Flowforth is a fine email tool. But your church needs more than email — AI-powered insights, two-way SMS, live polls, smart forms, pastoral care tracking, and full PCO analytics. That’s us.
Flowforth sends emails. We help you understand, reach, and care for every person in your congregation — across every channel, powered by AI.
Deep church health insights, risk profiles, giving trends, and attendance patterns — all from your PCO data.
Broadcast campaigns, keyword responses, inbox conversations, and an AI SMS agent — not just email blasts.
Build registration forms, live congregation polls with projector mode, and collect first-time visitor info.
Log care visits, track prayer requests, follow-ups, and at-risk member alerts — all linked to PCO profiles.
We both send beautiful emails to your PCO lists. Flowforth focuses here exclusively.
AI Insights, risk consultant, pastoral advisor, SMS agent, and community intelligence — powered by Google Gemini.
Flowforth is built around email. We built every communication tool your church team uses in one place.
See exactly what you get — and what Flowforth doesn’t offer.
| Feature | Pastoral Care for PCO | Flowforth |
|---|---|---|
| ✉️ Email Marketing | ||
Drag-and-drop email builder | Yes | Yes |
Send to PCO lists & groups | Yes | Yes |
Email automations & drip sequences | Yes | Yes |
Embed PCO events, groups & registrations | Yes | Yes |
Email open & click analytics | Yes | Yes |
Unsubscribe management | Yes | Yes |
AI email writing assistant | Yes | No |
| 💬 SMS & Messaging | ||
Two-way SMS inbox Real conversations, not just blasts | Yes | No |
SMS broadcast campaigns Send to PCO lists with personalization | Yes | No |
SMS keyword automation PRAY, GIVE, JOIN auto-responses | Yes | No |
AI SMS Agent Automated, intelligent conversation replies | Yes | No |
SMS analytics & opt-out tracking | Yes | No |
Multiple SMS numbers & team permissions | Yes | No |
Mobile SMS app (iOS & Android) | Yes | No |
| 📊 Polls & Engagement | ||
Live congregation polls Real-time results during service | Yes | No |
Projector / big-screen display mode Show live results on stage | Yes | No |
QR-code poll access | Yes | No |
Poll response analytics | Yes | No |
| 📋 Forms & Data Collection | ||
Visitor / first-time guest forms Capture name, phone, email on arrival | Yes | No |
Custom form builder Checkboxes, text fields, dropdowns | Yes | No |
QR code form access | Yes | QR codes only (no forms) |
Auto-sync form responses to PCO Create/update PCO people from submissions | Yes | No |
Form submission analytics | Yes | No |
| 📈 Analytics & Church Intelligence | ||
People & membership analytics Gender, age, household, membership trends | Yes | No |
Attendance & check-in analytics | Yes | No |
Giving & donor lifecycle analytics YTD trends, fund performance, donor segments | Yes | No |
Group health & attendance tracking | Yes | No |
At-risk member detection Automated risk scores & disconnection alerts | Yes | No |
Community census benchmarking Compare church vs. surrounding community | Yes | No |
Services & volunteer analytics | Yes | No |
Customizable dashboard widgets | Yes | No |
| 🤖 AI & Intelligence | ||
AI-generated church insights Weekly narrative summaries of your data | Yes | No |
AI pastoral care advisor Recommends who to follow up with and why | Yes | No |
AI SMS Agent Handles inbound texts intelligently | Yes | No |
AI layout personalization on first login | Yes | No |
AI community geo-intelligence | Yes | No |
| 🙏 Pastoral Care | ||
Care log (visits, calls, meetings) | Yes | No |
Prayer request tracking | Yes | No |
Follow-up management & reminders | Yes | No |
Care report with urgency scoring Who to call this week, ranked by need | Yes | No |
Birthday & anniversary milestone alerts | Yes | No |
| 🔗 Planning Center Integration | ||
Sync PCO people & lists | Yes | Yes |
Embed PCO events in emails | Yes | Yes |
Sync PCO groups & attendance | Yes | No |
Sync PCO giving & donations | Yes | No |
Sync PCO services & check-ins | Yes | No |
Write-back to PCO (update records) | Yes | Limited |
PCO webhooks for real-time updates | Yes | No |
| 👥 Team & Administration | ||
Role-based access control Pastor, Admin, People, Giving, Services roles | Yes | No |
Multi-user team accounts | Yes | Yes |
Customizable views per user role | Yes | No |
Dark mode support | Yes | Yes |
Mobile app (iOS & Android) | Yes — SMS inbox | No |
Flowforth charges per email sent (pay-as-you-go). Our platform is a flat monthly subscription with unlimited messages, users, and features — no per-send fees, no surprise charges.
These tools go far beyond email — they’re what separate a complete ministry intelligence platform from a single-channel tool.
Real inbox conversations, broadcast campaigns to PCO lists, keyword auto-responders (PRAY, GIVE, JOIN), and an AI agent that handles replies intelligently — 24/7.
SMS PlatformLaunch polls during your service, display results on the big screen with projector mode, and let your congregation participate via QR code — all in real time.
Engagement ToolCustom forms for first-time guests, volunteer sign-ups, or event registrations — with QR codes, auto-sync to PCO, and instant follow-up triggers.
Data CollectionGemini AI analyzes your people data to surface who needs a call, generate narrative church health reports, recommend follow-ups, and explain giving trends in plain English.
AI-PoweredAutomatically scores every person in your PCO database for disconnection risk using attendance, group participation, giving patterns, and care history.
Pastoral CareGiving trends, donor lifecycle, service attendance, group health, census benchmarking, membership analysis — all in a customizable, role-based dashboard.
AnalyticsYes — deeply. We sync People, Groups, Services, Giving, Check-ins, and Registrations from Planning Center. We also write data back (update person records, log care notes) and support PCO webhooks for near-real-time updates. Flowforth only syncs people and email lists.
You can, but most churches find they switch fully once they see our email builder. We offer the same core email functionality — plus SMS, polls, forms, and analytics — all in one platform. No need to manage two tools, two logins, or two billing lines.
We partner with SignalWire to provide dedicated phone numbers for your church. You can send broadcasts to PCO lists, manage inbound conversations in a shared team inbox, set up keyword auto-responses, and enable our AI agent to handle replies automatically. Team members get role-based access so pastoral staff sees only relevant conversations.
Churches use them during Sunday services (sermon topic votes, prayer request collection), small groups, town halls, and leadership meetings. The projector mode shows results live on your big screen — congregation members participate by scanning a QR code on their phone.
Flowforth charges per email sent, so your costs scale with send volume. We charge a flat monthly subscription with no per-message fees for email, and transparent per-SMS rates. For most active churches, we’re more predictable and often less expensive once you factor in SMS and the analytics tools you’d otherwise pay separately for.
Yes. Our onboarding team will help you export your unsubscribe lists from Flowforth, import them into our platform, and sync your PCO data — typically in under 30 minutes. We’ll make sure no one gets emailed who has already opted out.
Join churches that replaced multiple tools with one complete ministry platform — AI analytics, SMS, polls, forms, and deep PCO integration included.