Who Disciplo is for — and who should wait
Growing independent US churches of about 150–700 on a weekend. Three jobs: guests, Sunday, and giving that stays yours.
Disciplo is church software for a specific kind of church, not every church. If you are evaluating it, this page is the honest filter. The product is a growth and care system with Sunday operations attached — not a directory you fill in once, and not a megachurch operations suite.
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The church it is built for
An English-speaking, independent or loosely affiliated Protestant church in the United States, about 150–700 weekend attendance (200–500 is the sweet spot), one campus or two sites that still share a staff and a membership roll, with 1–6 people on staff. The lead pastor cares that guests become members and members start serving.
You are probably running people, follow-up, Sunday and giving across a spreadsheet, Breeze, ChurchTrac, or Planning Center plus a giving page that takes a cut. First-timers still fall through. Someone will open Disciplo on Tuesday, not only when the building is unlocked.
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Three jobs, on purpose
Every guest gets a next step — follow-up with an owner, a pathway, and a return rate you can read.
Sunday runs from one place — named services, check-in, child pickup codes for that service, volunteer slots, and a service report.
Giving stays the church's — online gifts go to your Stripe account. Disciplo does not take a cut of the offering. Stripe still charges its processing fee.
Journeys, workflows and reports are why churches stay. They are not why you should sign. You do not need ninety-one screens configured before the first Sunday.
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Who should wait
Say so if any of these are true, and we will tell you honestly when the product matches: three or more campuses that run themselves; you cannot switch unless ten years of Planning Center, Breeze or ChurchTrac giving history import to the penny; Sunday cannot run without offline tablets, household kiosk check-in, or printed children's labels; Catholic, Orthodox or strictly liturgical parish records as the core need; a denomination that already mandates another system; QuickBooks (or similar) as a hard requirement.
Those churches are not a no forever. They are a not-this-release. Taking them live now would fight the product.
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How to start
Start a 30-day trial and use your own church. Sample data is there if you want a full Sunday to click through on day one; remove it before a live service. The public demo is a shared sandbox — useful for a look, not where your people live.