Answers when your team cannot
Zio answers during services, meetings, busy office days, and after hours, so callers don't end up at voicemail or a line that goes nowhere.
AI Receptionist for Churches
Your church is always there for people. Now your phone can be too.
AI Receptionist & After-Hours Answering for Churches
Zio Voice is an AI receptionist for churches that answers calls, handles everyday questions, takes detailed messages, and connects callers with the right people. A church phone answering service and virtual receptionist for churches, with dependable after-hours church answering service for busy service days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Evenings, weekends, services, and holidays, when you forward the calls.
No credit card required.
Church Office
Grace Harbor Church
We email you a link. The sample call stays open.
Benefits
Keep the office reachable without pulling your people away from what they are doing.
Knows your church
No generic script. Zio answers from your service times, ministries, events, staff, directions, policies, and FAQs.
Captures what your team needs
It takes the caller's name, number, reason for calling, and a detailed message, including prayer requests, and sends it to the right person.
Your rules, your people
Some conversations need a person. You decide which calls should transfer to staff, take a detailed message, or get the right contact information.
How it works
Tell Zio about your church. Keep your number. It answers the calls you miss.
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Tell Zio about your church, including service times, ministries, staff, events, location, and FAQs, from your website and knowledge base.
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Choose how calls are handled: the greeting and voice, message-taking rules, staff contacts, and which calls should be routed to a person.
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Keep your existing church phone number and forward calls to Zio when you want coverage. Callers get answers, leave detailed messages, or are routed according to your rules.
Pricing
Special Plans for Churches
Churches are eligible for special Zio Voice pricing. Start with a free 14-day trial and see how this church phone answering service works with your congregation and staff.
Special church pricing
14-day free trial$99/mo
Includes 400 minutes.
Answers missed, overflow, and after-hours calls
Answers from your service times, ministries, events, and FAQs
Collects messages, prayer requests, and visitor details
Sends your team a clear summary by text or email
Can transfer calls to staff when configured
Your choice of greeting, voice, and routing rules
14-day free trial, no credit card required
Cancel anytime
FAQ
Answers before your first call comes in.
Practical details for church offices and ministry staff who want dependable phone coverage without changing how the church runs.
Can Zio use our existing church phone number?
Yes. Keep your existing church number and use call forwarding to send appropriate calls to Zio. Your congregation keeps calling the number they already know.
Can Zio answer questions about our church?
Yes. Zio can use information about your church, such as service times, ministries, events, staff, directions, policies, and frequently asked questions, so callers get accurate answers.
Can callers leave messages for specific staff members?
Yes. Zio can collect the caller's information and message and route or notify the appropriate person based on the church's configuration.
Can Zio transfer calls to a real person?
Yes. Churches can configure call-transfer and escalation rules for the calls that should reach a person. Some conversations, including sensitive pastoral matters, belong with your team.
Can Zio take prayer requests?
Yes. Zio can collect a prayer request and pass it along according to the church's configured workflow. It is not a substitute for pastoral or crisis counseling.
What happens after the 14-day trial?
At the end of the trial, churches can contact Zio Voice to continue service on a special church plan. There is no automatic billing because no credit card is required to start.
Is there a contract?
You can cancel at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, as stated in our terms of service.
Does Zio replace our church staff?
No. Zio handles routine phone calls, answers common questions, and takes detailed messages so your staff and volunteers have more time to focus on ministry and people.
Be there when someone calls.
Give visitors, members, and your community a helpful answer even when no one is available to pick up the phone.