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Roots

Intentional Rooted Relationships

A youth ministry platform built on one conviction: every student should feel known. Roots helps your team remember the conversations, notice who's slipping through the cracks, and celebrate the moments that matter.

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Free forever on the Seed plan — no credit card required.
What it is

Not a church database. A relationship tool.

Most ministry software is built for buildings, budgets, and attendance rolls. Roots is built for the part that actually changes lives — the leader who remembers what a student said last week, and follows up. It does three things exceptionally well instead of forty things poorly.

Know every student

Profiles with the details that matter — grade, school, birthday, family, and the full history of every conversation your team has had.

  • Conversation logging with depth levels
  • Spiritual decisions & milestones
  • Birthdays & personal details
  • Private notes, visible only to your team

Never lose track

Roots quietly surfaces the students nobody has talked to in a while, so no one disappears without anyone noticing.

  • Check-in & attendance tracking
  • "Needs a check-in" alerts
  • Reminders that repeat (daily → yearly)
  • Push notifications, even when closed

Lead your team

Give volunteers a shared home base — and give yourself a view of how the whole ministry is actually doing.

  • Team chat & announcements
  • Events, itineraries & attendance
  • Prayer board, polls & photo albums
  • Pastor overview dashboard
New in 1.3

The Garden

Every relationship now has a Connection score that grows as you invest in it. Conversations, check-ins, and milestones move each student through growth stages — from Seed to Deeply Rooted — so you can see at a glance where you're planted deep and where you've gone quiet.

It only grows

Your investment is never erased. The bar reflects everything you've poured in — it never shrinks on you.

Warmth, not guilt

A separate signal gently shows which relationships are cooling — a nudge to reach out, never a scolding.

A leader's view

Owners can see the whole team's engagement with each student — so you catch the ones nobody is reaching.

Everything inside

The full picture

Students

  • Unlimited student profiles
  • Photos, grade, school & campus
  • Parent / guardian contacts
  • Subgroups & custom tags
  • Spreadsheet import

Relationships

  • Conversation log with depth levels
  • Prayer requests & urgent flags
  • Decisions & spiritual milestones
  • Connection score & the Garden
  • Personal reminders

Your team

  • Shared workspaces
  • Community chat & announcements
  • Events with check-in & itineraries
  • Photo albums, polls & prayer board
  • Role controls for owners
Plans

Start free. Grow when you're ready.

Every plan includes unlimited conversations, reminders, and the Garden.

Seed
Free
  • 1 workspace
  • Up to 15 students
  • Conversations & check-ins
  • Reminders & decisions
Grove
$19/mo
or $15/mo billed annually
  • Unlimited students
  • Up to 20 team members
  • Chat, events & announcements
  • Photo albums, polls & prayer board
Forest
$49/mo
or $39/mo billed annually
  • Everything in Grove
  • Multiple workspaces
  • Unlimited team members
  • For multi-site churches
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Questions

Good to know

Is student data private?

Yes. Student information is only visible to the leaders in your workspace, and conversation notes belong to the leader who wrote them. See our Privacy Policy.

Do volunteers need their own account?

Yes — each leader signs in individually, so you always know who logged what and can remove access when someone steps away.

What devices does it work on?

iPhone, Android, and any web browser — your team can use whatever they already carry, and everything stays in sync.

We're a small church. Is it affordable?

Start free on Seed for as long as you want. And if budget is the only thing standing in the way, reach out — we'll work something out.

Every student, known by name.

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