How ChurchTechToday Helps Churches Choose and Use Technology

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ChurchTechToday is a resource site that helps church leaders move from "we need to do something with technology" to a specific tool or workflow they can act on. It does this by organizing content around ministry situations rather than around product categories, publishing reviews and comparison lists, and adding how-to articles that show the steps between buying a tool and using it. It is most useful if you are the person who has to make or recommend a technology decision at a church and want context before you commit.

Content is organized by ministry situation, not by vendor

The site's navigation reads like a list of church functions: Worship Services, Church Online, Live Streaming, Online Sundays, Audiovisual, Staff & Volunteers, Digital Ministry, Communication, Email & Text, Media, Graphics, Video, Social Media, KidMin, Management (ChMS), Online Giving, Websites, and Podcasting. There are also cross-cutting sections for AI for Churches, Resources, Reviews, Software, Mobile, and News & Updates.

That structure matters when you are choosing. If your problem is "our online giving page confuses people," you start in Online Giving rather than searching a vendor name you have not picked yet. If your problem is "we need to keep track of members and follow-up," you start in Management (ChMS). The category tells you what job the tools in it are meant to do.

Reviews and comparison lists give you a shortlist

The site publishes roundups that compress a crowded market into something you can evaluate. One example in the current material is "Top 22 Online Giving Software Services for Your Church [2026]," which sits in the Online Giving category. Another is "8 Presentation Remote Clickers You Must Consider in 2026," filed under Deals.

Use these as a first pass, not a final answer. A list like this is most valuable for:

  • Learning which features are standard versus which are differentiators
  • Noticing categories of tools you did not know existed
  • Getting names you can then check against your own constraints (budget, existing church management system, volunteer skill level, giving platform you already use)

The site does not publish pricing on the pages shown here, so treat any list as a starting point for your own pricing and contract questions rather than a cost comparison.

How-to content covers the step after the purchase

Choosing a tool is only half the problem. The site also carries operational articles, such as "How To Create Social Media Reels From Full Length Sermon Videos" and "101 Ways To Repurpose Your Sermon," both filed under AI for Churches and Social Media. These assume you already have sermon video and want more output from it.

A practical way to use this kind of article: pick one recurring task your team already does manually, read the matching how-to, and test it on a single instance before changing your process. For example, if your media volunteer spends an hour cutting clips each week, run one sermon through the described workflow and compare the time and the result before adopting it.

News and market updates help you time decisions

The News & Updates and Church Tech Market Updates sections exist to tell you what is changing in the tools you may already own. The current material also shows a trend-oriented piece, "What People Searched for Most in the YouVersion Bible App in 2026 and How Your Church Can Answer It," which connects platform data to a ministry response during Global Bible Month.

This is the section to check when you are deciding whether to wait. If a category is moving quickly, a market update can tell you whether a purchase now will be obsolete in a year or whether the change is mostly cosmetic.

Where it fits in a decision process

Stage What ChurchTechToday offers What you still have to do
Identify the problem Category pages named after ministry functions Define the actual bottleneck and who owns it
Build a shortlist Roundups and review articles Check pricing, contracts, and integration with your current stack
Implement How-to and repurposing articles Test on one real task with your own team
Stay current News and market updates Decide whether a change is worth switching for

A note on sponsored and partner content

The site labels some items as Sponsored and Partner Content, and it runs a Resources of the Month feature (for example, a free eBook on getting more out of Bible reading). Read the label before you treat a piece as an independent recommendation. Sponsored placement does not make a tool wrong for you, but it does mean you should verify claims against your own requirements.

What to expect and what not to

Expect a broad, ministry-organized library that is strongest at helping you frame a decision and find candidate tools. Do not expect published pricing, a single ranked "best" answer, or a substitute for a demo with your own team. The most efficient use is to arrive with a specific problem, read the matching category and one or two roundups, then take the shortlist into your own evaluation.