Before, during, and after, with cues for every team.
Made by a pastor, for pastors
The follow-ups, the serving texts, the welcomes, the run of show, the reminders nobody remembers to send. Steward handles them in the background, so you can give your attention to the people in front of you.
For youth ministries first, then medium-sized churches.
The weight
It notices
Two sides, one system
Student app coming soon
It asks
It runs itself
It remembers
On the day
Welcome in, everybody. Grab a seat up front.
Winter retreat is Jan 23 to 25 at Camp Cedar Crest. Spots are going fast.
Scan this to save your spot by Friday.
It celebrates
Three students were baptized, and Wednesday night had its biggest crowd yet. Thank you for every Sunday you showed up.
Example month, fictional ministry.
And everything around it
Before, during, and after, with cues for every team.
Who came, who is new, who has been away.
From launch to debrief, and Run it again next year.
Sign-ups, payments, and waitlists that fill in People.
Approvals, receipts, and reimbursements in one place.
Services, events, hours, and time off in layers.
Onboarding, roles, documents, and who needs care.
Your ministry's way of doing things, written once.
Repeating care that reschedules itself.
Bible reading plans with partners and gentle nudges.
Trends, a ministry report, and newsletter numbers.
Coming soon: prayer, check-in, and sign-ups.
Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.Matthew 10:16
Wise as serpents
Everything you just saw: the automations, the reminders, and the processes nobody misses.
Innocent as doves
Plain, pastoral screens your volunteers can use without a training day. The point is always people.
Private by design
Pricing
Every church gets its own private copy of Steward and its own database. Beta churches use it free during the beta.
One youth ministry and its leaders.
A medium-sized church with several ministries.
Steward on your own address, so it feels like yours.
Need more texts? Extra texts are $15 per 1,000. Already have Twilio? Connect your own account and texting has no limit on any plan, billed by Twilio to your church. Long messages count as more than one text.
The beta
A small group of churches will use Steward free while we finish it together.
Beta sign-ups open shortly.
Questions
Yes. Every church runs on its own copy of Steward with its own database. No other church can see your people, your notes, or your files.
It stays yours. Admins can download a full backup any time, and a church is never locked out of its own information.
Each plan includes a monthly number of texts from a number set up for your church. If you already use Twilio, connect your own account instead and texting has no limit, billed by Twilio directly. Steward only texts people who have agreed to it, and never between 8pm and 8am.
No. Volunteers can answer by text and use a private link to confirm, ask for a sub, or pick up open spots, with no password.
It is being built now. Beta churches will get it first, and everything students do in it flows into the leader side you saw above.
Yes, on the Church + Your Domain plan. You add one record at your domain provider, and Steward moves to an address like app.yourchurch.org.
Yes. Import a CSV and Steward matches the columns, shows exactly what will change, and never overwrites what is on file unless you choose to.
Steward is made by Josh Terada, a youth pastor who built it for his own ministry first.