Pricing
A plan for every church size.
Straightforward pricing that scales with your congregation. Start with everything you need, add the premium features you want, and pay only for what you use.
Exclusively for the churches of Christ Free member apps No contracts
+ $10 per additional 100 members
Your congregation size is billed dynamically each month based on your actual member count. There's no need to prepurchase member spots.
The Lightpost plan
$29 /month · includes up to 100 members
+ $10/month per additional 100 members. Unlimited number of members.
Billed monthly on your actual member count, with no need to prepurchase member spots. No contracts.
Included in every plan
- Church Directory
- Printable Directories
- Photo Directory
- 20GB Storage
- Group Messaging Email, MMS, SMS, Voice Calls
- Media Uploading Sermons, Bible Classes, etc
- Group Posts & Forums
- Native Mobile Apps
- Group Video Calls New
- Prayer List
- Group Task Boards
- Member Involvement
- Group ETAs New
- Bible Class Registration
- Calendars
- File Sharing
- Emergency Check-in
- Song Tracking
- Sign-up Sheets
- New Member Highlight New
Premium add-on features
Premium per-use features
- Programs VBS, camp, etc. $39/program
- Directory Data Import $199 once
Need more members?
Add additional members for only $10 per 100. Unlimited number of members.
Directory Data Import
Directory data importing from other systems is available for a $199 one-time fee.
Usage pricing
Direct communication, no hidden costs.
Some features are priced by usage because of third-party service costs. We pass these through at close to cost, so you only pay for what you use.
Email Messaging
- Per group email address
- FREE
- Per email recipient to an individual
- $0.0012 / email $0.12 per 100
SMS & MMS
- Enablement fee Enables SMS & MMS to any group
- $9 per month
- Per SMS recipient to an individual
- $0.024 / SMS $2.40 per 100
- Per MMS recipient to an individual
- $0.039 / MMS $3.90 per 100
Voice Messaging
- Per call recipient to an individual
- $0.03 / minute
Advanced Answering Machine Detection now available.
Extra Storage
- Per extra GB
- $0.09 / GB per month
Each plan includes 20 GB free.
Group Video Calls & Livestreaming
- Group video calls Two-way video and audio with screen sharing included
- $0.0013 / participant / minute
- Group Livestreaming One-way video streaming for larger audiences
- $0.001 / viewer / minute
*Telecom rules and verifications change frequently. We work constantly to improve and sustain SMS delivery.
Online giving
Giving, built into the app.
One flat monthly fee turns on every online giving feature, plus transparent transaction fees from our payment processor.
Online & Mobile Giving
- Enablement fee Integrated with web & mobile apps
- $24 per month
- Choice of payment methods Select which types you accept
- Included
Transaction Fees
- Credit / Debit Cards
- 2.9% + $0.40 per transaction
- ACH Debits ACH direct debit
- 0.9% + $0.10 per transaction
- Payout fee Processor to your bank
- 0.25% of total processed
*Lower transaction fees can be negotiated with our payment processor at volume.
*Transactions and processing fees are charged by our payment processor.
Publishing
- Each published podcast Analytics + platform distribution
- $49 one-time
- First 10,000 downloads Shared across all podcasts
- $9 per month
Additional Bandwidth
- 10,000 additional downloads Billed on actual usage
- $7.50
Platform Distribution
Automatic submission to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Listen Notes.
Submission processing time varies by platform.
Podcasts
Simple, automatic podcasting.
Turn the lessons you upload into podcasts, distributed to all the major platforms. You just bring the content. We handle the rest.
Sermon & media transformation
Elaborate your media, easily.
Generate summaries, descriptions and outlines from the lessons you add, in one click.
Transcriptions
- Pull YouTube transcripts If your content is on YouTube
- $0.05 per media
- Generate transcription Speech-to-text on your audio
- $0.45 per audio file
Media Details
- Generate a summary A 45-min Bible class-worth
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$0.08$0.03 - Generate a description Longer description of the media
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$0.12$0.05 - Generate an outline Organized with bullet points
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$0.20$0.08
Media elaboration helps your congregation search past content, and powers search & display on a Lightpost Website.
Value
Lightpost pays for itself.
Proven to save time on so many common tasks, and priced at a fraction of other church management software.
Questions or ready to start? Call 833-LIT-POST or visit lightpost.app/contact Prices as of November 7, 2026