Automation should not make your church sound generic or out of control. AloraChurch combines rules, church-year timing, and draft support so receipts, reminders, journeys, and follow-up happen consistently while staff controls sensitive communication.
The stewardship lifecycle
Stewardship isn't a transaction — it's a relationship that moves through seasons. The platform keeps each step visible and timely, with workflows your staff can approve, pause, or tune.
A first gift arrives — Sunday plate, foyer kiosk, giving page, or a live giving event. A giver profile is created instantly, on any channel.
A tradition-calibrated thank-you goes out within the minute, receipt attached — warm, pastoral, never generic.
Journeys carry a first-time giver toward regular giving: welcome series, first-gift follow-up, an invitation to a recurring gift.
Renewal alerts and commitment reminders keep recurring gifts and commitments on track — lapse detection runs hourly.
When a faithful giver goes quiet, a gentle, pastoral win-back message is drafted and waits for your approval.
Staff-approved automation
Other platforms send the same thank-you email to every church. AloraChurch starts with your tradition — Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Anglican, Orthodox, Nondenominational — and helps adapt tone, vocabulary, and timing before staff approves what needs review.
Drafts and templates use the words your church uses: warm pastoral for Baptist, reverent for Catholic, stewardship-led for Methodist, Spirit-filled for Pentecostal, with vocabulary such as gift, offering, tithe, or commitment matched to the setting.
When Advent approaches, an Advent appeal draft appears. Same for Christmas Eve offering, Lent, Holy Week, Easter Sunday, Pentecost, Reformation Day for Protestant traditions, and year-end stewardship. The draft waits for staff review and publishing.
Giving history keeps each giver's stage visible — first-time, active, at-risk, lapsed, faithful recurring giver, leadership giver. Stage changes can prompt the right journey: welcome, win-back, celebration, or retention.
When a building-fund or missions initiative reaches 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% of its goal, the platform prepares an impact update for contributors. When the initiative completes, a celebration message is ready for approval.
Every morning, a 3-5 sentence email for the pastor's desk: yesterday's giving total, new members, initiative progress, anything that needs attention. Written with your tradition's vocabulary — "tithes & offerings" for Baptist/Pentecostal, "stewardship" for Methodist/Presbyterian. Not a dashboard — a briefing.
Multi-step journeys move people along the stewardship path — welcome → first gift → regular giver. Each step waits, checks, and sends the right message, and stops the moment the giver responds. Define your own triggers and actions too; the AI suggests journeys that fit your tradition.
Also included
Sent instantly after every gift — personalized with the giver's name, amount, and the fund they chose. Tradition-aware: warm pastoral for Baptist, reverent for Catholic, stewardship-led for Methodist, spirit-filled for Pentecostal — the tone fits your tradition.
Individual receipts emailed automatically. Per-giver year-end statements compiled without manual effort — ready for your givers before tax season.
Background jobs detect upcoming and overdue commitments, then send gentle email nudges on a schedule you control.
Lapse detection runs every hour. When a recurring gift fails or a commitment goes past due, the platform can notify staff, send a gentle nudge to the giver, or both — depending on your communication mode.
Recurring gifts approaching renewal are watched automatically — failed charges retried, expiring payment methods flagged, and staff alerted before a faithful giver quietly drops off.
New gifts automatically update giving level, lifetime total, frequency, and last activity date — keeping giver records current without any manual data entry.
