Your whole church.
One platform.
GLAD is all-in-one church management software — manage people, schedules, volunteers, giving, worship, and administration in one place, so your team spends less time on software and more time on ministry.
Setup in minutes · Free forever on Starter · Upgrade only when you grow.
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One subscription replaces
Everything your church runs on
Fifteen fully-integrated modules. No separate logins, no double entry, no per-module pricing.
People & Families
Full member directory with families, medical records, engagement scores, life groups, and ministry assignments. Role-based access so staff see only what they need.
- Member, family, and household management
- AI Engagement Score + burnout prediction
- Background check integration (Checkr)
- Planning Center CSV import
Service Planning
3-column drag-and-drop scheduler with conflict detection, volunteer blackouts, and duplicate-assignment warnings. Your worship director gets their Saturday nights back.
- Visual service planner with itinerary builder
- Volunteer blackout dates + conflict detection
- Auto-generate run sheets and bulletins
- Team Manager roster integration
Worship & Stage Deck Exclusive
A song library your worship team will actually use. Drag songs into a setlist, edit chords on a tablet, and watch every musician's screen update at the same time — even mid-service.
- ChordPro editor + auto-transpose to any key
- Visual metronome with 20 tempo styles
- Multi-device sync — every musician's tablet stays together
- Backing tracks, PDF sheet music, YouTube reference
- CCLI licensing report — automatic compliance + CSV export
- Bluetooth foot pedal for hands-free page turning
Presentation, Slides & Prompter Live
Full presentation software, built in — lyrics, scripture and custom slides on the projector, plus a private prompter for the speaker, all driven by the same service plan you already built. Tap "next," and every screen advances together. ProPresenter and Planning Center Stage, replaced.
- Sanctuary projector display — lyrics, scripture, slides, countdowns
- Minister prompter — speaker-only view with notes and timing
- Tap-to-advance — every device syncs live via Reverb WebSockets
- Auto-built from your service plan — zero duplicate setup
Check-in Kiosk Child Safety
A tablet at the door does what two greeters used to. Families search themselves in, print security-coded name tags for kids, and check out matches by pickup code. Volunteers get a roster, parents get peace of mind.
- Self-serve family search + new-visitor flow
- Printed name tags with matching pickup codes
- Live attendance roster for room leaders
- Attendance feeds straight into engagement scores
Background Checks Child Safety
Order background checks straight from a member's profile through Checkr — the same provider Uber and Instacart use. Status tracking, expiration alerts, and event-level requirements so volunteers without a current check can't sign up to work with kids.
- One-click order from a member's profile
- Bulk-run across every volunteer who needs one
- Mark events "background check required" — uncleared volunteers can't sign up
- Auto-warn 14 days before expiration
Giving & Financial
Fund-based giving with Stripe Connect, recurring donations, batch entry, tax receipts, and AI-powered lapsed-giving insights. The giving system churches actually want.
- Fund-based giving (Tithe, Building, Missions…)
- Stripe Connect — funds go directly to your church
- Annual tax receipts in one click
- Recurring giving + donor portal at /my/give
Accounting & Payroll Beyond ChMS
A full church bookkeeping stack — not just "online giving." Run payroll, import bank statements, reconcile accounts, post journal entries, track expenses against budget, and hand the board a PDF report on Monday morning. Planning Center doesn't ship any of this.
- Staff payroll runs + downloadable pay stubs
- Bank statement import + reconciliation workspace
- Journal entries + chart of accounts
- Expense receipt submission + approval workflow
- Budget vs. actual + one-click board PDF
AI Everywhere
AI built into the workflow — not bolted on as an upsell. From volunteer scheduling to setlist curation to communication drafting, GLAD's AI handles the grind.
- AI Setlist Architect — builds sets from your library
- Burnout Prediction — flags over-scheduled volunteers
- Communication Co-Pilot — drafts announcements
- Life Group Matching Engine
Online Life Groups
Connect your Zoom account once and every life group gets a recurring meeting room automatically. Members tap "Join" from the app — no link wrangling, no late-night Zoom-link-on-Facebook-comment chains.
- One-time Zoom connect (also Google Meet, Teams)
- Auto-generated meeting room per group
- Members get the link in their event reminder
- Hybrid groups — in-person + remote at the same time
Prayer Requests
A real prayer system, not a glorified email inbox. Members submit requests from your website or the member app. The pastor and prayer team review, route to specific groups, and reply privately or publicly.
- Public, private, or anonymous requests
- Route to pastor, prayer team, or specific life groups
- Public Prayer Wall widget for your homepage
- Threaded replies — pastor speaks, team listens
Sermon Library
A searchable archive of every message — audio, video, notes, and scripture references. Publishes straight to your public site and into the member app. No separate Subsplash subscription.
- Series, speakers, scripture, and tag search
- Audio + video + sermon notes in one record
- Auto-publishes to website + member portal
- Scripture passages embed live from the Bible API
Floor Plans New
A real map of your church on your website. Visitors see where to park, where the entrance is, and what your sanctuary looks like — before they ever step inside. Setup crews print it for Saturday morning.
- Pick a starter layout, drag corners to fit
- Upload photos of every room
- Visitors click a room to see it
- Each room gets its own searchable page
Facility Bookings
A real room-reservation system, not a shared Google Calendar. Internal teams book rooms, outside renters submit inquiries through your website, and an AI chatbot answers "is the fellowship hall free Tuesday at 7?" without staff lifting a finger.
- Public rental inquiry form on your website
- Internal room booking with conflict checks
- Conversational AI for "is Room B free?" questions
- Integrates with Floor Plans + Events
Mobile Member Portal
A church app for your members — no App Store needed. Your congregation just opens your website on their phone and saves it to the home screen. They check their serve schedule, RSVP to events, give online, and chat with their life group.
- Volunteer schedule + one-tap confirm
- Event RSVP + personal calendar
- Group chat, sermons, giving, secure docs, prayer
- Saves to phone like a real app — for free
Forms & Registration Builder
A drag-and-drop custom form builder — 18 field types, conditional logic, multi-page steps. Camp registrations, volunteer applications, visitor cards — and medical answers file straight into the right member's record instead of a spreadsheet.
- Conditional logic — questions appear only when they matter
- Multi-page forms with progress and validation
- Medical answers sync to member records, permission-gated
- Starter templates; every response in a built-in inbox
Stage Deck — built for musicians, not just administrators
Worship Tools charges extra for a basic chord chart app. GLAD includes a full live performance system — built for tablets, multi-device sync, ChordPro editor, cue buttons (Vamp / Chorus / Start), chord diagrams for every instrument, and a Bluetooth foot pedal so guitarists flip pages with both hands on the strings.
Your musicians open their tablet and everything is already there: the setlist, the keys, the charts, the tempo. No WhatsApp PDFs. No "which version are we doing?" texts at 8am Sunday.
One tap on "next" moves every screen in the building
GLAD includes full presentation software: song lyrics, scripture, custom slides, image and video backgrounds, countdowns, a sanctuary projector display and a private confidence monitor for the speaker — all auto-built from the service plan you already created.
The projector, the prompter, the stage tablets and the congregation's phones advance together, live. No second platform, no re-typing — the plan you made is the presentation.
Your church website is already built
GLAD includes a drag-and-drop page builder with professionally designed templates. Events you create in the admin automatically show up on your public site. No double entry, no separate WordPress subscription, no plugins to update.
Why churches switch from Planning Center
PCO charges per-module. GLAD ships everything, together, at one price.
Counts are tallied from the 32 rows below — same list, both columns.
| Feature | Planning Center | GLAD |
|---|---|---|
| People & care | ||
| People & member directory | free (People) | |
| Check-in kiosk | add-on | |
| Volunteer management | add-on | |
| Life group management + applications + chat | add-on | |
| Prayer Request system + Prayer Wall | separate add-on | |
| Background checks (Checkr) — bulk run + event gate | per-check fees (Checkr) | |
| Sundays & worship | ||
| Service scheduling | add-on | |
| Live Stage Deck | Music Stand (charts only) | |
| Presentation & slides — lyrics, scripture, projector, prompter (live) | separate add-on (Stage) | |
| CCLI licensing report — automatic | not available | |
| Sermon library + media | separate product (Publishing) | |
| Lectionary + live Bible API | not available | |
| Money & administration | ||
| Online giving | no monthly fee; per-transaction rates | |
| Payroll, journal accounting, bank reconciliation | not available | |
| Reporting + PDF board reports | basic | |
| Website & communication | ||
| Church website | separate product | |
| Mobile app for members | separate app | |
| Email campaigns | basic sends; Mailchimp for campaigns | |
| SMS notifications | not available | |
| Bulletin generator (AI) + kids puzzles | not available | |
| Group chat for staff and members | not available | |
| Forms / dynamic intake builder | included in free People | |
| Online life groups via Zoom / Meet / Teams | not available | |
| AI & automation | ||
| AI tools (8+ features) | not available | |
| Conversational AI for room bookings | not available | |
| Automation workflows | People-only workflows | |
| Operations | ||
| Floor plan map of your building | not available | |
| Facility bookings + rental inquiry form | add-on (Resources) | |
| Secure document manager + member folders | not available | |
| Personal Kanban + task templates | not available | |
| Multi-campus / multi-domain on one subscription | extra fee per campus | |
| 24 granular permissions | basic roles |
Verified against Planning Center's published per-product pricing and feature pages, July 2026. Every GLAD tier includes every row.
All of this is included too
Every feature on every tier. No upsells, no add-ons, no "starting at."
Bulletin Generator
AI builds your weekly bulletin from the service plan — plus a Kids Corner with 10+ puzzle types: mazes, word searches, crosswords, ciphers, hidden messages, coloring pages.
Email Campaigns
Compose, send, and track email blasts. Open + click analytics with signed tokens. CAN-SPAM unsubscribe built in. Duplicate any campaign in one click.
Automation Workflows
Trigger-action engine: new member joins, send a welcome email, wait 3 days, create a follow-up task, notify the pastor.
SMS Notifications
Twilio-powered text messages for volunteer reminders, event updates, prayer chains, and urgent comms.
Reporting + Board PDF
10 ministry metrics at a glance. Download a multi-page PDF board report with one click — giving, attendance, engagement, growth.
Lectionary + Bible API
Automatic liturgical calendar — Sunday readings, season colors, and live scripture passages pulled from the Bible API in any translation.
Personal Kanban + Tasks
A built-in task board for staff and volunteers. Templates, collaborators, change tracking. Asana-class — included.
Secure Document Manager
Encrypted document sharing with download logs. Each member gets a personal folder for tax receipts, contracts, and ministry forms.
Form & Registration Builder
Build any form your church needs — visitor cards, retreat sign-ups, ministry interest, prayer requests. Submissions land in the admin and can trigger automations.
Volunteer Confirm/Decline
Volunteers get email with signed links. Confirm, decline, or request a sub — no login needed. Substitute Finder AI suggests replacements.
Multi-Campus / Multi-Domain
Run multiple campuses on one subscription. Each gets its own domain, branding, and people. Staff move between them with one login.
SetupQuest Onboarding
A gamified first-run experience — finish quests to unlock features, with progress tracked across staff. Onboarding that doesn't feel like a checklist.
Help Requests
Members tap "Need help?" in the portal — pastoral care, benevolence, meals — routed to the right team with a tracked response.
Recurring + Ticketed Events
Event series, paid/ticketed events, event cloning, external (non-member) participants, soft-delete + restore. The full event lifecycle.
Life Group Applications
Vetting workflow for closed groups — members apply, leaders approve. Plus wishlists, leadership rotation, and per-group chat.
Group Chat (Reverb)
Real-time staff and life-group chat with read receipts, typing indicators, and reactions. Powered by Laravel Reverb — no third-party service.
Early Access
Built by the volunteer who ran your church's tech stack.
GLAD was built by a former church IT and website volunteer who watched too many Sunday mornings get derailed by tools that weren't built for churches. Every feature is here because someone in a real church needed it — and the existing software either didn't have it or charged extra for it. We do neither.
Founder-direct support
During Early Access, your support email reaches the founder. No tier-1 ticket queues.
Lock in launch pricing
Early Access tenants get 50% off — locked forever, even as we add features and raise prices later.
Your data, your call
No contracts. Export everything anytime. We don't believe in lock-in — only in earning the renewal.
Go deeper on what GLAD replaces
Compare GLAD to what you use today, or explore a feature up close.
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