Can members give to a Paybill?

Not today. Giving works with your church's own M-Pesa Till Number.

Can members give by card?

Not for churches in Kenya today.

Does SoapBox send the SMS itself?

No. Your church sends through its own SMS provider, using the list you export from SoapBox.

Can I export the list from an iPhone?

Not today. Export it from the web app or the Android app.

SoapBox in Kenya

Giving with M-Pesa

Your members can give with M-Pesa, straight to your church's own Till Number. SoapBox opens the M-Pesa menu and shows the steps: Lipa na M-Pesa, then Buy Goods and Services, your Till Number and the amount. They confirm with their own M-Pesa PIN, then tap to log their gift. The gift goes straight to your church's own M-Pesa till. SoapBox takes no platform fee on donations, and Safaricom's own M-Pesa fees still apply.

Members without a smartphone

Some of your members have a basic phone. No smartphone, no apps, no internet. SoapBox has a place for them too.

Add them to your People list with a name and a mobile number. They need no app and no account.
To reach them by SMS, export your People list with phone numbers from the web app or Android, and send through your church's own SMS provider.

In your language

The app runs in English or Swahili, and each member chooses their own. ORA, SoapBox's study assistant, answers Bible questions in Swahili too, as a research aid for study.

Your Bible, free

The Bible reader has the Swahili Neno Bible and the Dholuo Bible, free, with many English translations.

For your church

Your church starts free, for up to a hundred members. Share your invite code on WhatsApp. Visitors who check in at the door land in Visitor Follow-up, and you can publish a free web page for your church.

Light on data

Data costs money. Turn on Data-Light Mode, and photos inside posts wait until you tap them: always on Android and the web app, and on iPhone whenever you're on mobile data. Bible chapters you've already opened stay readable on your phone, even offline.

Growing?

If your church outgrows the free plan, paid plans are discounted for churches in Kenya.

See the plans