RenBusiness
A community directory for discovering and supporting Christian-owned businesses.
THE CHALLENGE
A community full of businesses, and no trusted place to find them.
A community is full of businesses worth supporting, but finding them runs on word of mouth and scattered recommendations. For a church community that wants to back its own, there was no single, trusted place to discover Christian-owned businesses and connect with them directly.
WORKING TOGETHER
Turning “support our own” into something people can use.
We built RenBusiness for Renaissance Church, who wanted to turn 'support our own' from a sentiment into something people could actually use. The church set the community standards and the membership model, and CTC built the directory around them: a public side for discovery, an owner side for managing a listing, and an admin side for keeping the directory trustworthy.
HOW IT WORKS
From application to listed, in three steps.
Apply to get listed
Submit a quick application with your business details. No account is needed to apply.
Get reviewed
The team reviews each application against community standards and verifies membership status.
Start connecting
Once approved, owners get the right next step by email: a free path for members, or account creation for everyone else.
FEATURES
What RenBusiness does.
- A public directory of verified, Christian-owned businesses
- Search and category browsing built for discovery
- An owner dashboard to manage a listing and its media
- Membership-aware onboarding with a free path for members
- An admin review workflow that keeps the directory trustworthy
- Email-driven next steps powered by a real delivery pipeline
THE OUTCOME
One trusted directory for the community.
RenBusiness is launching, with the first approved businesses going live in the directory. As listings grow, the Renaissance community gets one trusted place to find Christian-owned businesses, connect with them directly, and keep support inside the community.
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