Groups Module Overview

Within each congregation, you can find a wide variety of groups, including Bible studies, clubs, teams, committees, small groups, and more. Church Social helps groups stay organized and communicate efficiently online.

Easily find and browse groups in your congregation, from Bible studies to committees.
Communicate directly with group members through messages.
Keep everyone on track by creating and sharing group schedules.
Share important files within each group without cluttering email.

Group Settings

Each Church Social group can be customized to suit the needs of your congregation:

Name: Choose a name for your group. If the group isn’t private, this name will appear in the group directory for all members.

Administrators: Assign one or more administrators who can manage the group. For example, Bible Study leaders can control who belongs to the group and update settings as needed.

Access: Decide who can see and join the group:

Open: Visible to all members, and anyone can join.
Invite-Only: Visible to everyone, but only administrators can add members.
Private: The group name is visible, but the member list is hidden. Only administrators can add members.

Types of Groups

Church Social allows you to create several group types, each designed for a specific purpose:

Bible Studies

This group type is intended for Bible Studies in the congregation.

Access: Open, Invite-Only, Private

Clubs

This group type is intended for any types of clubs in the congregation.

Access: Open, Invite-Only, Private

Committees

This group type is intended for church committees. The group can share files in the files module and this way your congregation can see who is on the committee.

Access: Invite-Only, Private

Office-Bearer Groups

This is a special group type in Church Social. Members of these groups must be configured with either the Elder, Deacon or Pastor office-bearer role. Each group allows you to select which of these roles become members of the group. One benefit of this feature is that once the administrator updates a member to the Deacon role, this member is automatically part of the appropriate groups.

Small Groups

This group type is intended for the small groups that many congregations divide their members into. This group type allows all congregation members to see which who is part of their small group.

Access: Invite-Only

Ward, District or Shepherding Group

Many congregations allocate their congregation members to elder wards for oversight. This group allows you to set the name of your shepherding groups in the Group Settings Page and for the Church Social Administrator or Statistician to allocate congregation members and office-bearers to each group.