Ministry Order

What Ministry Order is

Ministry Order combines church service planning with volunteer scheduling through web, iOS, and Android apps. Leaders can reorder service items, and adjusting an item's duration updates the start times of the items that follow. Worship sets can hold song titles, keys, lengths, and singers. Leaders can send volunteer requests by push notification, while volunteers can accept or decline assignments from their phones.

Live Mode shows a countdown before a service and then a live clock with the current service item highlighted. Churches can group serving roles into teams, with positions such as drummer, camera operator, or greeter. Volunteers can add accepted assignments to their device calendars; the product overview specifies Google Calendar on Android and the system calendar on iOS. The monthly plan is $20/mo and covers up to 200 users, counting both leaders and volunteers, with unlimited service plans and teams. The 30-day trial requires a payment method at sign-up, charges nothing during the trial, and can be canceled online from the dashboard. Ministry Order is made by Node78 LLC, which the maker identifies as based in Houston, Texas. The product does not include giving, check-in, member records, chord charts, lyrics, or a song library.

Who it suits

Ministry Order suits churches that need to plan service order and coordinate volunteer assignments across web and mobile apps. It may fit teams that want role-based serving groups, phone responses to requests, and a live service display, within a 200-user cap.

Limits

The $20/mo plan allows up to 200 users total, counting leaders and volunteers; users must be removed before more can be added at the limit. The trial lasts 30 days, requires a payment method, and charges nothing during that period.

Getting started

1. Visit the Ministry Order website.
2. Start the 30-day trial and provide a payment method at sign-up.
3. Use the web app or the iOS or Android app.
4. Set up service items and worship sets.
5. Organize serving roles into teams and send volunteer requests.

Verdict

Choose Ministry Order if your church needs service planning and volunteer scheduling in one system, with mobile requests and a live service view. The main reason to look elsewhere is if you need giving, check-in, member records, chord charts, lyrics, or a song library. The plan also has a 200-user cap across leaders and volunteers.