What we run, and what you will still need.

You will need: Accounting software and whoever keeps your books: a treasurer, a bookkeeper or a church accountant.

Steeple handles

Record every gift, split it by fund, produce year-end giving statements, and export balanced journal entries for QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop or Aplos.

Steeple does not

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Bills, bank reconciliation, budgets, a chart of accounts, or your financial reports to the board.

You will need: A payroll service, and a CPA who understands ministers' housing allowance and dual tax status.

Steeple handles

Keep the staff directory, departments, reporting lines, time-off requests and background-check dates.

Steeple does not

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Pay anyone, withhold anything, or file anything with the IRS or your state.

You will need: A streaming setup (camera, encoder, and somewhere to stream to such as YouTube or Facebook) and a place to host sermon video and audio.

Steeple handles

List every sermon with its series, notes and scripture, and link to the video and audio wherever you host them.

Steeple does not

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Stream, record, or store video and audio files for you.

You will need: If your booth runs several screen outputs, timecoded video cues, lighting or the sound desk from one place, keep your dedicated presentation software.

Steeple handles

Lyric, scripture and sermon slides built from your service plan, a live controller, a full-screen projector output and a stage display with notes and a timer, all in a browser.

Steeple does not

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Control lights, audio, cameras or video switchers.

You will need: A website builder or web designer if you want your own domain, custom pages, a blog, or a design that is entirely yours.

Steeple handles

Public pages for your church, live the day you sign up: events with registration, a group finder, sermons, forms and connect cards, a prayer wall, staff and giving. Link to them from any website.

Steeple does not

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Build custom pages, run a blog, or serve the pages on your own domain.

You will need: A branded church-app vendor, if you want an app your whole congregation downloads from the Apple and Google stores.

Steeple handles

Your staff, leaders and volunteers can install Steeple to their phone's home screen and get push notifications for what they are responsible for. Everyone else reaches you through your public pages, email and text.

Steeple does not

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Publish a branded app to the App Store or Google Play, or send push notifications to members who do not have a login.

You will need: An account with a screening company, in your church's name. They run each check and bill you directly; none of it goes through us.

Steeple handles

Connect your own Checkr account to send invitations and pull results back automatically, track screenings from any other provider by hand, and remind you before anyone's check expires.

Steeple does not

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Run a criminal record search, or decide whether a result clears someone to serve.

You will need: A child-protection policy, insurance cover and a lawyer you can call. Your insurer may have requirements of its own.

Steeple handles

Record what your policy requires: security codes at kids' pickup, allergies on labels, who has a clear check, and a log of who changed what.

Steeple does not

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Make your church compliant. Software records what you do; it cannot be your policy.

You will need: Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 for staff inboxes and files, and a phone system for the office.

Steeple handles

Email and text your congregation, with a shared two-way inbox for texts.

Steeple does not

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Host your staff's own mailboxes, calendars, documents or office phone line.

You will need: Whoever runs door access, security cameras, heating and cooling, and the wifi your check-in tablets use.

Steeple handles

Book rooms with setup and teardown time, catch clashes before they happen, and track maintenance requests.

Steeple does not

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Connect to locks, cameras, thermostats or your network.