We are excited to announce the release of Congregation Insights — our new data exploration module that lets you analyze your church's membership data in ways that were previously only possible by exporting to Excel and building pivot tables manually.
What Can You Do With Congregation Insights?
The data explorer is a flexible tool for understanding your congregation. Some examples of what our early users have discovered:
- The age distribution of active members — useful for planning generational ministry strategy
- Which barangays have the highest concentration of members — useful for cell group geography
- Ministry involvement rates by age group — "Are our young adults actually in ministries?"
- Giving participation rates by length of membership — do newer members give at different rates?
- Gender balance across ministry teams
No SQL Required
The data explorer uses a point-and-click interface. You choose the fields you want to analyze, apply filters, and see the results in a table or chart. No export, no formulas, no waiting for someone with Excel skills to help.
Custom Membership Fields Work Here Too
If you have set up custom membership fields (e.g., "Connect Group," "Spiritual Gift," "Ministry Involvement Level"), these appear as filterable dimensions in the data explorer. This makes Congregation Insights as powerful as the data you put into your member records.
Who This Is For
Pastors who want a quick snapshot of their congregation's composition. Ministry leaders who want to understand their team. Elders who want to see discipleship progress across the church. Finance committees who want to understand giving demographics.
Congregation Insights is available on Professional plan and above. If you are on Premium, this is one of the features worth upgrading for.
