Shared with you by your accounting team, who asked us to put this in front of their church clients.
For churches with no office staff, and churches with too much of it
Your church is already paying for a staff position you never hired.
The bulletin, the announcements, the guest follow-up, the volunteer texts. That work doesn't disappear when there's no one to do it. It moves into a pastor's evenings and a volunteer's lunch break. The bulletin isn't late because you don't care. It's late because nobody was ever hired to do it.
Fifteen questions, about four minutes, and it's free. It tells you how many hours a week your church is absorbing, what that looks like as a real staff position, and what it's worth.
What a typical report looks like
The number is already on your books.
Illustrative figures from a 120-attendance church; yours will differ. It's just being paid in volunteer burnout.
What Second Chair is
You don't prompt it. You hire it.
One assistant you name, plus the seats your church actually needs, working every week. It learns your church from your church: your sermons, your website, your bulletins. Nothing else. Your queue fills at 3am Monday; you approve it over coffee.
- It arrives empty. It knows nothing until you teach it, and it never invents. When it lacks something, it asks instead of guessing.
- Everything is cited. Each draft shows the sermon or page it came from.
- It wears your brand. Your logo, your colors, your name for it.
- Nothing sends without you. There is no send button. Drafts only.
Meet the staff, seat by seat →
What it costs
The hire you can't afford is $45,000 a year.
This starts at $299 a month.
Priced per seat, never per size. Your Chief of Staff plus your three biggest roles comes to $596 a month; a part-time administrative hire runs $1,500 to $2,500. Setup included. Six months to start, then month to month with thirty days' notice.
Questions
What pastors ask first.
What is Second Chair?
Second Chair is an office staff for churches with none, and churches with too much of it. One assistant you name learns your church from your own sermons and pages, then brings finished drafts back every Monday for you to approve.
Who is Second Chair for?
Churches with no office staff, and churches whose staff is buried in office work. If the bulletin and the volunteer texts are eating a pastor's evenings, it was built for you.
What work can Second Chair handle for my church?
Office work: the bulletin, the announcements, guest follow-up, and volunteer texts. You start with three seats and open more chairs when you need them. It never touches the pulpit or pastoral care.
How does Second Chair learn my church?
Only from your church. It arrives empty and knows nothing until you teach it with your sermons, your website, and your bulletins. When it lacks something, it asks instead of guessing, and every draft shows the source it came from.
What happens to my church's data?
Your church's material stays your church's, and you can export everything for free at any time. The full answer, dated and versioned, is on the Your data page.
How much does Second Chair cost?
$299 a month for the base, which is your Chief of Staff and the workspace. Each additional agent is $99 a month. Founding churches pay $79 per agent, locked for 36 months.
How is this different from hiring an admin?
A part-time administrative hire runs $1,500 to $2,500 a month. Your Chief of Staff plus your three biggest roles comes to $596 a month. Nothing sends without you: it writes drafts, and a person approves every one.
Where this is
Founding season. A private cohort begins January 2027.
Public launch follows that spring. Founding churches lock the lower rate and help shape what gets built. The Staffing Report is free and useful either way.
Take the free Staffing Report