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A private prayer board for your church
Don't let your church forget what God has done.
Prayer Board gives your congregation one private place where every request is prayed over, every answer becomes a testimony, and nothing falls through the cracks.
30 days free · No credit card · No contract
This is the board your members see. Nothing to install.
How it works
They asked the church to pray. Now they'll know you did.
Most prayer requests get shared once, and nobody hears another word about them. Here's what happens on Prayer Board instead.
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A member shares a prayer request
A church member submits a prayer request to their church family, under their own name or anonymously. It goes to your church's private board, never the open internet.
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The church prays
Members tap “I Prayed”, and the member who asked gets an email with the name of the person who prayed. No more wondering if anyone actually prayed.
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Prayers are typed and spoken
Members can simply click “I Prayed,” or they can go the extra mile and type out a prayer or even record an audio prayer, similar to a friend praying with you over the phone. It’s surprisingly encouraging and uplifting. Only they and the church admins can listen to recordings.
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It stays up until God answers
Requests don't expire or get buried. Each one stays on the board, prayed over, until it's marked answered, and that's when the best part begins.
The Testimony Moment
Then God answers, and the whole church gets to celebrate.
When a request is marked answered, the whole congregation gets the news. The prayer card takes on a new life. It becomes a testimony that highlights what God has done, with a written note or a video recorded right in the app. Members can click “PTL” to celebrate the answer together.
The Answered tab keeps every prayer God has answered in your church, where everyone can see it.
Everyone gets the news
The moment a request is marked answered, the whole congregation is told what God did, so everyone gets to celebrate the answer together.
Testimonies in their own voice
When a prayer is answered, the person can record a short video testimony right in the app, telling the whole church what God did. Getting to see and hear how God has moved in someone’s life is the “word of their testimony,” and it’s faith-inspiring.
A living record of God's faithfulness
Marking a prayer answered isn't a cleanup step. It's the moment the board was built for. The Answered tab fills up with proof, in your own people's words, that God is still at work among you.
They overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony.
Built for the people responsible
You stay in control of everything on the board.
You're the one accountable when a request slips through the cracks. Prayer Board is built so that doesn't happen and you keep full oversight of every post and every interaction.
You decide what needs review
You're in full control of what needs your approval before it goes live. Switch review on or off for each kind on its own: new members, prayer requests, testimonies, and comments. That lets you set the right balance of freedom and safety for your church.
One invite code, in your control
An 8-character code and a shareable link. Regenerate it anytime. The old code stops working immediately.
A real prayer-team role
Your prayer team is notified of every new request and sees the whole board. No more chasing down the list.
Notifications people control
Members choose how they hear from the board: every new request instantly, a daily digest at the hour they pick, or a weekly summary on the day they choose. Every email has an off switch.
See your church's prayer life
Members, requests, answered prayers, activity over time. Real numbers to bring to the elders' meeting.
Private by default. Only approved members of your own church can see your board. Your church's board is completely separate from every other church's, everything is encrypted in transit and at rest, and we never sell or share your data. Ever. How we protect your church's data →
What it replaces
All your prayer requests, in one place.
Your prayer team leader means well, but keeping requests organized in a notebook, a spreadsheet, or the group text is a constant hassle. And actually tracking which prayers God answered? That rarely happens at all. Here's what retires the day your church joins.
The email chain nobody opens
Requests reach people the way they choose: instantly, daily, or weekly
Connect cards in the trash by Tuesday
Requests never expire. They stay on the board, pending or answered, never in Tuesday's trash
A Facebook group with no real privacy
Invite-code only. No outsiders, no ads, no algorithm
The group text where requests get buried under 47 replies
One request, one card, with prayers and encouragement attached to it
Someone's memory of a hallway conversation
Written down, prayed over, and still there when you go looking for it
The church app everyone downloaded and nobody opened
Nothing to download. Just a link in the bulletin, and every answered prayer brings people back
Already on Planning Center or Breeze? Prayer Board runs alongside them. It never touches your giving, attendance, or member records, and there's no second database to maintain. Members join with one link.
Simple, published pricing
Pick your congregation size. That's the whole decision.
Every feature on every plan: audio prayers, video testimonies, moderation, dashboard. No per-member math, no sales call, no hidden add-ons. The prices on this page are the prices.
Starter
Up to 150 members
$39
/month
or $390/year (two months free)
- Every feature included
- Unlimited admins
- 5 GB for recordings & video
Most churches
Growth
Up to 500 members
$79
/month
or $790/year (two months free)
- Every feature included
- Unlimited admins
- 50 GB for recordings & video
Pro
Up to 1,500 members
$149
/month
or $1,490/year (two months free)
- Every feature included
- Unlimited admins
- 250 GB for recordings & video
Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. No credit card, no contract, cancel anytime. Trial ends before you're ready? Your board pauses; nothing is deleted. Billing & trial details →
Church plants: free for your first year. Multi-campus or more than 1,500 members? Email us.
Live before Sunday
- Register your church. A three-step setup you do yourself. No sales call, no onboarding meeting.
- Share your invite code. One link, announced from the pulpit or printed in the bulletin.
- Pray together. Members join from any phone or computer browser. Nothing to install.
Prayer Board is new, and the first churches on it get to shape it. See the founding-church offer: a year free in exchange for honest feedback →
Questions pastors ask
Before you bring it to the board meeting
We tried a church app before and nobody used it. Why would this be different?
Most church apps die in the download. Prayer Board has nothing to download. It's a link in the bulletin that opens in any browser. And it gives people a reason to come back that an app full of menus never had: the person who asked for prayer gets a note every time someone prays, and the whole congregation gets the news when God answers. People keep coming back to find out what God did.
Doesn't our church software already do this?
Most church software has a page where requests pile up. Prayer Board is a loop: the person who asked finds out, by name, who prayed, hears their name prayed out loud, and the whole church gets the news when God answers. It also runs alongside Planning Center, Breeze, or whatever you already use, and it never touches your giving, attendance, or member records. If your current tool already closes that loop, you don't need us.
Who can see our prayer requests?
Only approved members of your own church. Your board is private. People join with your invite code, and you can require admin approval on top of that. Your church's board is completely separate from every other church's, so no other church can ever see yours. Everything is encrypted in transit and at rest, and we never sell or share your data. Read our security & data practices.
How much control do we have over what's posted?
You decide what gets published. Admins can require approval for new members, prayer requests, testimonies, and comments. Each toggle is independent, so use as much or as little review as your church needs. Admins can also remove a member at any time, and access is revoked immediately.
Can members post anonymously?
Yes. Anyone can check “Post anonymously” when something is too personal to put their name on, and their name is hidden from other members. Your church admins can still see who posted, so pastoral care is still possible, and accountability never disappears.
Who can hear an audio prayer?
Only the person who posted the request, and your church admins, so there's always pastoral oversight. Audio prayers are never public, even inside your church. It's the closest thing to someone praying for you in the next room.
What do our members need to use it?
Any phone, tablet, or computer with a web browser. There's no app to download and nothing to install. Members open your church's link, join with the invite code, and they're on the board. It's built to be simple for every age and comfort level. (Members need to be 13 or older.)
How does a church get started?
Register at app.churchprayerboard.com/register-church. It's a three-step setup: name your church, create your admin account, verify your email. You immediately get an invite code and a shareable link to pass to your congregation. You can be live the same day.
Who's behind Prayer Board?
One person, on purpose. Prayer Board is independently built and run by Dereck Johnson. Fourteen years in worship ministry, seven of them on church staff, now a software builder. No investors, no growth team, one tool doing one thing well. When you email, he's the one who answers. Read the story behind it.
What happens to our data if we cancel, or if Prayer Board ever shuts down?
Your people's prayers, recordings, and testimonies belong to your church, not to us. If you cancel, your board pauses rather than disappearing, and nothing is deleted without notice. Ask and we'll provide a full copy of your church's data. If Prayer Board ever shut down, you'd get notice and time to take your records with you. The full policy, in plain language.
What if it doesn't work for our church?
Cancel anytime. There's no contract and no cancellation call. Your trial is 30 days with no credit card, so the honest worst case is that you tried something for free.
Bringing it to your board first? The one-page overview for church staff & leadership →
Start remembering what God has done.
Set it up tonight, announce it Sunday, and the next request your church shares won't slip through the cracks.
Start small if you like: invite your prayer team this week, your whole church when you're ready.
30 days free · No credit card · No contract