One question, every season. Every person, by name.
You choose the question. Your people get a text with a link, answer in their own words, and tap the season they're in. Every answer lands with a person at your church who knows their name.
Starts at $29 a month, by your typical Sunday attendance. The Church Activation Fund may be able to cover it if needed. See how it works
Reply STOP to opt out.
Choose your question. Or write your own.
Ten good questions, one recommended: What is God doing in your life right now?
Write your own and we review it before it goes out.
About a minute, on their phone.
No app and no account. A text, a link, their own words.
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9:415GCRCedar Ridge ChurchJOIN LISTEN CEDARRIDGENowCedar Ridge Church wants to know how you're really doing. One question, in your own words, whenever you're ready: projects.unseenchurch.com/uca/listen/t/cR4hW9pLx2
Reply STOP to opt out.1They text to join
Your church replies with a link to your question. Anyone can reply STOP.
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2They answer in their words
A sentence is plenty. Then one tap for their season.
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3A person reads it
Someone from your church who knows their name.
How they join. Your people text JOIN LISTEN plus your church's word to our toll-free number, or scan your church's QR code.
One tap for the season they're in.
The same four every time, under any question you ask, so you can see what moved from one season to the next.
- GrowingI want more
- Steadysame as it has been for a while
- Stretchedcarrying more than I can sustain
- In transitionsomething big is changing in my life
Tap Stretched and their card carries a rest flag. Your reader offers rest before any new ask.
Every answer lands on a person.
By name, in their words, with their season beside it. The reader you choose sees who is still waiting to hear back.
A person replies, and it's on the card.
A call, a prayer, a meal. Your reader writes one line, and the card shows who replied and when.
- StoryA testimony worth telling, marked by the person who read it.
- NeedSomething to carry, and later, whether it was met.
- Rest offeredFor the people who tapped Stretched.
The room on one page. Name-free for your elders.
Each quarter you get a read of the room: who answered, and the four seasons as counts. You see it by name. Your elders see the same read without names.
Stretched, surfaced early.
In this sample read of 200 people, 35 tapped Stretched and 24 were named before day 90, while it was still early. Readers marked 21 stories and 21 needs.
Your read points to the next step.
After your first read, we sit down with you over it. A room that is mostly Growing often means people ready for The Martha Project. A room that is mostly Stretched means care comes first. Your church decides.
Nothing moves on its own. Shown with sample data.
Start with one season.
Priced by your typical Sunday attendance: everyone you invite, not only those who respond.
- $29a monthattendance up to 500
- $49a monthattendance up to 1,000
- $99a monthattendance up to 2,500
More than 2,500 or more than one campus? Let's talk.
Monthly, in three-month seasons. Cancel anytime and your current season finishes out.
Partway through your season, we'll check in to see how it's going.
Can't carry the cost this season? The Church Activation Fund may be able to cover your first season if needed, based on your application and available funds. Ask on your call.
Book a call to get started →Not a church? If you lead a nonprofit, a school or another community, let's talk about the one question you'd ask your people. Start a conversation →
The questions pastors ask us.
Who reads the answers?
The reader you name. In a smaller church that is often you and an admin. In a larger one, name readers who already know the people: connections, group leaders, team leads. Unseen Church carries your question out and brings the answers back to you. We don't read, interpret or act on what your people share.
Who can see what?
Every answer has a name, because the point is a person being known. Your readers and pastors see names. Your elders get the name-free read. Answers stay with your church, are never shown to another church, and export by person to CSV for your own people system.
What if someone is in crisis?
The line is for the everyday, and every screen says so: if you are in crisis or need help right now, reach out to your church directly, or call or text 988 anytime. Unseen Church surfaces what people share to the people you name. We never monitor the line, and we are never the responder. Your church agrees its own care protocol before the line opens.
How often does the question go out?
Once a season. Each person gets the question again about 90 days after their last one, as a text with their own link. They answer through the link, and anyone can reply STOP at any time.
What if someone doesn't answer?
Nobody is chased. The read shows who has answered and who hasn't yet, so someone who knows them can decide whether a personal word would help.
Can people stop?
Yes. People join by texting your church's keyword, and anyone can reply STOP at any time.
Can I write my own question?
Yes, inside four shapes: how they're doing, what God is doing, what they need, or who has been there for them. We review it before it goes out. One boundary: questions about maturity, giving, attendance or belief ask people to score themselves, and people score themselves generously.
How is it priced?
Every project is priced by your typical Sunday attendance, the people you invite, not only those who respond. Projects are a one-time fee. The One Question is monthly, in three-month seasons. The Solomon Project is a one-time fee per cohort, by the leaders you plan to invite. For The One Question, that is $29 a month up to 500, $49 up to 1,000, or $99 up to 2,500. Each includes your question and its link, the season tap, a card for every person, the quarterly read and export. More than 2,500 or more than one campus? Let's talk.
What happens after the first season?
It keeps going. The One Question is monthly, with a three-month minimum: one season. It stays on until you cancel, and if you cancel, your current season finishes out. Partway through your first season, someone from our team checks in to see how it's going.
For larger and multi-campus churches
The One Question is built for churches of hundreds to thousands. Name readers who already know the people, so no one person carries the whole line. Every answer exports by person to CSV for your own people system, and your elders get the name-free read. More than 2,500 on a typical Sunday, or more than one campus? Let's talk about a plan for your size. If you add The Martha Project, its lists and reports filter by campus, a campus point person can be limited to their own campus, and results sync one way into Planning Center on a Martha Project tab, matched by phone, then name, then email.
How does it fit with The Martha Project?
The One Question listens: one question, one tap, a read of the room each season. The Martha Project goes deeper: three short days on each person's phone, a Capacity Profile for every person, then a 90-day Activation Season. Many churches start here, and Martha is open on its own too. See The Martha Project
Still have questions? That is what a call is for. You can also read the full FAQ.
Every person truly seen by their leaders and the church they call home.
Start with one question, asked in your own voice.
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