{"id":9455,"date":"2026-05-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9455"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:20:08","password":"","slug":"overview-of-integrations","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/integrations\/overview-of-integrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of integrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>General integrations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/de.ccli.com\/\"><strong>CCLI\u00ae<\/strong><\/a> is an important interface between congregations and authors and publishers. Everyone involved should benefit &#8211; on the one hand, your congregations receive simple and affordable licenses &#8211; on the other hand, your license fees reach the Christian authors through a functioning and fair payment system. CCLI contributes to the growth and distribution of spiritual music by enabling the legal use of copyrighted songs. Authors are given a perspective and are encouraged to invest their talent in congregations.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>writing assistant<\/strong> is a text generator that can help your congregation to draft text content quickly and easily. It is available when editing group and event descriptions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also find integration options for sending <strong>text messages<\/strong>, synchronizing ChurchTools appointments with the<strong>&#8220;Evangelische Termine<\/strong>&#8221; event platform and a <strong>survey tool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">The <strong>ALPHA Bookstore integration<\/strong> was switched off on 11.05.2026. The reason for this is that ALPHA is no longer developing this integration. From this date, the <em>Bookstore<\/em> tile will no longer be displayed in the Discover tab of the app. In addition, the <em>ALPHA Bookstore<\/em> integration has disappeared from the System settings.   <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E-mail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want to use a <strong>newsletter<\/strong> for your congregation to which people can subscribe and withdraw (from), for which elaborate designs are possible or for which you need extensive statistics? ChurchTools offers you options for sending mass messages to small groups etc. via special newsletter platforms with more functionality in this area. You can connect ChurchTools to your newsletter platform so that you don&#8217;t have to maintain the addresses twice.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">API<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All functions that are available in ChurchTools can also be used via the <strong>API<\/strong>. We offer you over 800 API endpoints with which you as a software developer can program additional functions according to your individual needs. Use of the API is free of charge.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/e-mail-en\/newsletter-integration\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7411\">Newsletter integration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/api\/overview-api\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7251\">Overview API<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General integrations CCLI\u00ae is an important interface between congregations and authors and publishers. 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