Church product. Private-equity backing.
Tithe.ly is an Accel-KKR equity investment. Accel-KKR publicly operates ESG and DEI initiatives across its firm and portfolio companies.
Source: Accel-KKR → Church software is a stewardship decision
Church software should build the Kingdom.
Not isolate a congregation. Not stop at the church office. Not send church dollars into ownership networks your church has never examined.
Church + peopleNot staff only
Beyond the appConnect the wider community
Full stackReplace more outside platforms
Know the moneyOwnership matters
The uncomfortable question
How much of God's resources should go to the world before we call it bad stewardship?
You tithe. Your church spends. You have every right to ask what the software does, who owns it, and what that ownership publicly supports.
A church logo does not make a company church-aligned.
Look past the logo. Follow the ownership. Compare the mission.
Reality check
“It’s church software” is not due diligence.
Three familiar names. Three very different realities.
Church product. Owners with broader priorities.
Pushpay says it was acquired by BGH Capital and Sixth Street. Sixth Street publicly celebrates Pride Month and LGBTQ+ advocacy.
Source: Sixth Street →Independent. Still only part of the stack.
Planning Center deserves credit: it says it has no outside investment and is not for sale. But it still centers on church software—not a connected network for the wider Kingdom economy.
Source: Planning Center →
This comparison is about documented ownership, public corporate priorities, and product scope. It does not claim Tithe.ly or Pushpay themselves directly donate to every cause supported or discussed by their owners.
The part church software forgot
Your people live outside the church app.
Their families, jobs, businesses, friendships, media, meetings, files, and community should not have to.
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TownSquare
Social alternative. People, groups, rooms, messages, prayer.
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Files
Drive alternative. Shared files, resources, folders, collaboration.
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Encore
Zoom alternative. Meetings inside the ecosystem.
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Jobs Hub
Employment network. Connect people to work and talent.
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Vision
Video, livestreaming, channels, teaching, creator tools.
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Events
Discovery, registration, tickets, schedules, community events.
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UC Pay
Giving, payments, commerce, accounting and connected revenue.
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Gabriel
AI across churches, people, businesses, media, and work.
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Businesses
Pages, directories, discovery, marketplace, local commerce.
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Families
Relationships, resources, events, support, community life.
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Prayer
Requests, rooms, care, connection, and support.
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Church
People, giving, groups, communication, workflows, ministry.
A private congregation app connects people to one church.
United City connects churches to people, people to people, families to community, workers to jobs, customers to businesses, and ministries to one another.
Isolation is not the goal
A walled church app is still a wall.
The Kingdom is bigger than one congregation's directory.
Isolated church app
×Your congregation only
×Businesses live somewhere else
×Jobs live somewhere else
×Social life lives somewhere else
×Other churches stay disconnected
United City
✓Churches connected to community
✓People connected to people
✓Families connected to resources
✓Businesses connected to customers
✓Workers connected to opportunity
Stewardship should be uncomfortable
Pastors should have to answer this.
Why are we paying more companies to do less for our people without even asking who ultimately benefits?
If we preach stewardship, our software budget should survive the same sermon.
Count every vendor.Church software is only the beginning.
Follow the ownership.Do not confuse the product with the people who profit from it.
Count what is missing.Social. Files. Meetings. Jobs. Businesses. Families. Community.
Ask who your dollars strengthen.Stewardship includes where the money goes.
Demand the United City comparison.Stack-to-stack. Mission-to-mission.
Do not just notice
Ask your pastor.
Ask your board.
Demand the comparison.
Your giving deserves more than assumptions. Compare the whole stack, the whole mission, and where the money goes.