Church Directory
Trellis Directory is a simple, private church directory built by people who sit in the same pews, serve in the same ministries, and got tired of tools that made administration harder than it needed to be.
What We Believe
A church directory has one job: help people find each other so they can show up for one another. It should not track giving, score engagement, or tell a pastor how connected someone is. If a leader wants to know how someone is doing, they can ask. Trellis Directory does not replace that. It just makes it easier to find the phone number.
Why Trellis
Every member controls what they share. Nothing is visible until they choose to make it visible. Your congregation trusts you with their information. This is how you honor that.
There is no engagement dashboard. No donor analytics. No visitor pipeline. A church is not a sales funnel and we are not going to build tools that treat it like one.
One price based on church size. Your congregation growing is not a billing event.
Every person who built Trellis Directory is a long-time member of a church. This came from real ministry, in a real church, with real frustrations.
Features
Searchable profiles with photos, contact information, and family connections. Fast on any device. Find anyone in seconds.
Each member decides what to share. Email, phone, birthday, and address are each individually controlled, all private by default.
Households stay connected so a family can be found and reached as a whole.
Children are hidden from directory members by default. Safety is the starting point, not a setting.
Full export at any time. No lock-in. No extraction fees. If you ever leave, we help you leave cleanly.
We help you get started. Every church receives onboarding support to make sure Trellis Directory is set up correctly and your team feels confident using it from day one.
Trellis Directory is a progressive web app. It loads fast, works on any phone, and installs directly to your home screen without an app store. Works on iPhone and Android.
Your name, your colors, your logo. It looks like your church, not ours.
Members update their own contact information and photos. Admin approval for sensitive changes keeps your data clean without creating bottlenecks for simple updates.
By Design
Trellis Directory is intentionally simple. We focus on helping people find, reach, and know one another. Ministry happens in real life, between real people. Trellis Directory exists to support that, not replace it.
Our Story
Trellis Directory was built by a team made up of church community members and leaders. We have experienced the same challenges, used the same tools, and felt the same gaps. So we built something simpler.
This is not software designed from a distance. It comes from real ministry, in real churches.
The Name
A trellis supports what grows. It provides structure without getting in the way. It holds things up so they can take shape and flourish.
"I am the vine; you are the branches." John 15:5
Trellis Directory exists to support the relational life of the church.