One platform. Everything your ministry runs on.

Stronghold replaces the spreadsheets, the group texts, and the five different apps. Here's the whole toolbox — built for youth ministries, kids ministries, and camps.

Built by Dr. Hines · two decades in youth ministry, groups of 20 to 800

People & discipleship

Know every student — and notice the ones slipping

The relational core of your ministry, organized.

Student & family CRM

People, families, and guardians in one place — with notes, grades, schools, birthdays, and history.

Attendance & drifting list

Mark who's here in seconds. Anyone who goes quiet automatically surfaces on a drifting list.

Small groups & Bible studies

Build groups and life groups, track who's in them, and see who isn't in one yet.

Discipleship milestones

First visit, decision, baptism, in a group, serving, leading — see each student's next step.

First-time guest follow-up

Capture every guest and never lose the next step, with reminders when one goes overdue.

Care notes

Quietly log pastoral care and prayer needs so the right leader follows through.

Serving & volunteer roles

Assign students and leaders to serve, and keep track of who's plugged in where.

Safety & check-in

Safety isn't a feature here — it's the foundation

Built to protect kids and give parents peace of mind.

Secure check-in & check-out

Fast check-in with guardian pickup codes, so kids leave only with the right adult.

Background-check gating

Uncleared adults can't be assigned to children — the system simply won't allow it.

Allergies, medical & meds

Allergies and medical notes on the tag, plus a medication log for camps and trips.

Consent records

Photo, media, and medical consent tracked per student — nothing runs without it.

Headcounts

Quick group headcounts so you always know everyone's accounted for.

Incident & safeguarding reports

Document incidents and safeguarding records properly, with a clear trail.

Walled per church

Minor data is leader-only, never shown in student apps, and never shared between churches.

Camps, events & trips

Run the whole camp from one screen

Everything a camp, retreat, conference, or mission trip needs.

Registration & payments

Online sign-ups with the questions you choose, deposits, and a clean roster that builds itself.

Forms & waivers

Collect medical forms, permission slips, and waivers up front — no more paper chase.

Cabins & rooming

Assign cabins and rooms, balance groups, and keep rooming lists straight.

Squads & teams

Split campers into squads or color teams and track them all week.

Tournaments & brackets

Run game tournaments with live brackets, matches, and standings.

Schedules & live ops

Day-by-day schedules and announcements that update on every camper's phone.

Trip & group check-ins

Location check-ins on the road so leaders always know the group is together and safe.

Secure pickup

Guardian pickup verification at the end of camp or the trip home.

Communication

Reach students and parents — safely

All your channels in one place, with kids kept safe by design.

Leader-visible messaging

Group channels leaders can see — safer than an unmonitored group chat, with keyword safety flagging.

Parent & student texting

Send reminders and updates by text to the people who need them.

Email campaigns

Email your whole ministry, just leaders, or one group — from inside your dashboard.

Announcements

Push announcements to the app and the website in one tap.

Prayer requests

Collect prayer requests and make sure they're actually prayed for.

Built-in support

Message the Stronghold team right from your dashboard — no ticket black holes.

Your website & app

Your brand, in every student's pocket

A public site and a live app — on your name, not ours.

White-label website builder

Import your current site, edit it, add your logo and photos, pick a style, and publish.

Installable student/parent app

Events, giving, prayer, and messages in an app families add to their home screen.

Community & media feed

A moderated photo and post feed — fun for students, safe because every post is reviewed.

Family accounts

Parents see their own kids, give, and stay in the loop without seeing anyone else's data.

Devotionals & Bible

Daily devotionals and Scripture built into the app to keep students in the Word all week.

Run the operation

The back office, handled

The unglamorous stuff that keeps a ministry running.

Shepherd AI

Your co-pilot quietly flags what needs a human — a drifting student, an uncleared volunteer, a camper with no cabin.

Multi-ministry & multi-site

Run youth, kids, and more — even multiple campuses — from one account, each walled off.

Team roles & invites

Invite leaders by email and set who can see and do what.

Guided setup

Templates pre-load and a getting-started checklist gets you live in an afternoon.

Billing & plans

Simple monthly plans, annual options, and per-event camp pricing — manage it all in one spot.

See it running for your ministry

Start free — no credit card, set up in an afternoon, cancel anytime.

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