Insights for UK church leaders
Practical guides on church management, GDPR, giving, communications and technology, written for the people who keep UK churches running.
Building healthy teams: preventing rota burnout in your church
Creating a supportive environment for your volunteers can prevent burnout and promote longevity. Here are some practical ways to build healthy teams in your church.
Practical GDPR for churches: what you need to know
Navigating GDPR can be daunting for churches. Here's a straightforward guide to help you manage congregational data responsibly.
Tips for effective church administration and communication
Practical advice for church administrators on managing rotas and member communication effectively.
Understanding Gift Aid: A practical guide for UK churches
Gift Aid can significantly boost your church's income. This guide explains how to effectively manage Gift Aid claims and keep everything in order.
Sunday school resources in 30 seconds: meet ChurchLinker Kids Hub
Thirteen printable-resource generators built into ChurchLinker for the volunteer Sunday-school teacher who's got thirty minutes and a topic. Word searches, crosswords, certificates, AI lesson plans, parent take-home sheets, story simplifier, sermon-to-kids, escape rooms, Bible timelines, story-order cards. Plus a Curriculum Builder for term plans and a Teaching Planner that links lessons to the rota. Save to the group's library, print, or email to yourself.
Church policies your members actually read (and can prove they read)
Ten seeded UK policy templates, rich-text editing with optional signed PDF attachment, per-version acknowledgement tracking with audit trail, group restriction, and a print-friendly export. The whole policy life cycle, from draft to publish to acknowledgement, in one surface.
Run your group's rota from your phone, without the spreadsheet
Rotas now belong to groups. Per-group role catalogues kill the typo soup, leaders manage their own team's rota from the member app, members see every group rota in one place, reminders fire down to the minute in UK local time. The end of the Saturday-night spreadsheet.
Why your church should own its own Stripe account (and why we charge 0% on donations)
Online giving in ChurchLinker runs through your church's own Stripe account, not ours. Here's why that matters, what Stripe actually costs, and how the maths usually beats cash or bank transfer.
Stop tracking DBS on a spreadsheet: one shared record from coordinator to volunteer
Most UK churches still track DBS checks on a spreadsheet that lives on one person's laptop. When that person is unwell, on holiday or simply busy, the system is the inbox of whoever last got copied in. ChurchLinker replaces the spreadsheet with one shared record: a coordinator inbox with automated 30/14/7-day reminders, a per-team DBS chip on each group leader's view so they can nudge their volunteers, a member self-view with an anti-phishing agency contact card, and an audit trail the Charity Commission would actually accept.
What we shipped this month: DBS reminders, charity register, formal visitor-to-member workflow, and the anti-phishing agency card
Five features for UK churches who do the safeguarding paperwork: automated 30/14/7-day DBS reminders, a coordinator inbox with a renewal-in-flight pause, bulk import for backfilling existing records, a Charity Commission members register with AGM-ready PDF and snapshot reports, a formal visitor → member request flow that splits 'who submits' from 'who approves', and an agency contact card that surfaces on every member's profile so phishing renewal emails read as obviously wrong.
The Complete Guide to Gift Aid for UK Churches in 2026
Gift Aid can add 25p to every £1 donated by a UK taxpayer, but many churches leave thousands unclaimed. Here's how to get it right.
UK GDPR for Churches: What You Actually Need to Do
GDPR compliance for churches doesn't need to be intimidating. A plain-English breakdown of your obligations and how to meet them.
How to Choose Church Management Software: A UK Buyer's Guide
What should you look for when choosing a ChMS? We cover the questions to ask, the features that matter, and the red flags to avoid.
Using WhatsApp for Church Communications: The Right Way
WhatsApp is already where your congregation lives. Here's how to use it for church announcements, pastoral care and group updates, without the chaos.
Children's Check-In Technology and Safeguarding: A Practical Guide
Digital check-in systems can dramatically improve safeguarding at your church. What to look for, what to avoid, and how to introduce it to your team.
Does Your Church Actually Need a Mobile App?
Mobile apps for churches are more accessible than ever. But do they make a real difference to engagement? We look at the evidence.