Grow Email · for church teams

Email that keeps every family connected.

Parent newsletters, volunteer reminders, and a warm welcome for every new family, all in one place. Build each email by dragging in blocks, choose exactly who gets it, and set up follow-ups that run on their own.

The Grow Email editor: a parent newsletter built from blocks, with its subject line, preview text, and color settings The Grow Email editor in dark mode
The finished parent email, as a family sees it on a phone, greeting them by first name
Building a parent email, and the family's phoneA parent email on a phone · sample church with fictional names
Sound familiar?

Writing the email is the easy part. Getting it to the right families is not.

A spreadsheet of parent emails, a group text for volunteers, a sign-up sheet on the welcome table, and an email tool built for businesses, not churches. Every week the same messages go out, and every week someone gets missed. That's a tools problem, not a you problem.

  1. Sunday, 12:40 pm

    "Wait, who was that new family?"

    They filled out a connect card. It's in a basket somewhere. By the time anyone follows up, it's been three weeks.

  2. Thursday, 9:15 pm

    The VBS email went to everyone.

    Including the empty nesters and the student ministry parents. One list for the whole church means every message lands on the wrong people somewhere.

  3. Every single month

    Starting the newsletter from scratch.

    Last month's lives in someone's sent folder. So you rebuild the layout, find the photos, and hope the links still work.

You're not behind. You just need email that knows your people.

How it works

Set it up once. Then every family hears from you.

Grow Email keeps your people, your emails, and your follow-ups together, so the right message reaches the right family at the right time.

The Grow Email dashboard: emails sent, open rate, click rate, and new contacts for the last 30 days, with a daily chart The Grow Email dashboard in dark mode
Your dashboard: what went out, who opened, and who's new · sample church, fictional names
  1. Bring your people in

    Import a spreadsheet, add a sign-up form to your website, or move everything over from ActiveCampaign. Put each person on the lists they asked for.

  2. Build an email in minutes

    Start from a ready-made church template, drag in blocks, and greet each family by first name. Send yourself a test first.

  3. Let the follow-ups run

    A new family fills out a connect card and gets a warm welcome email, and someone on your team gets a reminder to call them.

10 days free. See pricing
What's inside

Everything your church sends, in one place.

Six tools that stand in for the spreadsheet, the group text, and the clipboard on the welcome table. Pick one to take a look.

Your people

Know who's who, and what they signed up for.

Every parent, volunteer, and guest in one list, with the tags and details that matter to your church. Lists are what people opt into, like the kids ministry newsletter. Tags are your own labels, like "First-time guest."

  • Lists, tags, and your own custom fields
  • Saved groups that stay up to date, like "parents who haven't opened in 45 days"
  • Each person's history: emails, opens, notes, and follow-ups
  • Import a spreadsheet in a few clicks
A saved group: kids ministry parents who haven't opened an email in 45 days, with a live count of 48 people The saved group in dark mode
Sample church · fictional names
What you can send

The emails your church sends every week.

Start from a ready-made template, make it yours, and save it to reuse. Here are a few you'll find waiting for you.

  • Families

    Parent newsletter

    What kids learned this month, plus a question to ask in the car on the way home.

  • Volunteers

    Volunteer thank-you

    A real thank-you for the people who show up every Sunday, and the next way to help.

  • Events

    Event invitation

    Family nights, trainings, and VBS, with the date, the place, and a clear way to RSVP.

  • Welcome

    New family welcome

    What to expect next Sunday, sent the moment someone fills out a connect card.

  • Leaders

    This week's lesson

    The big idea, the prep checklist, and the links your leaders need before Sunday.

  • Announcements

    Something new

    A new series, a new service time, or a new resource, with one clear next step.

Journeys and follow-ups

Walk with every new family, from first visit to finding a group.

Set up the steps you care about, like first visit, welcome call, and connected. Each family sits in a step with someone on your team looking out for them, and Grow Email flags anyone who's been waiting too long.

  • Your own steps, colors, and time targets
  • A checklist for each step, so nothing is skipped
  • Follow-up tasks with due dates and email reminders
  • Drag families from one step to the next
The new family follow-up board with steps for first visit, second visit, welcome call and connected, each family card showing its owner and days in the step The new family follow-up board in dark mode
Sample church · fictional names
Meet GrowBot

Ask for it in plain words. GrowBot does the clicking.

GrowBot is a helper built into Grow Email. Ask how last week's emails did, find a family, tag a group of volunteers, draft an email from a template, or make a follow-up task. Anything big waits for your OK first.

  • Finds and updates contacts, tags, and lists
  • Drafts emails and pulls quick reports
  • Asks you to confirm before big changes, like tagging lots of people or scheduling a send
  • Only does what your role in Grow Email allows
Included in Grow Email.
GrowBot answering how last week's emails did, then asking for an OK before tagging 157 volunteers, with Tag 157 contacts and Cancel buttons GrowBot in dark mode asking for an OK before a bigger change
GrowBot in Grow Email · sample church
Moving from ActiveCampaign

Bring your list, your history, and your favorite emails with you.

Already on ActiveCampaign? Our team can copy your account into Grow Email, so you don't start over. Past campaigns show up with their original numbers, marked "Imported," right next to your new ones.

  • Contacts and their lists
  • Tags and custom fields
  • Unsubscribes and bounces
  • Past campaign reports
  • Your email templates
  • Deals and their stages

Nothing gets sent by surprise. The import only reads from ActiveCampaign and never emails anyone. Your most-used automations come over as drafts for you to check, and anyone who unsubscribed stays unsubscribed.

The Reports page: 13 sends, 8 of them imported from ActiveCampaign with their original totals, plus open and click rates and monthly charts The Reports page with imported history in dark mode
Imported sends next to new ones · sample church, fictional data
App tour

A look around Grow Email.

Real screens from the app, with a sample church and fictional names. It looks and works like the other Grow tools, in light or dark mode, on a computer or a phone.

  1. The Campaigns page listing sent, scheduled and draft emails with their open and click rates The Campaigns page in dark mode
    Campaigns. Every email you've sent or scheduled, with how it did.
  2. The Lists page: church-wide newsletter, kids ministry parents, preschool families and more, with subscriber counts The Lists page in dark mode
    Lists. People choose what they get, and unsubscribes are kept list by list.
  3. The template gallery with welcome, weekly lesson, event invitation, volunteer thank-you and parent newsletter templates The template gallery in dark mode
    Templates. Start from a church-ready design instead of a blank page.
  4. Follow-ups: calls, emails and to-dos with due dates, like calling a family about small groups Follow-ups in dark mode
    Follow-ups. Who needs a call this week, and who's on it.
The dashboard on a phone The dashboard on a phone in dark mode
Dashboard
An email report on a phone An email report on a phone in dark mode
A report
The email preferences page a parent sees, choosing which church lists to get The email preferences page in dark mode
A parent's preferences

Real screens from Grow Email, with a sample church and fictional names. Use the moon or sun button to see them in dark or light mode.

Pricing

Try it free for 10 days.

One simple plan for your whole team. After your trial, pay monthly or save with a year.

Grow EmailMonth to month

Monthly

Flexible. Pay as you go, one month at a time.

$9.97/month

After your 10-day free trial

Everything in Grow Email

  • Contacts, lists, tags, and saved groups
  • Drag-and-drop emails and templates
  • Automations, journeys, and follow-ups
  • Sign-up forms and reports
  • GrowBot, your in-app helper
Grow EmailBest value
Save $22.64 a year

Yearly

One payment for the whole ministry year.

$97/year

About $8.08/month after your 10-day free trial

Everything in Grow Email

  • Contacts, lists, tags, and saved groups
  • Drag-and-drop emails and templates
  • Automations, journeys, and follow-ups
  • Sign-up forms and reports
  • GrowBot, your in-app helper
Grow CurriculumFull set

The whole Grow toolbox

Grow Curriculum gives your ministry a full year of lessons, plus the Grow tools that go with them.

Explore Grow Curriculum

Tools in the Grow Subscription

  • Grow Hubs
  • Lesson Builder
  • Grow Slides
  • The Planning View

New to Grow? Plans start at $597/yr (or $58/mo) per age group. See Grow plans

Start in minutes.No sales call and no waiting. Import your contacts and build your first email the same day.
Questions first?Email support@stuffyoucanuse.org, call 877-486-3272, or book a Zoom call with our team.
Good questions

Before you start.

The questions church teams ask most, answered plainly.

Want to talk it through?

Our team is happy to help you plan your setup or your move. Email support@stuffyoucanuse.org or call 877-486-3272.

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How much does it cost?

One plan for your whole team: $9.97 per month or $97 per year, after a 10-day free trial. There's no per-person price.

Do I need Grow Curriculum to use Grow Email?

No. Grow Email works for any church, whatever curriculum you use. If you're curious about Grow Curriculum, you can try free samples.

Can volunteers and other staff help?

Yes. Invite your team by email and give each person the right role. Editors can build emails and automations, viewers can look without changing anything, and only admins can send an email or turn on an automation.

We're on ActiveCampaign. Can we bring everything with us?

Yes. Our team can copy your contacts, lists, tags, custom fields, unsubscribes, templates, and past campaign reports into Grow Email. The import only reads from ActiveCampaign and never sends an email. Your most-used automations come over as drafts so you can check them first. Book a Zoom call to plan your move.

Can we import a spreadsheet instead?

Yes. Upload a CSV file, match its columns to names, emails, and your own fields, and choose a list and tags for everyone in it.

How do people unsubscribe?

Every email has an unsubscribe link and a preferences page, where a parent can choose which lists to keep and which to drop. If someone unsubscribes from everything, Grow Email stops emailing them.

What is GrowBot, and is it safe to use?

GrowBot is a helper built into Grow Email. You ask in plain words, and it finds contacts, tags people, drafts emails, pulls reports, and makes tasks for you. It only does what your role allows, and anything big, like tagging lots of people, scheduling a send, or deleting something, waits until you click to confirm.

Does it work on phones?

Yes. Grow Email runs in the web browser, so it works on any phone, tablet, or computer, in light or dark mode.

Will our emails look good on phones?

Yes. Emails are built to fit any screen, and you can preview the desktop and phone versions, or send yourself a test, before anything goes out.