Todd Thornton

Pastor… if you’ve ever felt frustrated trying to keep your church connected online, you’re not alone.For years, most churches have been duct-taping ministry together with: - Facebook groups no one sees - Emails no one opens - Group texts that get buried - Apps your congregation never downloads - Messy volunteer threads - Outdated church software that costs too much Skool solves all of that — simply. Start your Skool Community today! Here’s why Skool is the best platform for pastors & churches in 2026: 1️⃣ Your Whole Church in One Place Announcements, small groups, prayer requests, volunteers, youth ministry…Everything lives inside ONE clean hub. No more: - “I didn’t see that.” - “Where was that posted?” - “Which app do we use again?” One platform → one community → everyone sees it. 2️⃣ The Layout Feels Like Social Media… Without the Drama Skool gives your church the familiarity of Facebook without distractions, ads, or noise. People actually engage here. It feels like your space — not Big Tech’s. 3️⃣ Churches Can Run on the $9/mo Hobby Plan This is the most underrated part. Most church software costs:$99–$299/mo for basic communication. Skool’s Hobby Plan is $9/mo.Pastors LOVE that. 4️⃣ Classroom = Discipleship, Training, & Bible Studies Instead of uploading PDFs everywhere, you can put all your: - new believer courses - membership classes - sermon notes - youth lessons - volunteer training - small group studies Inside Classroom → organized, beautiful, easy to access. (Some churches are even replacing their entire “Church Center” app with this.) 5️⃣ Posts Drive REAL Community Your congregation can: - ask questions - share wins - discuss sermons - post testimonies - share prayer needs The spiritual conversations grow naturally — not forced. 6️⃣ Perfect for Small Groups Each ministry can have: - its own category - its own chat thread - its own lesson series - its own leader

New comment 19d ago

Todd Thornton

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@Carlos Ramos I'm guessing @Billy Punt may already have a guide you can use, but here are a few of my suggestions. First, create your group on Skool and play around with it for a couple of days to familiarize yourself, add logos, instructions, etc. Then generate a QR code with the invite link in your community so it's easy to share. But before you start promoting it in your church using the QR code, do this first: create something in the course section that your members would find genuinely valuable. Maybe it's something you've talked about doing but never got around to. Maybe it's early access to sermon notes, a devotional series, prayer request thread, etc. Whatever it is, give people a compelling reason to add a new app to their phones. Without that, signups might be slow. Lastly, encourage members to connect with each other on Skool so they can send private messages to each. A lot of people are tired of the negativity on Facebook, so the ability to connect and collaborate inside a dedicated church community could be really appealing. Hope that gives you a few starting strategies.

Todd Thornton

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@Carlos Ramos if you're asking about growing a Skool group, I'd recommend joining a few existing communities and seeing how others have approached their growth. @Louis Moore III shared some helpful insights recently about the steps he took to scale super quickly, so that could be a good starting point. If you're asking about starting a church, that's a bigger conversation. It usually begins with gathering a small group of committed people who meet regularly and work on the vision together. Home churches have been gaining traction lately, so you might start with two to five people worshiping in someone's home and let things grow organically from there while you plan for the future.

Todd Thornton

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Question About Skool Categories

My focus is teaching people how to use AI in biblical and church contexts. Skool placed me in Tech, which makes sense given the subject matter, but my audience is really church leaders and ministry teams. I think that probably falls under Spirituality in Skool's structure. For those with more experience on the Skool platform, does the category make a real difference? I can request a change, but wanted to get some input first.

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Todd Thornton

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Thanks to @Billy Punt and @Louis Moore III and everyone who gave me feedback. I requested a category change this Sunday morning and less than 4 hours later it was switched to Spirituality. My previous ranking in "Tech" was 1,547 and I'm now 796 in Spirituality. I thought posting this might give everyone some insight into the different categories and rankings. To be clear, for me it's not about the numbers or the ranking. It's about the people you're ultimately reaching. The metrics are simply one way to show that you're being successful at your God-given mission.

Todd Thornton

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@Louis Moore III Glad you joined our group and congrats on the meteoric growth of your own community.

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Todd Thornton

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Hey everyone, I'm from Bowling Green, Kentucky. What I do is a little different. I help people in ministry learn how to use AI well, and I just launched a Skool community called AI Divine Creativity. Excited to get to know you all. P.S. I'm currently on a journey to visit 52 churches in 52 weeks, exploring what's working in churches today. It's been eye-opening.

Todd Thornton

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@Billy Punt So far mostly in Kentucky, but I go where I'm led. The farthest away so far was 4 1/2 hours to attend a revival where a 175-person church was drawing up to 1,000 people a night for 32 nights. Another example was seeing a 6-year-old boy on stage for the first time (filling in for his dad due to a throat issue) bring the house down with his singing and guitar playing. I'm not looking for anything in particular. I try to keep an open mind going and I don't even look at social media before I visit. I believe my mission is to find interesting things to help other churches that are struggling. This really has nothing to do with AI with the exception I can write a prompt to help churches implement any of the ideas they like.