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Why Realm?

Realm is a modern church management solution that includes the things you love in your current solution plus additional capabilities needed to serve the evolving and expanding needs of your church. Change is hard, but advancing your ministries is well worth it, and we’ll be with you every step of the way.

What Makes Realm Different

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Know your people better.

Realm Profiles allows a one-stop-shop so staff can know everything about your congregation. Each profile contains personal, family, and contact information, giving history, volunteer info, private notes, and more. Realm Profiles allows your congregation to update their own information. However, staff can turn off certain fields if they’d prefer to manage those at a staff level. The Realm Directory is built for both your staff and congregation. Both can view it from within Realm, but staff can also view the directory in the Realm Shepherd mobile app, and congregants can view it in the Realm Connect mobile app.

Manage your groups and classes.

Groups are integral to keeping worship, fellowship, and connection alive from Sunday to Sunday. Realm Groups provides everything your church, group leaders, and participants need to continue engagement throughout the week. Groups also allow you to manage your formation classes, including communication, events, tuition, attendance, and promotion.

Schedule your ministry leaders and volunteers.

Your volunteers and ministers are ready to serve at weekly and special services and Masses. Realm Volunteers not only lets you schedule these but also allows them to follow through with their assignments. Skills and Interests allow staff to know what spiritual gifts each person has and how they can best serve the church. Scheduling in Realm Volunteers allows staff to create a schedule, add individuals from serving teams to the schedule, and send it to volunteers so they know when to serve. Staff are even made aware of serving preferences and other information, such as the last time served or any scheduling conflicts that exist.

Get a clear picture of your finances.

Tracking your church’s funding allows you to be better stewards of donations given to your ministry. Realm Accounting and Payroll uses drag-and-drop features and easy functions such as e-filing to make your processes quicker. Realm eGiving gives your people more modern and flexible ways to financially support your church while smoothly integrating with Contributions and Accounting.

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Roles and Responsibilities
Administration
Profiles
Skills and Interests
Sacraments
Notes
Attach Documents to Profiles
Prayer Requests
Printed Directory
Mailing Labels
Background Checks
Publish Church Calendar
Workflows with Steps
Facilities Management
Accounting
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Fixed Assets
Purchase Orders
Payroll
Reporting
Predefined Reports
Custom Reports
Actionable Dashboards
Change Log
Communication
Email Communication
Texting
Newsfeed Posting
Website Integration Refresh Websites
Member Mobile App *
Pastoral Care App
New Visitor Follow-Up
Connection Cards

*No longer supported

Groups
Interactive Groups
Online Group Directory
Group Communication One-way only
Group Calendar and Events
Attendance
Group Promotion
Events
Online Event and Religious Education Registration
Paid Registration Fee Integration
Event Discounts
Check-In
Mobile Check-In
Volunteer Management
Volunteer Scheduling
Contributions and Giving
Online Giving
Text Giving
Mobile App Giving
Giving Dashboard
Give Online Pledges
Track Pledges and Campaigns
Giving Statements

Interested? See Realm in action today.

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Take team learning to a new level.

When your ministry succeeds, lives are changed forever. That’s why we want all of your staff and volunteers to be equipped with the best information on the planet. MinistrySmart™—our online learning platform—is available to everyone who contributes to the ministry of your church, and you can get to it from inside Realm.

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