Launch your Welcome Aboard class in minutes.
First-time guests slip away every week — they want to belong, but nothing carries them from the back row to a place on a team. Welcome Aboard does: a ready-made class you brand as your church and publish in minutes.
Build it, publish it, welcome your first guests — free for 21 days.
Built for America’s #1 fastest-growing church.
OnArk was built for Journey Church — named America’s #1 fastest-growing church on Outreach Magazine’s 2025 list. The same platform behind their pathways powers your Welcome Aboard class.
A short online class your guests actually finish.
It’s a guided welcome class — a handful of short videos and a built-in gifts assessment. A guest takes it on their phone after a visit, or you host it live in a room. Nothing to download, nothing to install.
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They open it
A first-time guest taps a link or scans a QR after their visit — no app, no login.
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They go through it
A few short videos take them from "you already belong" to discovering how God wired them, with a built-in spiritual-gifts assessment.
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They land on a team
They pick where to serve, a real person follows up, and it all flows into your OnArk dashboard — and your Planning Center workflows.
A guest walks in. A teammate walks out.
One short class, done for you — the six videos come already recorded, the gifts assessment and serve form built right in. It leads with belonging, never a recruiting pitch.
Welcome
1 Corinthians 12:27IncludedA warm hello — no audition, nothing to earn. Your guest settles in as family.
You're Part of This
1 Cor 12:12IncludedThe church is a body, and they already belong. Not "we want you" but "we need you."
Who We Are
Matthew 22:36–40IncludedLove God, love people — and the everyday ways to live each one.
Our Values & Ways
Make it yoursYoursYour church's heart. Comes with a strong default; swap in your own to make it unmistakably yours.
Discover Your Gifts
1 Cor 12:18IncludedThey were made on purpose, and their gifts are for others.
Spiritual Gifts assessment
Built inIncludedA real assessment built into the class — it scores as they go and points them toward teams that fit.
Step In and Serve
1 Cor 12:5IncludedDiscovery turns into action — a low-pressure, one-year invitation to more.
Join a team → Planning Center
Built inIncludedTheir pick adds them straight to your Planning Center workflow — no re-keying, no dropped names.
Your Home, Your People
1 Cor 12:27IncludedThey celebrate the step, then a real person reaches out. Welcome aboard.
Done-for-you. Branded as you.
Six short videos
Already recorded and ready to publish — a warm, Scripture-anchored host. Add your logo, colors, and values, then publish.
Spiritual gifts, built in
A spiritual-gifts test built into OnArk — scores inline and points each person toward teams that fit. Optional DISC or Enneagram lens.
Everything to launch
Host & table-host guides, run sheet, signage, name tags, slides, social graphics — brand-ready, in your accent.
Publish as-is, or make it yours.
It’s done for you — but never locked. Go live in minutes as it comes, or shape every part of it around your church.
Reorder
Drag sessions into the order that fits your flow.
Add or remove
Drop in new sections, or delete what you don't need.
Your video
Record, edit, and upload your own for any session.
Your branding
Your logo, colors, and values on every screen.
We didn’t guess at this class.
It’s shaped by 8+ years of turning first-time guests into teammates — and built from the welcome classes that already do it best, across hundreds of churches on OnArk.
people moved onto serving teams through OnArk
real guest check-ins studied
churches behind the data
completion in the best classes
today · free for 21 days
Pick your plan, card on file. Nothing charged today.
Brand it, put it live, welcome real guests — the sooner you publish, the more first-Sunday guests you see.
Love it? $390/year, everything stays live. Not for you? Cancel before — never charged.
Publish real value before you ever pay a cent.
If you keep it
$390/year, and your class stays live. We tell you the exact date up front — no surprise charges, ever.
If it’s not for you
Cancel anytime before day 21 and you’re never charged. Your work waits 60 days if you want to come back.
Churches already turning guests into teammates.
“We were growing but seeing people fall through the cracks. We moved it online and saw our serve team double in a few months.”
“Our volunteer onboarding was a hassle for volunteers and staff. After OnArk it was streamlined — and the best part is the integration with our church database.”
“Our connections team gets a notification when someone completes the tests, then contacts them to find a next step that fits their results.”
Welcome Aboard runs on OnArk.
OnArk is the platform churches use to turn next steps into online classes people actually finish. Welcome Aboard is one class built on it — your account can run every pathway your church has.
- Build any class or next step — baptism, membership, leader training — with the same tools behind Welcome Aboard.
- Built-in assessments: spiritual gifts, DISC, and Enneagram, scored inline as guests go.
- Automations and a Planning Center integration, so every response lands where your team already works.
Take the OnArk training class.
The best way to see OnArk is to take a class built on it. Our training class — taught by Rachel — walks you through the whole platform, experienced exactly the way your guests will.
Free · no account needed · 14 short videos
Questions pastors ask.
How much work is it, really?
Almost none. The six videos are already recorded, and the gifts assessment and serve form are built in. Add your logo, colors, and values, then publish — most churches go live in minutes. Want to make it more your own? Record and upload your own videos too — but that’s optional.
Is it really free? What's the catch?
You start a free 21-day trial with a card on file — $0 today. Build and publish your class, welcome real guests, all free. On day 21 it becomes $390/year unless you cancel — and we tell you the exact date up front. No surprise charges.
What happens if I cancel?
Cancel anytime before day 21 and you're never charged. If you cancel later, you keep it through the term. Either way, your work is kept for 60 days if you want to come back.
Will it fit our church and what we believe?
The teaching is multi-denominational — anchored in 1 Corinthians 12 and the Great Commandment, centered on belonging and serving. Your church’s own values live in their own section, yours to set. And every section is yours to change.
What if we already have a welcome class?
Most welcome classes only happen in a room, on a Sunday — so the people who don’t make it that day quietly slip away. Welcome Aboard lives online, 24/7, and it’s re-sequenced from the classes that complete best. Already have teaching you love? Upload your own videos right into it.
Does it work with the tools we already use?
Yes — connect Planning Center, and a guest's serve pick automatically adds them to your workflow there, while every check-in lands in your OnArk dashboard.
Everyone has a place aboard.
Launch your Welcome Aboard class in minutes.
Start your free 21-day trial, build and publish a real first-step class, and welcome your first guests — before you ever pay a cent.
Not ready to start a trial? Take the free training first →