Does Notebird integrate with Church Community Builder?

Not directly. Notebird syncs with Planning Center, Breeze, and Church Windows. For Church Community Builder (Pushpay ChMS), you export your people list to CSV and use Notebird's free import to bring names and contact details in. Later changes in CCB do not flow into Notebird on their own.

Is Church Community Builder still available?

Yes. Pushpay bought Church Community Builder in 2019 and now sells it as Pushpay ChMS in three packages: Core, Advanced, and Complete. The Pushpay site says CCB technology is now part of the Pushpay platform. Many long-time users still call it CCB.

Does Pushpay ChMS have pastoral care features?

It has the pieces but not a dedicated care module. You can add notes to a profile with visibility settings, build a hidden process queue for care follow-up, and use the LEAD app on a phone. The Pushpay help center publishes a guide on managing confidential pastoral care notes this way. Milestone reminders and per-person care reports are not documented.

Can I use CCB process queues for pastoral care follow-up?

Yes. A process is a set of steps called queues. Each queue has assigned managers, a due date, email reminders, and notes, and you can mark it hidden so only that process's managers see who is in it. It works best for repeatable pipelines like guest follow-up or bereavement care. The Core package allows 1 process and 10 queues.

What is the difference between Notebird and Church Community Builder?

Church Community Builder is a church management system: people records, giving, check-in, groups, events, scheduling, and process queues. Notebird is pastoral care software only: care notes, private notes, follow-up tasks, milestones, care reports, and a team activity feed. Notebird does not do giving or check-in, so most churches run it next to a ChMS.

Is Notebird cheaper than Pushpay ChMS?

They price differently, so compare by scope. Notebird publishes graduated per-user pricing that starts at $12 per month for one user. Pushpay does not publish ChMS prices; third-party estimates start around $150 per month and rise with church size. If you only need care tracking, Notebird will usually cost less. If you need a full ChMS, you need one either way.

Does Church Community Builder have a mobile app for pastors?

Yes, the LEAD app on iOS and Android. Leaders can view and edit profiles, see a person's timeline, leave notes, work process queues, and see upcoming birthdays and anniversaries. It is for staff and leaders with permissions, not for members, and it needs the Advanced or Complete package.

Can pastors keep private notes in Church Community Builder?

Partly. Each profile note can be shown to People Admin/Full Read users, to Appropriate Leaders, or to Only Me. "Only Me" needs the Complete package. Notes inside a hidden process queue are limited to that process, but the Master Admin and Process Admins can always see them. Notebird includes restricted notes on every plan.

Notebird vs Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder)

Notebird is the better fit for a care team: tasks with owners and due dates, milestone reminders, printable care reports, and a team activity feed, with little setup. Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder) fits a church that wants one system for giving, check-in, groups, events, and process queues for guest follow-up. Many churches run Notebird next to their ChMS.

Notebird vs Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder) at a glance

You want printable per-person care history and milestone reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms, and custom events.
Volunteers should see only the people assigned to them, and private notes should not depend on a package tier.
You want a team activity feed and a daily Early Bird email of who needs attention.

Bottom line: Notebird gives a care team a dedicated tool with little setup: care notes, tasks, milestone reminders, printable reports, and a team feed, with private notes and volunteer access that do not depend on a package tier. Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder) is a full church management system, and its process queues are a solid way to run defined follow-up pipelines with due dates and automation. Choose Notebird for the care team and run it beside your ChMS; choose Pushpay ChMS when you want a bundled ChMS with giving and check-in.

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Notebird vs Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder): features side by side

Pushpay ChMS, formerly Church Community Builder, is a church management system that covers people records, groups, giving, check-in, events, volunteer scheduling, and process queues for churches that want one bundled platform. Sources for every Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder) fact are listed at the end of this page.

Notebird vs Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder): feature by feature
Feature	Notebird	Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder)
Care notes per person CCB: profile notes on the Notes & Messages tab, plus notes inside process queues. The help center says the note list on a profile cannot be searched.	Yes	Yes
Private (restricted) notes with permission control CCB: each note is visible to People Admin/Full Read, Appropriate Leaders, or Only Me. "Only Me" needs the Complete package. Hidden process queues limit notes to that process, but the Master Admin and Process Admins still see them.	Yes	Partial
Follow-up tasks assigned to a team member with due date CCB: each queue step has a due date, assigned queue managers, and email reminders. The Core package allows 1 process and 10 queues.	Yes	Via Process Queues
Milestone tracking (birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms, custom) with reminders CCB: the LEAD app shows upcoming birthdays and anniversaries for group members. Reminders for baptisms or custom milestones are not documented.	Yes	Partial
Care reports (printable per-person care history) CCB: the Individual Notes Report and Process Notes report list notes by date or text and export to a spreadsheet. A printable per-person care history is not documented.	Yes	Partial
Team activity feed of care work CCB: the LEAD app shows a timeline per person and a Notes tab of notes you wrote or that were shared with you. A team-wide feed of care activity is not documented.	Yes	Not documented
Groups / care teams with per-team-member access CCB: group leaders see their own groups; queue managers see only the queues assigned to them.	Yes	Yes
Mobile access (phone and tablet) CCB: the LEAD app for leaders on iOS and Android. It needs the Advanced or Complete package.	Mobile web app; add to home screen on iOS and Android, no store download	Yes
Full-text search across notes CCB: global people search and an AI natural-language people search. Note text is filtered through the Individual Notes Report, not searched from a profile.	Yes	Partial
Sync with a church management system No direct Notebird sync with CCB. Export people from CCB to CSV and use Notebird's free import.	Planning Center, Breeze, Church Windows (direct); CSV import from others	Is the ChMS
Pricing model CCB: Core, Advanced, and Complete packages. No prices are published.	Per user, graduated	Per church, three packages, quote only
Online giving CCB: giving history on profiles, campaign reports, and pledge tracking, integrated with Pushpay giving.	No	Yes
Children's check-in CCB: kiosk check-in with tag printing, room capacities, and parent text messages.	No	Yes
Volunteer scheduling and service planning CCB: schedules and service plans, also in the LEAD app.	No	Yes
Church website CCB offers a congregant app (MyChurch App or a custom app). A website builder is not documented.	No	Not documented
Membership database (households, custom fields, attendance)	People profiles only	Yes

Which one should you pick?

Why churches choose Notebird

You want printable per-person care history and milestone reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms, and custom events.
Volunteers should see only the people assigned to them, and private notes should not depend on a package tier.
You want a team activity feed and a daily Early Bird email of who needs attention.
Your care team wants a simple place to log conversations and visits without building processes, queues, and permission roles first.
You want to pay per care-team user with published prices, not a church-wide package quote.

When Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder) may fit better

You want one system for people records, giving, check-in, groups, events, and volunteer scheduling.
Your follow-up runs as a defined pipeline (guest follow-up, membership class, baptism prep) and you want automation when a step is done, such as adding the person to a group or sending a mail merge.
Your leaders already use the LEAD app for groups, attendance, and schedules and you want follow-up queues in the same app.
You already pay for Pushpay giving or a Pushpay church app and want the ChMS in the same bundle.

Notebird vs Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder): pricing

Notebird

$12/month for one user, then $8, $6, and $4 per additional user as the team grows, less when billed annually. Every feature is included on every plan.

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Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder)

Not published; contact Pushpay for a quote. Pushpay ChMS is sold in three packages (Core, Advanced, Complete). Core limits process queues to 1 process and 10 queues; the LEAD app and "Only Me" notes need higher packages. Third-party estimates put Church Community Builder at roughly $150 to $1,000 or more per month, depending on church size, with setup and coaching quoted separately.

Pushpay ChMS (Church Community Builder) pricing page

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