A first-time guest will not download your church app.
Social Glow runs the same kinds of classes OnArk does — new member, baptism, volunteer, leadership. The difference is the front door: their classes live inside an app your people must install and create an account for. OnArk classes open from a link in any browser.
Planning Center was the single biggest decision driver among the churches we surveyed in 2026 — ahead of price and ahead of design. Anything that cannot write back to PCO fields and Workflows starts the evaluation a step behind.
What you get with each option.
“Before OnArk, volunteer onboarding was a hassle for our church and our staff. After OnArk, the process is streamlined and we're processing a record number of new volunteers.”
When each one's actually right.
Your classes are for committed members who will happily install a church app, and you want push notifications and an always-on home screen icon. An app is genuinely better at re-engaging people who already opted in.
Your class has to reach people who haven't committed yet — first-time guests, new members, prospective volunteers. They open a link, finish on their phone, and the results land in Planning Center without anyone creating an account.
See what changes in 30 minutes.
Free for 21 days, $0 today. Same playbook your sister churches used.