Opening TendWell
40 days free. No credit card. Privacy review before real care data.
TendWell fits when your church already has names somewhere, but needs prayer, visits, sensitive notes, visitors, and weekly review connected around real people.
Comparison standard
Active care records track people currently being carried in prayer, visits, visitor follow-up, or next action.
A church care rhythm needs more than a two-week trial to be judged fairly.
TendWell helps shape the names your church is actively carrying into a first care list.
Shared wording and private context live in distinct places.
Care review outputs are built into the weekly workflow.
Flat church plans avoid charging every helper as if pastoral care were a seat-by-seat add-on.
Compare by the job to be done
TendWell gives active pastoral care its own focused lane, while broad operations can stay in the systems already carrying administration well.
| Care need | TendWell | Broad church systems | Spreadsheets and notes | Prayer intake tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Focused pastoral care, prayer, visits, follow-up, and review | Church administration, giving, events, check-in, and member records | Flexible storage that depends on whoever maintains it | Collecting requests, sometimes with light sharing |
| Active care visibility | Care queue, urgent flags, owners, due dates, and weekly review | Possible, but often buried inside broader records | Manual sorting, filtering, and reminders | Usually request-level, not full person and household care |
| Private and public prayer handling | Separate shared prayer wording from private pastoral context | Varies by setup and permissions | Easy to overshare unless the process is tightly managed | Good intake, less complete pastoral context |
| Shared leadership care | Pastor, administrator, elder, deacon, and helper roles around the same care practice | Strong for operations, heavier for focused care habits | Shared access can become all-or-nothing | Useful for prayer teams, less complete for follow-through |
| Reports for review | Weekly review, elder meeting prep, visitor follow-up, prayer review, and overdue care | Often takes setup work or exported reports | Manual report building | Usually request lists, not care-meeting prep |
| Pricing posture | Flat church plans priced by trusted users and active care records | Often broader package or module decisions | Low cost, high process burden | Often low cost, narrower workflow |
Decision guide
TendWell is strongest when a church already knows people are being carried in prayer, visits, visitor care, or follow-up, but the process depends too much on memory, texts, or scattered notes.
Use the 40-day trial with actual names, follow-up, and weekly review. Choose TendWell only when the workflow makes care easier to carry.
