Spend less time managing administration. Spend more time serving people. Open Path helps churches reduce repetitive operational work with practical playbooks, guided workflows, and proven best practices.
20 questions · 10 minutes · Free. Get your Church Operations Health Score and a personalized roadmap.
Not more software to learn. Practical systems that make ministry easier — so the important things stop falling through the cracks.
Every church begins somewhere. Open Path helps you move up one level at a time — with a clear, measurable path from reactive to healthy.
Answer 20 questions and receive an immediate report: your Operations Health Score across six areas, a benchmark against churches your size, and a recommended roadmap.
Each playbook configures itself around your church — no consulting, no custom development. Answer a few questions and you're ready.
"Never lose track of another first-time guest."
Capture, welcome, and follow up with every first-time visitor on a consistent path — automatically.
"Fill roles without burning out faithful people."
Build healthier volunteer systems with standardized onboarding and balanced scheduling.
"Turn one sermon into a week of communication."
A repeatable system that keeps your church consistently communicating without the weekly scramble.
"Keep every care request moving to the right people."
Make sure no prayer request or pastoral need is ever quietly lost again.
"Coordinate people, rooms and communication in one place."
Run events from one workflow instead of a dozen threads, spreadsheets and last-minute reminders.
Every playbook is built on the same engine — so the library grows without adding complexity for your team.
Open Path is a nonprofit mission before it is a product. Every decision protects the people and ministries we exist to support.
A registered nonprofit focused on healthier church operations — not shareholder returns.
We never sell your data. Your church's information is used only to serve your church.
Our workflows assist ministry leaders — they never replace human judgment or care.
Every playbook is grounded in real operational best practices, not passing technology trends.
Short, practical lessons — 10 to 15 minutes each. No fluff, no jargon. Every lesson answers one operational problem and points to the playbook that solves it.
Annual benchmarks that help churches understand how healthy their operations really are. As thousands of churches participate, it becomes the definitive picture of church operations.
Thousands of churches serve their communities with limited staff, limited budgets, and overwhelming administrative demands. Your support provides free tools, assessments, and education to churches that could not otherwise afford them.
Helping leaders identify their operational challenges.
Free education for pastors and ministry leaders.
Developing practical operational tools for churches.
Free or subsidized access for qualifying churches.
Start free. Add playbooks as your operations grow. No enterprise contracts, no custom quotes.
Every plan starts with the free assessment. Find your starting point →
Whether you're a church leader, donor, volunteer, or ministry partner, you can help churches spend less time on administration and more time serving people.