For churches & small groups
Altar puts everyone in your church or group on the same daily reading through Advent, the new year and Lent, and gives each person a private place to keep their own prayers. There are no accounts to set up and nothing for you to manage.
2026–27
26 days toward Christmas: hope, peace, joy, love, and then the Nativity.
Free printable guide →Three weeks to begin the year with God: seeking him, asking him and trusting him. Fast if you choose, as your health allows.
From Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, through the wilderness, mercy, thirst, light and life, to the cross and the empty tomb.
How a group uses it
Everyone starts on the same day, so wherever they read, the whole group is on the same passage.
No sign-up, no email, no password. It works in English, Spanish and Portuguese, so a bilingual congregation reads the same passage, each in their own language.
Each day ends with one question. Bring it to your small group, your Sunday class or the group text.
Put the group's prayer requests in their own list, mark the days you pray for them, and mark them answered. Share an answered prayer as a card that shows only what you choose.
Each person's prayers and journal stay on their own phone. Nothing is posted to the group, there's no leader dashboard, and we never receive what anyone writes. People can be honest.
For leaders
If you lead a church, ministry or small group, email us and we'll send you a free code for Altar Premium, so you can walk through every journey before you recommend it.
Tell us a little about your church or group and we'll send you a free leader code.