Church Directory
A privacy-first member directory for churches. No overhead. No platforms built to sell.
Our Conviction
Church software has drifted. The industry is full of tools built on CRM frameworks, donor pipelines, engagement scoring, and attendance tracking. These systems were designed for businesses, then reskinned for churches. They work, but they work by reducing people to data points.
Trellis is built on a different foundation. We believe a church directory should help ministry leaders know and serve their people well. Not to measure, score, or funnel them. Every feature in Trellis exists to strengthen real connection within the church community.
Why Trellis
Member profiles are private by default. Individuals choose what to share and with whom. Directory visibility is opt-in. There is no public-facing data and no exposure to scraping.
No per-member pricing, no consumption fees. Pricing is simple, transparent, and published. Trellis is a directory platform that lets your church grow without charging more.
No donor analytics dashboards. No engagement scoring. No systems that reduce people to data points. Every feature exists to help ministry leaders know and serve their people well.
Features
Searchable profiles with photos, contact info, and families. Clean, fast, and mobile-friendly.
Every member decides what to share. Defaults to hidden. No opt-out required.
Households linked together. Children connected to parents. Minors always hidden from non-admin members.
Every feature is built with minors in mind. Children are hidden by default. Check-in uses family security codes. Records are immutable.
Full export any time. Clean data structures. No lock-in, no extraction fees. If you leave, we help you leave cleanly.
Hands-on data migration and setup support. We come alongside your team because serving churches well is the whole point.
Install it on your phone like an app. No App Store needed. Works on iPhone and Android.
Your church name, your colors, your logo. Every instance looks and feels like your own tool.
Members update their own info and photos. Admin approval for sensitive changes.
By Design
No donor scoring. No engagement dashboards. No automated visitor funnels. No features that treat your congregation as a conversion funnel.
Trellis will not build messaging, feeds, forums, or reactions. Those features remove the human element of ministry rather than supporting it. We help your church connect in real life, not on another screen.
Our Story
Trellis Directory was not built by a software company studying churches from the outside. It was built by people who sit in the same rooms, serve in the same ministries, and work through the same limitations of tools that cost too much and do too little.
We serve as elders, ministry leaders, volunteers, and stewards. The founders of Oak Street Solutions are long-time members of The Village Church Denton. We see the pain points firsthand. We are not building from a product roadmap. We are building from the pew.
The Name
A trellis supports what grows. It provides the structure that allows something living to take shape and flourish. It does not replace what grows. It does not compete with it. It holds it up.
"I am the vine; you are the branches." John 15:5
Trellis Directory exists to support the relational work of the church. The structure, so the ministry can flourish.
