Happy 2026! 🚀
Fresh year, fresh energy — and we’re already buzzing. We’ve got big plans this year: smarter workflows, powerful new features, and zero added complexity. We’re making the tools you love even easier to use.
Watch this space for the detailed announcements, but here are some of the things we've been working on and that we anticipate being live in the first half of this year:
New and reworked Plan pages
An update to the ChurchSuite interface, using a new "sidebar" feature for quicker and more accessible navigation
Brand new, more powerful E-mail compose functionality
Every beginning is also a chance to reflect on how far we've come, which is why we post our quarterly blog posts four times per year. We've also taken the opportunity to ask our founder, Gavin, a few questions about our progress so far and where he sees things going in the near future:
Overall, we're really pleased with the progress we made last quarter:
New Enquiry Forms: Booking Your Church’s Resources with Ease
Enquiry Forms for Booking, the latest addition to the Bookings module, was designed to make your booking process smoother and more engaging. Find out more on our blog: New Enquiry Forms: Booking Your Church’s Resources with Ease
Managing Notes Just Became A Little Easier
Say hello to the new Notes page—a dedicated space designed to make handling your notes even more straightforward and efficient. Find out more on our blog: Managing Notes Just Became A Little Easier
New Communication Tab
The communication log we display on people pages has been invaluable to many users, providing a one-stop spot view of the messages someone has received. We've recently rolled out an update that puts communication even more front and centre — say hello to the new Communication tab! Find out more on our blog: New Communication Tab
ChurchSuite is constantly evolving - we're always working on adding new functionality or further improving existing functionality. We keep you posted of these updates through your ChurchSuite account, and, every so often, on our blog. Why don't you scroll through our most recent "Ongoing updates" blog posts - we're really happy with all the progress that has been made!
Useful resources for churches
We're always on the lookout for helpful resources for churches, and we wanted to draw your attention to a couple of articles that we found that we thought you might find helpful!
7 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2026
Carey Nieuwhof's 2026 church trends blog post makes for fascinating reading. As ever, there are challenges and opportunities, which is why it is helpful to have "Software that supports your church, extends God's kingdom" at your side!
Check it out: 7 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2026
A thoughtful and encouraging article for leaders as they think through how and why small groups are still highly effective today! We built the Small Groups module to be a great resource to support any church's Small Groups ministry.
We hope you'll find some of this helpful and, as always, we'd love to hear how you are making use of ChurchSuite in your context. This is just the beginning - we're excited to journey at your side in 2026!
