Kanisa-MS features

Everything your church needs, inside one system.

This is the full list — from the member register to the Sunday offering receipt, from WhatsApp to the annual report. Nothing to install: open it on a phone or computer.

Plans from TZS 25,000 a month · Used by 22+ churches in Tanzania
49features
7areas of church life
2Swahili + English
∞members, no limit
People Services Finance Messaging Spiritual life Reports Platform Portal
People

Members, families and ministries

Every member, family, department and leader in one place — with their full history.

9 features
Members

Complete profiles with photo, phone, family and leadership roles. Find anyone by name or number instantly.

Import from Excel

Have an old list? Upload it in one go — the system shows rows with mistakes before anything is saved.

Self-registration

A link and QR poster for your church. Members fill in the form on their phone and you approve them.

Your own form

Add your own questions to the registration form — fellowship group, choir, occupation — no programmer needed.

Visitors

A visitor who signs up gets an automatic welcome SMS, and becomes a full member in one click.

Departments

Youth, women, choir — each department with its own members, giving and expenses.

Zones & Deacons

Geographic groupings of the church, and tracking of pastoral and deacon work.

Leadership

Pastors and leaders, with their duty calendar.

Contacts

Seminar guests, parents, donors — import their numbers by CSV without mixing them into your membership.

Services

Services and attendance

Attendance counts itself — by QR at the door, or with a quick headcount.

6 features
QR check-in

One permanent QR per branch. The right service is picked automatically, and check-in is only accepted while the service is on.

Recurring schedule

Set it once — Sunday, Wednesday, Friday. The system creates a full year of services on its own.

Live attendance

A screen showing who has checked in, in real time, while the service is on.

Headcount

For services without QR: men, women, children and visitors — in a few seconds.

Several service locations

Every place you hold services has its own check-in QR and schedule — you know the attendance at each one.

Public events

Seminars and conferences in the portal, on a public page, and in a widget for your own website.

One Sunday with Kanisa-MS

From the reminder to the report — without paperwork

  1. Sat 18:00A scheduled SMS reminds every member about tomorrow's service.
  2. Sun 08:30Members scan the QR at the door — check-in is open only while the service is on.
  3. 10:00The service streams live inside the member portal.
  4. 11:30The treasurer records the offering; a second person verifies it and receipts go out.
  5. 13:00The pastor sees attendance and giving on the dashboard.
  6. MonVisitors have already had a welcome SMS — and are listed for follow-up.
Finance

Giving, fundraising and expenses

Every shilling has a receipt, a second pair of eyes and a history — nothing disappears quietly.

9 features
Offerings, tithes and pledges

Record every gift by type. A PDF receipt is produced instantly and can be re-sent.

Four-eyes check

Whoever records a gift cannot verify it — someone else confirms it before it counts.

Void, never delete

A wrong entry is voided with a written reason, and stays in the history.

Remittance to headquarters

Set the share of each giving type that goes to the diocese — see collected, remitted and balance.

Fundraising

Goal-based campaigns, member pledges, and progress you can watch live.

Approved expenses

The secretary requests, the pastor approves — every step recorded in the audit trail.

Annual statement

Every member gets a statement of their giving and attendance — sent automatically on the date you choose.

Give by phone

A member or live-stream viewer opens the church link (…/toa) and confirms with their PIN — money lands in the church account (Snippe, Selcom, M-Pesa or Lipa Namba) and the receipt arrives instantly.

Online payments set up for you — free

We walk you through opening a Snippe account: members give by M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Mixx, Halotel or QR. Our help is free; Snippe charges 2.5% per payment.

Messaging

SMS and WhatsApp

Messages reach the right people under your church name — and replies are never lost.

7 features
Group SMS

Send to all members, a department, a zone or your own list — under your TCRA-approved sender ID.

Scheduled SMS

Write it today, send it Saturday evening. The system sends it when the time comes.

Official WhatsApp

The church's own number on the official WhatsApp Business platform (Meta). Send updates, receipts and picture announcements.

WhatsApp inbox

When a member replies, the message lands in the church inbox — and the person in charge gets an SMS about it.

Announcements with buttons

An announcement with buttons like "I will attend" or "I can't" — replies are counted for you.

Members on WhatsApp

A member types "giving", "schedule" or "bible" to the church number and gets an instant answer.

Message credit

Buy SMS and WhatsApp credits inside Billing in exactly the amount you need — the invoice is created on the spot.

Spiritual life

Prayer, the Word and live services

Church life continues through the week — on every member's phone.

4 features
Prayer campaigns

21, 7, 3 or 1-day fasts. Daily prayer points go out by SMS/WhatsApp, and members tick "I prayed".

Bible reading plan

Your church's Bible reading plan — members type "bible" on WhatsApp and get today's reading.

This week's announcements

Enter Sunday's announcements once — members get them on WhatsApp.

Live services

Connect YouTube, Facebook Live, church radio or TV — members watch inside their portal.

Member portal

Every member has their own account — no password

Members open the portal on their phone, enter their number and a one-time SMS code. Leaders stop answering the same questions every week.

  • Sign in with a one-time SMS code
  • Their giving and receipts, any time
  • Their attendance record
  • Service schedule and upcoming events
  • Watch the live service
  • Prayer campaigns — tick "I prayed"
  • Update their own details
NM
Neema Mushi
What a member sees
Giving 2026TZS 480,000
Services attended38 / 42
Next serviceSun 09:00
FastingDay 5 of 21
Reports

Leadership and reports

The pastor sees the state of the church in a minute, and each leader sees only their own area.

7 features
Dashboard

The whole church at a glance, with a weekly nudge — for example members who need a follow-up.

PDF and Excel reports

Finance, attendance, membership, departments and the annual report — ready for the committee meeting.

Department and zone reports

Department, zone and deacon leaders submit reports; the pastor and secretary review them in one place.

Leader portals

A department or zone leader sees only the people, giving and expenses of their own area.

Growth
Branch churches with their own portal

Each branch has its own address, leaders, members, giving and expenses. The mother church sees every branch together and can step into any of them to edit.

13 roles

Admin, pastor, treasurer, secretary, department and zone leaders — everyone sees what they should.

Audit trail

Every important action is recorded: who, when, and what changed.

Platform

Security and convenience

Your church's data is yours — kept separate, secure, and available anywhere.

7 features
Your own database

Every church has its own separate database — your data never mixes with another church's.

Secure sign-in

Members sign in with an SMS code; leaders with their own personal accounts.

Swahili and English

Each user picks their language — the whole system, reports and portal.

Works like an app

Add it to your phone's home screen without the Play Store, with dark mode.

Growth
Your own domain

Every church gets an address like mlimawabaraka.kanisa.or.tz — or your own domain such as ms.mlimawabaraka.or.tz. Pay Growth yearly and we register a domain for you free.

Earn commission

Invite another church and earn commission — usable for SMS or your subscription.

Support

Support tickets inside the system, and our team on WhatsApp.

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