What is Ministrium

Ministrium is a multi-tenant SaaS platform that brings together in a single product the functions churches typically assemble from three or four different tools: a member CRM, an attendance system, a donation gateway, and a communications channel. This page describes the modules that make up the platform and the role each one plays.

Product modules

CRM

The foundation of pastoral operations. Captures prospects from connect cards, web forms, or event registration; moves them through a configurable assimilation pipeline (visitor → new member → active member); consolidates the member and family record (household, children, cell, ministries); and keeps a complete history of every interaction. See CRM.

Attendance and Kiosk

Takes attendance at services, events, and meetings from a tablet at the entrance or via self-service check-in. Supports multiple modes (public kiosk, PIN-locked kiosk, leader app), keeps counts per campus and per event, and produces trend and personal follow-up reports. See Attendance and Kiosk.

Child Check-in

A version of the attendance module with additional safeguards for minors: health information under explicit permission, tags with unique codes, guardian authorization for pickup, and automatic photo deletion. COPPA-compliant. See Child Check-in and COPPA.

Donations and Finance

Receives one-time and recurring donations via Stripe Connect, generates branded donation QR codes, groups transactions into accounting batches, issues tax-deductible receipts, and syncs with QuickBooks. The church never gives up control of the money: funds land directly in its bank account connected to Stripe. See Donations.

Events and Services

Creates events with online registration, capacity control, waitlist, and at-the-door check-in. Handles regular services (Sunday gatherings) and special events (camps, retreats, conferences). Supports service planning (run-of-show, teams, volunteers). See Events and Services.

Cell Groups

Hierarchical structure of cells / small groups with leaders, supervisors, and weekly reports. Tracks attendance, prayer requests, cell offerings, and growth via multiplication. See Cell Groups.

Communications

Bulk and segmented sending of email and WhatsApp, reusable templates, event-driven automations (welcome to a new member, reminder for a failed recurring donation), and open and reply metrics. See Communications.

Reports

Executive dashboards per church and per campus, operational reports per module, and CSV or JSON exports. Data is one click away from QuickBooks, Looker, or any BI tool. See Reports.

Platform

Above the product modules lives a cross-cutting platform layer:

How the modules fit together

The modules are not silos: they share a single database and a single permission model. This means:

• A prospect in CRM who attends an event is automatically registered in attendance, with no double entry.
• A donation received via Stripe is associated with the member’s CRM record and appears in their personal history.
• A message sent from Communications is segmented by dynamic CRM lists (for example: “all active cell leaders at the north campus”).
• A child registered at check-in is linked to their family, their authorized guardians, and the parents’ main service attendance.
• An executive report crosses data from all six modules without needing to export and re-import.

Next steps

• Who is Ministrium for — the church profile we serve.
• Key concepts — the terms that recur across the documentation.
• Bilingual glossary — short definitions in Spanish and English.
• Quick Start — try the product in five minutes.