Own Church AI.

What you'd own.

Every artifact below transfers to your accounts on day one. The whole engine.

• ●Church AI brand and product positioning within faith community
• ●Proven GTM playbook targeting church admins via Facebook and email
• ●AI prompt templates for bulletins, follow-ups, announcements, giving reminders
• ●Customer relationships and Naomi Estrada's denominational network access
• ●Financial model showing 20 demos to 3 closes monthly
• ●Landing page and sales materials for church office staff
• ●Founder messaging strategy targeting volunteer-driven communications pain

What Roll Digital builds for you.

Custom scope to take Church AI from MVP shell to operating business.

• ▸Production backend with tenant isolation and church member data privacy controls
• ▸AI integration with OpenAI/Claude APIs for template generation and customization
• ▸Multi-church account management with email plus SSO authentication for admins
• ▸Monthly billing integration and subscription management for recurring revenue
• ▸Email delivery system for bulletins, follow-ups, announcements to church members
• ▸Export capabilities for PDF, email templates, offline or third-party distribution
• ▸Analytics dashboard showing message send rates and engagement patterns
• ▸Initial 30-day customer success support helping first cohort through onboarding

Why this could work.

The GTM is repeatably working: 20 demos monthly proves market hunger. The TAM is substantial: 75,000 US congregations at $350/year communications budget. Founder has existing denominational relationships. Churches desperately want to cut volunteer admin burden. The 100-2000 member sweet spot sits between charismatic single-pastor churches and mega-churches served by enterprise systems. Monthly billing aligns with how congregations think about recurring spend.

What you'd risk.

Volunteer-driven churches are heavily price-sensitive: Canva, Word, and Mailchimp Free are already entrenched and cost nothing. Church budgets lock in October-November. Launching outside that window means a 6-12 month holding pattern before prospects can move. Pastors and elders are protective of member contact data and may reject any SaaS tool handling names, emails, or giving behavior. The 0.14 probability of meaningful success reflects these structural headwinds.

Who this fits.

This works best for someone with existing church credibility: a former pastor, denominational staffer, or church software consultant. You need to close annual budgets (October-November), so timing matters. Ideally you have some foothold in evangelical or mainline networks already. You're not reinventing the market; you're executing a proven GTM with better software. Solo founder with API chops and patience for relationship-driven sales.

Timeline.

From contract signing to operating business.

1. Day 1
   Receive Church AI brand, GTM playbook, customers, financial model
2. Week 1
   Set up dev environment and finalize product roadmap with Roll Digital
3. Week 3
   Deploy production backend with OpenAI integration and template generation
4. Week 6
   Launch multi-tenant auth, subscription billing, email delivery system for testing
5. Day 90
   Hand off production system ready for initial customer onboarding cohort

Pricing.

Three ways in, depending on how much you want to build yourself.