Pews exists because we've lived the problem. We know what it's like to juggle five different tools just to run a Sunday morning.
If you've ever served on a church staff, you know the drill. PlanningCenter for services. Gloo or Mailchimp for communication. A separate giving platform. Maybe a paper sign-in sheet for check-ins. A spreadsheet here, a sticky note there.
For megachurches with dedicated IT teams and big budgets, this patchwork works — sort of. But for the rest of us? The churches with 50, 200, or even 1,000 members? It's exhausting. It's expensive. And it keeps church leaders focused on managing software instead of managing ministry.
We built Pews because we believe there's a better way. One platform that does everything your church needs — people management, giving, service planning, groups, check-ins, communication — all in one place, for one honest price.
That's not a marketing line — it's the conviction that drives every feature we build, every pricing decision we make, and every line of code we write. Your church shouldn't need a software budget the size of your missions budget.
Pews was created by Petie Clark — a former worship pastor and technology leader who has served in local churches for over a decade. Petie experienced firsthand how churches struggle with fragmented technology. He watched small churches especially suffer because they couldn't afford the full software stack that megachurches use.
"I built the platform I wish I'd had when I was leading worship on Sunday mornings and trying to track visitors on Monday."
That experience — the Sunday morning scrambles, the Monday morning data entry, the constant switching between disconnected tools — is what drives Pews. Every feature exists because a real church leader needed it.
Clearline Technology Methods (CTM) is the company behind Pews. We're a small, focused team that believes technology should serve the mission of the church — not complicate it.
We're not backed by venture capital chasing hockey-stick growth. We're building a sustainable product for a community we care about. That means we can make decisions based on what's right for churches, not what's right for investors.
When you use Pews, you're not just another customer on a spreadsheet. You're part of the community that's shaping what church software should be.
We're building Pews alongside real churches. Join the waitlist and help shape the future of church management.