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Use Case

One church, multiple campuses, one platform

Managing a multi-campus church means balancing unity with autonomy. Kinship gives you a single shared database with campus-level control — so each location operates efficiently while leadership sees the full picture.

When your campuses run on separate databases, you get duplicate records, conflicting data, and a senior pastor who has no idea what is actually happening across the church.

Unified and flexible

Every campus connected, every location independent

All Campuses
342
Downtown
218
North
156
West
J
Johnson Family
Downtown
W
Williams, Mark
North
D
Davis Family
West

Per-campus member assignment with a shared database

Every member has a primary campus. Campus staff manage their own people while central leadership sees everything. Transfers preserve full history.

  • One shared database — no duplicates
  • Campus staff see their campus
  • One-click campus transfers
  • Full history travels with members

Campus-aware everywhere

Built for multi-site from the ground up

Primary campus

Every member has a home campus that determines their default view for events, groups, and serving opportunities.

Cross-campus visibility

Central staff see all members. Campus staff see their campus. Permissions ensure the right people see the right data.

Seamless transfers

Moving a member between campuses preserves their full history — attendance, giving, group membership, everything.

Campus calendars

Each campus maintains its own event calendar. Staff see their campus by default with the option to view all.

Location management

Define rooms, buildings, and spaces per campus. Events are tied to specific locations for clear logistics.

Church-wide events

Mark events as church-wide to publish them across all campuses — registrations roll up to a single event.

Campus segments

Filter your audience by campus, then layer on additional criteria like membership status or giving history.

Campus-scoped check-in

Check-in stations at each campus show only that campus's events and rooms. No confusion across locations.

Per-campus sends

Campus staff can send communications to their own members without affecting or being visible to other campuses.

Your executive pastor pulls up the giving dashboard on Monday morning. She sees that the downtown campus had a strong weekend — giving was up 12% month-over-month. The west campus, however, has been trending down for three weeks. She flags it for the campus pastor before the next staff meeting. That kind of visibility prevents small problems from becoming big ones.

One platform for every campus

Shared database. Campus-level control. Church-wide visibility. Start free — no credit card, no annual contract.