Mission Trips
This section houses everything you need to know about mission trips in MinistryPlatform, including where and how to manage them, which widgets to use, donations, scholarships, reporting, and more.
In the Platform
- Mission Trips – A filtered page of the Pledge Campaigns page that only displays campaigns with a type of Mission Trip. This way, people can access this page without having access to all pledge campaigns.
- Mission Trip Pledges – A filtered page of the Pledges page that only displays pledges for campaigns with a type of Mission Trip. This way, people can access this page without having access to all pledges.
- Mission Distributions – A filtered page of the Donation Distributions page that only displays donation distributions with a pledge assigned for a campaign with a type of Mission Trip. This way, people can access this page without having access to all donation distributions.
From these Missions Trip pages, you can see the Pledge Campaign (mission trip) details, the Pledges (trip participants fundraising) for that campaign, and the progress towards their Pledge (fundraising) goal.
Access to Mission Trip Information
There may be time where a staff member needs to view the progress of mission trip participants but they aren't participating in the trip. You can set those staff members as Trip Leaders by creating a pledge, setting their pledge to $0 and Complete, then mark them as the leader. That way, they can log in with their user information and see the overall progress and details for the trip.
You may need to allow specific Platform users to view mission trip balances without giving them access to Contributions. To do this, you can either create a security role that grants rights to the mission trip reports on the Events page, or create a filtered page for those specific people to access pledge campaigns or pledges of the mission trip type.
Mission Trip Widgets
- Use the Mission Trip Application Widget to apply for a Mission Trip and pledge to raise a required amount.
- Use the My Mission Trips Widget to view and manage the Mission Trips you're associated with.
Setup
In MinistryPlatform, a mission trip is a type of Pledge Campaign and Event. Individuals who are going on the trip commit ("pledge") to raise money for the trip ("campaign"). The trip itself is an event that displays on the calendar with the dates of departure and return.
See Set Up a Mission Trip for steps.