Church Manager JP
Built for foreign churches in Japan

Run your church.
And earn legal recognition.

From day-to-day church life to official recognition in Japan.

Members, attendance and finances in your language — and just by using it daily, your legal-recognition dossier builds itself over the years the process requires.

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Recognition progress Active
Year 2 of 3 · pre-consultation
Member roster Ready
Financial records Ready
Activity history Accumulating
Asset inventory Ready
Estimated from your process. The dossier builds from daily use.
In your language — Portuguese · English · Japanese From daily life to legal recognition, without relying on Japanese Sensitive data protected under Japan’s privacy law (APPI)
The problem

What stands between your church and recognition: organization and language

01

Scattered records

Members, attendance and finances spread across spreadsheets — without the organization a recognition application demands.

02

The language barrier

The process is legal and entirely in Japanese — hard to understand and navigate for foreign leadership.

03

A legal process in the dark

Requirements, deadlines and the required format are opaque — and no one explains where to start.

Why legal recognition

What changes when your church becomes a religious corporation

Tax-exempt offerings

Tithes, offerings and donations become tax-exempt religious activity, under clear rules.

Assets in the church’s name

Property, bank accounts and contracts no longer depend on the leader’s personal name.

Recognized as an institution

City hall, banks and landlords treat the church as an established institution.

Beyond the current pastor

The church exists legally beyond its current leader — and survives leadership transitions.

How it works

Three steps, and the multi-year process stops being scary

1

Use it daily

Register members, check in by QR and record tithes and offerings — just like you already do, only organized.

2

The dossier builds itself

Member roster, financial records and activity history accumulate automatically, ready for the official request.

3

You hand off to the specialist

When the dossier is ready, you download it and forward it to the licensed specialist of your choice for filing — a partner will be available soon. We’re a tool, not a law firm.

What you've already accomplished
Each cell is one month of records. You just need to keep using the system on Sundays.
~3 years of provable activity is what the authorities require
Why Church Manager JP

One tool that runs the church and opens the legal path

In your language

Full management of members, attendance and finances in Portuguese, English and Japanese — built for foreign churches.

A path to recognition

Daily use becomes the official dossier automatically — no rework at the end of the process.

Trust and compliance

Religious belief is sensitive personal data: we handle it under Japan’s data-protection law, with consent and encryption.

Free guide

How to make your church an official religious corporation in Japan

The roughly 3-year process, the requirements and the common reasons for refusal — in plain language. The guide you can’t find in your language.

“At last, running the church and the path to recognition became one thing.”

— Pr. [Name], church in Aichi · pilot

Built by someone who leads a church in Japan — not a distant vendor.

Data protection Encrypted data Hand-off to a licensed pro
Pricing

Start free. Grow at your pace.

From your first record to legal recognition and multi-church ministry.

Seed

Small church starting out

Free

  • Members and family
  • QR attendance
  • Multilingual
Start free
Most popular

Core

Established church

¥2,980+ /mo

  • Everything in Seed
  • Finances and reports
  • Site and letters
Subscribe

Recognition

In the formalization process

¥9,800 /mo

  • Statute assistant
  • Dossier builder
  • Deadlines and dossier to forward
Subscribe

Multi-church

Ministry with several churches

Custom

  • Consolidated dashboard
  • Financial consolidation
  • View of all churches
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Frequently asked

What churches ask

Is my data safe?

Yes. We treat religious affiliation as sensitive personal data, under Japan’s data-protection law, with recorded consent and encryption at rest.

Do I need to code or read Japanese?

No. The interface is in your language and built for volunteers. Official documents are generated in Japanese automatically, with the translation shown alongside.

Do you do the paperwork for me?

The system builds your dossier from your own data; you forward it to the licensed specialist of your choice for the official filing (a partner will be available soon). We’re a tool, not a law firm.

How long does recognition take?

The process requires around 3 years of provable activity before the authorities. Church Manager JP accumulates that proof from day one, so the dossier is ready when you are.

Start building your path today

Run your church better tomorrow. Earn legal recognition over the coming years.

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