago creatives to make Scripture accessible to urban communities and multimedia learners worldwide. Now featuring the completed English Audio Bible (all 66 books, NLT), Spanish Audio Bible (NVI), BibleProject collaboration videos, Corner Talk teaching series, Intersection Podcast, Streetlights Academy, and ALERT312 music. New languages in development: Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, and German. Also available on YouVersion.
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Christian Mingle
One of the longest-running Christian dating platforms, connecting faith-focused singles since 2001 with over 16 million members. Received a major 2025 redesign with new premium matchmaking and coaching services. ⚠️ Parent company Spark Networks filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in March 2026; sibling platform EliteSingles shut down April 2026. Platform remains operational but future is uncertain.
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Apollos
Apollos is a digital platform that helps churches launch custom-branded mobile apps, TV apps, and websites built around daily spiritual habits — gratitude, prayer, and Scripture reading — plus AI-powered content creation to keep congregations engaged and growing seven days a week.
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Join the Journey
A free daily Bible reading and discipleship plan from Watermark Community Church — studying Acts in 2026 with devotionals, daily spiritual practices, a weekly video podcast, a kids edition, and a community of believers reading together.
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Clearstream
Bootstrapped church texting, email, and voice platform trusted by 10,000+ congregations — offering mass texting, automated workflows, unlimited email, NFC tap tags, QR codes, voicemail/call forwarding, and deep integrations with Planning Center, Rock RMS, and other major church management systems.
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X3watch 2.0
A bundled subscription combining accountability software (with full screen monitoring on iOS), peer community, and guided video workshops to help men break free from pornography addiction.
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United Hive
A global testimony-sharing platform where Christians post real-time stories of evangelism and encounters with God on a live map spanning 50+ nations, with community tools, training content, the Contagious Faith Podcast, organization tools for churches and ministries, and real-time prayer Beacons that connect intercession with outreach.
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Exodus 90 - Live Different
A year-round Catholic men's formation app built on prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. Over 250,000 men in 80+ countries have used Exodus 90's structured challenges — anchored by the flagship 90-day spiritual exercise and seasonal programs like the Weight of Glory Easter challenge and Exodus 40 for Lent — to break free from distractions and grow closer to God.
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CRTVCHURCH
The largest job board for church creatives, connecting designers, videographers, worship leaders, and production techs with churches and mission-based organizations. Part of a 100K+ global community founded by Nik and Lydia Goodner in 2015, with a free CRTVMEMBERSHIP offering devotionals, career guides, discoverable profiles, and early job alerts.
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FaithTech
The largest global community for Christians in tech, now active in 56 cities across six continents. FaithTech gathers developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to build redemptive technology together — rooted in Scripture, equipped with the FaithTech Playbook, and producing the Missional Tech Trends research series and a podcast exploring faith, AI ethics, and culture.
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Holy — Christian Dating & Friends App
A Christ-centered dating and friendship app built by a married couple, featuring manual profile review, selfie verification, and Scripture-woven design to help Christians meet intentionally and grow their faith together.
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Text in Church
All-in-one church communication platform for texting, email, and phone calls — trusted by 38,000+ church leaders weekly. Automated workflows, Planning Center integration, Calling Plus phone system, and guest follow-up tools. Co-founded by Tyler Smith, author of Boomerang.
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She Reads Truth
A global community of over 3 million women and men reading the Bible together daily, with 12 curated reading plans per year, devotional content, a weekly podcast with 300+ episodes, and beautifully designed printed guides. Founded in 2012 by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams. Acquired by Penguin Random House Christian Publishing in April 2026 as a new imprint under their Grace Corner platform. Their CSB Bible has sold over 1 million copies, and their latest book 'The Bible Is For You' released Sept 2025 via B&H Publishing.
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Alpha
A free course exploring the basics of the Christian faith through food, a short talk, and open conversation — running in 175+ countries and 100+ languages. 2024 was its biggest year ever: 2.1 million+ participants, 81,000+ courses, 43,000+ churches. Over 37 million people have tried Alpha since 1977.
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Lightgliders
Lightgliders is a virtual world of Christian faith, games, and community for kids ages 6–14. Co-created by Zach Fay and Derek Holser, this 501(c)(3) nonprofit offers weekly Bible-based activities, safe multiplayer gameplay, and tools for parents — helping families redeem screen time and grow together in faith.
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Restore + Revive Journal
A guided topical Bible journaling app with 76+ life topics explored verse-by-verse from Genesis through Revelation, offering daily Scripture prompts, voice-to-text entries, Bible commentary, verse memorization, PDF export, weekly group sessions, and SMS-based journaling — founded by Dr. Telisha Ortiz to help Christians journal their way to wholeness through God's Word.
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CV (Christian Vision)
UK-based global Christian charity equipping the Church for evangelism through free video resources, training courses, the yesHEis app (16+ languages), the annual DigitalDay conference, and emerging digital mission fields including in-game evangelism — with outreach campaigns that have reached over 1.5 billion people worldwide.
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Live Free Community App
A private community app for men seeking freedom from pornography and lust, offering peer accountability, weekly teaching content, free and premium courses, direct messaging, 27+ small group hosts, and church partnership options — founded by pastor and recovery advocate Carl Thomas.
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Tithely
All-in-one church software platform combining digital giving (with NFC tap, text, and mobile), church management, custom apps, websites, and member engagement — trusted by over 50,000 churches in 50 countries. Founded by pastors with a mission to help churches Simply Serve™, with TithelyAI insights previewed for 2026 launch, Ramsey Solutions partnership included, and free AI resources for church leaders.
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Prayer for Designers
A prayer ministry and Slack community of ~225 Christian designers offering confidential prayer support, Bible verse art for social media, virtual Bible studies (5+ years, Fall 2026 study in preparation), and fellowship across design disciplines. Founded by award-winning brand/UI designer Brian White in Lawrence, KS.
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The Freedom Fight
A holistic, Christ-centered porn addiction recovery program for men and women, blending biblical discipleship, neuroscience, and clinical training across a free 30-Day Challenge and 29-week flagship course — with 86% of completers finding lasting freedom.
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Accountable2You
Accountable2You is a cross-platform accountability app that monitors device activity and shares transparent reports with trusted partners, promoting digital purity through intentional transparency rather than content blocking. Founded in 2006 by Ben and Alissa Lawrence, it serves individuals, families, churches, and schools worldwide.
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He Reads Truth
The men's companion to She Reads Truth — a worldwide community of 3M+ reading God's Word together daily through 12 curated Bible reading plans per year, devotional content, a full-text multi-translation Bible, and the CSB He Reads Truth Bible. Co-founded by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams. Acquired by Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group in April 2026. Based in Franklin, TN.
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BLESS App: Bless Your Neighbor
The BLESS App helps Christians love their neighbors through five daily practices — Begin with prayer, Listen, Eat, Serve, and share your Story. Now led by Palau, it's used by nearly 95,000 individuals and 18,000+ churches across all 50 states.
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FaithFi - Faith & Finance
The only budgeting app that integrates biblical wisdom with practical money management — envelope budgeting, daily devotional "Rhythms," budget reports and transaction rules beta, a 75K+ believer community, Kirk Cousins 2026 partnership, Faith & Finance radio on 2,000+ stations, Faithful Steward magazine, Field Guides, and GuideStone SSO integration.
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SundayU
An online training platform and resource hub for church communications leaders, offering 300+ video classes, certification courses, done-for-you design resources, and an annual planning system. Founded by Justin Dean in 2017 and acquired by Sylva, Inc. in 2021.
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Echo Prayer
A prayer app that helps you organize, track, and share prayer requests with reminders, small group sharing, church prayer feeds, guided prayers, and a focused "Pray Now" mode — stewarded by The Parable Group to help you pray without ceasing.
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Re:generation
A biblically-based, 12-step discipleship and recovery ministry from Watermark Community Church, now active at locations across the U.S. with hundreds of partner churches. 351 people completed the full program at Watermark in 2025. Curriculum available in five languages including English, Polish, Albanian, Romanian, and Spanish. Helps people find freedom from addictions, anxiety, past hurts, and destructive patterns through daily Scripture curriculum and authentic small-group community.
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PrayerMate
Free prayer organizing app by Discipleship Tech (UK charity) that helps you pray consistently through personalized categories, daily reminders, 500+ church and mission organization prayer feeds, group prayer sharing, and curated biblical prayer resources. v9 rewrite launched 2025 with improved cloud sync. Available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Apple Vision.
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God Listens
A digital prayer wall platform by Hope Media Group (now including KSBJ, WayFM, and Worship 24/7) that lets churches, radio stations, and small groups create branded, customizable spaces for community prayer. Free for individuals and communities; organizations get analytics, customization, and a dedicated Prayer Team to ensure every request is covered.
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Heroic Men
A free Catholic streaming and brotherhood-building platform for men, offering curated podcasts, video series, audiobooks, a quarterly magazine, a searchable map of 2,000+ local men's groups, and a certification program for parish leaders — powered by the Catholic Men's Leadership Alliance with a vision of one million men living the Heroic Pledge by 2033.
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MissionHub
A free discipleship and evangelism app from Cru that helps you track the people you care about, see where they are on their spiritual journey, and take practical next steps of faith — with community features for churches to rally congregations around shared mission. Last updated January 2024; website remains active.
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Y'allVersion
A Bible translation that uses "y'all" for plural "you" and "YHWH" for God's name, recovering the communal heart of Scripture. Created by DTS professor John Dyer, available free online, on YouVersion, and in eight print formats on Amazon. Still in alpha with active typo corrections and new print editions continuing to expand.
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Faith Driven Entrepreneur
Free global community and content platform for Christ-following entrepreneurs — featuring a top-rated weekly podcast (373+ episodes, 346K+ YouTube subscribers), video courses, small group cohorts, coaching programs, a Fractional Pastor initiative, campus chapters, city networks in 140+ countries, and annual conferences. Co-founded by Henry Kaestner (Bandwidth) and Justin Forman, with sister movements including Faith Driven Investor, Faith Driven Teens, and Solving the World's Greatest Problems.
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Rule of Life Builder by Practicing the Way
A free interactive tool from Practicing the Way (John Mark Comer's ministry) that helps you build a personalized Rule of Life — daily, weekly, and monthly spiritual rhythms patterned after Jesus across nine core disciplines, with a completed companion podcast spanning all nine practices and a printable plan. Used by 21,300+ churches worldwide.
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Babylon Bee
The world's most-visited Christian satire site, delivering daily satirical headlines on religion, politics, and everyday life — with over 20 million monthly page views, a popular app and podcast, a weekly New York Post feature, and a Heritage Foundation award-winning CEO.
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SALT TABLE
TABLE by SALT is a live audio community for Christian singles offering interactive discussion events on faith, dating, and relationships — accessible within the SALT app and via web. Runs multiple weekly sessions with qualified hosts including therapists and ministry leaders, and partners with the Storehouse Movement for a 14-Week Relationship Challenge.
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SALT - Christian dating app
The largest independent Christian dating app worldwide — connecting over a million singles across 60 countries with faith-centered profiles, live audio events (Table), free matching and messaging, video calling, and original YouTube content. Founded in London by Paul Rider, the team prays for users weekly. Freemium model with 24/7 human moderation.
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Tether
White-label discipleship platform for churches, ministries, and faith-driven brands. Deliver courses, run cohorts, and build community on iOS, Android, and web — all under your own brand. Backed by Praxis and the Pinetops Foundation.
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Switchboard
A nonprofit platform matching skilled believers with missionaries and Great Commission organizations worldwide — volunteer your professional skills for the Kingdom through real-time chat, skill-based matching, and virtual roles, completely free. Active in 16+ countries with partnerships spanning Pioneers, Cru, Frontiers, and more.
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Altar Live
Altar Live is an interactive online church platform combining livestreaming with virtual tables, lobby rooms, messaging, and analytics. Acquired by JX3 Digital in March 2026, it's now led by pastors and church technologists serving 1,300+ churches worldwide.
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Faithly.co
A free networking platform built for Christians in ministry — connecting 4,000+ pastors, church staff, worship leaders, and volunteers across 650+ churches and 50+ denominations through profiles, job boards, groups, events, and resources. Freshly redesigned in April 2026 with a new visual identity and expanded podcast.
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One Church Software
All-in-one church management platform serving 1,000+ churches with member care, online giving, check-ins, groups, volunteer scheduling, service planning, workflow automations, and a free mobile app — now on Version 7 with customizable dashboards and multilingual support, flat-priced by profile count.
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The Waha Discovery Bible Study App
Waha is a free, audio-based Discovery Bible Study app that facilitates small group meetings in 51 languages — just press play and discuss. Includes a full Disciple Making Course, Micro Lessons for personal growth, Waha Notes for group commitments, offline support, and encryption for sensitive regions.
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RELEVANT
The leading digital Christian media platform for twenty- and thirtysomethings — daily articles on faith, culture, justice, and intentional living, plus a weekly podcast with 1,300+ episodes featuring A-list guests. Founded in 2000 by Cameron Strang. Reaches ~5 million monthly.
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Nucleus Launcher
Free church website plugin that puts every next step — event signups, prayer requests, giving, group registration — in one always-visible hub. Works on any website builder. Doubles as a link-in-bio tool. Used by 3,000+ churches.
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Christianity Today
The flagship evangelical media ministry founded by Billy Graham in 1956, reaching 40M people annually with news, theology, and 11+ podcasts (The Bulletin, The Russell Moore Show, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea). Launched iOS/Android app in May 2026. Led by President Nicole Massie Martin and Editor-in-Chief Marvin Olasky.
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Bible Memory Community
A free online community where thousands of believers encourage each other and stay accountable in memorizing Scripture, featuring weekly challenges, goal-setting, the annual Scripture Sync conference (200+ registered for Dallas 2026), the completed Psalms Project, and the Memorize What Matters podcast hosted by founder Josh Summers.
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MyCompassion
Compassion International's mobile app for child sponsors — write letters, share photos, pray with purpose, and track your impact with children across 29 countries. Ranked #11 on Forbes' Top 100 Charities. Free.
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GiveSendGo
A free Christian crowdfunding platform where every campaign creator receives a personal prayer call from the Hope Team, with 0% platform fees, a Giver Army supporting campaigns without community backing, and a 501(c)(3) charity arm providing disaster relief and donor-advised funds.
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Seed Bible by AO Lab
A free, open-source web platform by AO Lab (501c3) that transforms Bible reading into a shared, real-time experience inside group chats and messaging apps. Features immersive 3D reading, interactive games, Scripture playlists, multilingual collaboration, Codex-powered Bible translation tools, Twitch streaming, and a free Bible API with 1,000+ translations. No downloads, no paywalls, no ads.
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Remember Me
Free, open-source Bible memory app by Swiss nonprofit Poimena — uses spaced repetition, interactive games, and group campaigns to help 2.2M+ believers memorize Scripture across 320+ translations in 48 languages. No ads, no cost, no limits. Now at v6.8.7.
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The Porch
The Porch is the young adult ministry (ages 20s-30s) of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX, led by Executive Director Kylen Perry. Stream Tuesday night gatherings, listen to past messages and the "Views from The Porch" podcast, and connect with Porch Live locations across the U.S. Awaken 2026 (Sept 5–7) features Jennie Allen, Matt Chandler, David Platt, and Christine Caine.
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StudyChurch
A free web-based platform where small groups collaborate on Bible study lessons online — leaders build studies with embedded questions, members share answers and discuss before meeting in person, and churches manage all their groups from one dashboard.
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WordGo
Free Bible study app from Bible Study Fellowship with 50+ guided courses (1–6 weeks), daily readings, audio teachings, private journal, and group study features. Built on 65+ years of BSF expertise. Completely free.
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Spf.io
AI-powered translation and accessibility platform by TheoTech that delivers real-time captions, audio interpretation, and translations in 100+ languages for church services, civic meetings, conferences, and conversations — all web-based, no download needed. Now with real-time voice gender switching, civic government adoption (City of Elgin, IL), and a free pastor's guide to multilingual ministry.
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Flocknote
All-in-one church communication, household database, and online giving platform from a 100% employee-owned Catholic company. Trusted by 10,000+ churches, 50+ diocesan partners, and 220,000+ ministry leaders. Web-based — no app download required.
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Land of Promise Minecraft Server
A Christian Minecraft server with 1:1 scale biblical landmarks where kids ages 7–12 join facilitated Bible education sessions, explore Jerusalem and the Tabernacle, and grow in faith through interactive gameplay in a safe, supervised global community.
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Daily Grace Co
A women's Bible study app by Jeremy and Kristin Schmucker offering theologically rich digital studies, teaching videos, community discussions, a blog, and weekly podcast — with 8 million+ books sold, 95,000+ five-star reviews, and expansions into men's studies, couples' resources, and family discipleship.
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Notebird
Pastoral care software helping church leaders and care teams track visits, conversations, follow-ups, and life milestones in one place — with recurring tasks, end-to-end encryption, ChMS integrations, and care reporting — so no one falls through the cracks.
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Plucky Filter
Plucky Filter is a self-control internet filter that blocks images and videos by default, then uses a time delay you set in advance to prevent impulsive changes — putting your best self in charge of your screen. Built by Christians, trusted by major ministries, and used in over 100 countries.
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