Find your parish, wherever life took you
Search by name or city, or open the map to see the parishes near you. Follow your own, and the one where you were baptized.
ቤተ ክርስቲያንዎ በእጅዎ
Your church, in your hand.
Emnet is where your parish posts its news and service times, where the prayers and the day’s readings wait on the Ethiopian calendar, and where your Asrat reaches the church with no stop in between.
Today is Meskerem 25, 2019
መስከረም ፳፭ ቀን ፳፻፲፱ ዓ.ም.
The app
What a member gets
Free, in English, Amharic, Tigrinya and Afaan Oromoo.
Hear from the parish itself
Announcements, sermons, events and service times come straight from the parish office, not as a photo of a flyer forwarded for the fourth time.
Keep the hours of prayer
Wudase Mariam, the Psalms of David, the daily prayer and the day’s reading. They live inside the app, so they open on the train with no signal.
Three steps
- Get the app Free on iOS and Android.
- Find your church Search, or look on the map.
- Follow it Its news comes to you from then on.
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For the priest, the council and the treasurer
Post once. Reach every phone.
The parish office runs Emnet from a phone or from the web portal. Nobody needs to be the computer person.
- News and events
- Write the announcement on Saturday night. It is on every member’s phone before Kidase on Sunday.
- Giving you can account for
- Funds, campaigns, pledges, refunds and payouts, with reports the council can read and the treasurer can export.
- Your members, in one list
- A directory with the fields your parish actually uses, CSV import, and dues tracking.
- The right keys for the right people
- The treasurer sees the money, the media team sees the posts, and the Sunday school sees its own group.
We set up every parish account ourselves and walk the office through it. There is no self sign-up.
Giving
Where your gift goes
To the parish. Each church has its own Stripe account, and every gift settles there. Emnet never holds a church’s money.
Give your way
One time, weekly or monthly, to the fund your church has opened: building, youth, the poor. Make a pledge and follow it through the year.
See what it built
Campaigns post their progress. Follow along, comment, and answer with an Amen.
One gift, in plain terms
- Goes to
- Your parish’s own account
- Emnet’s share
- 3% platform fee
- Card processing
- Stripe’s standard rate
- Subscription for the church
- None
- Receipt
- Every gift, by email
- Year-end statement (U.S.)
- Ready for your taxes
Payments are processed by Stripe. Local payment options for Ethiopia are on our roadmap.
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Emnet means faith. It also means trust.
We try to deserve both. Your gift goes to your church and nowhere else. Your parish’s records belong to your parish. The prayers are the Church’s own words, not ours.
An old Church, spread far
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world. “Tewahedo” (ተዋሕዶ) is Ge’ez for “made one.” Today its faithful gather in parishes from Addis Ababa to Washington, London and Sydney.
Questions people ask us
Is Emnet free?
Yes. The app is free for members. Churches pay no subscription or setup fee; a small platform fee on each gift (3% by default), plus standard card processing, sustains the platform.
Where does my gift actually go?
Directly to your church. Each church onboards to its own Stripe merchant account, and your gift settles there. Emnet never holds your church’s money.
Which languages does Emnet speak?
English, Amharic (አማርኛ), Tigrinya (ትግርኛ), and Afaan Oromoo. Dates can follow the Ethiopian calendar, with Ge’ez numerals.
Is Emnet only for Ethiopian Orthodox churches?
Yes. Emnet is made for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo parishes and their faithful: the Ethiopian calendar, the feasts and fasts, the prayers, and the languages of the Church.
How does my church join?
Write to us at [email protected]. The Emnet team verifies and creates each church account, then walks your parish office through the portal and payment onboarding.
Is my data safe?
Data is encrypted in transit, every church’s records are kept apart from every other church’s, and you can export your data or delete your account from inside the app at any time.
When do the apps launch?
The iOS and Android apps are in final preparation. The download links on this page go live the moment the stores approve them.
To the priest, the parish council and the treasurer
If you would like Emnet for your parish, write to us with the parish’s name and city and who looks after its money. We will set up the account, walk your office through the portal, and connect giving to the parish’s own bank account. There is no subscription and no setup fee.
The EmnetBridge team