Groups
With Group Management tools in PocketPlatform, your Group Leaders and Group Members can engage, foster community, communicate, and dive deeper in their spiritual journey.
Note: In order for a group to show up in PocketPlatform, make sure you've set it up in the Platform.
Group Member Features
Any member of the Group will be able to access Group information and manage their own privacy.
- View Members: View Name, Photo, Email Address, Phone Number for other Group Members. Email and Phone links available for quickly contacting another group member.
- Contact Leader: Send an email directly to your Group Leader with a simple form within the app.
- Group Calendar: View a calendar of upcoming Group Meetings with date, time, and location.
- Manage Privacy: Manage the information you are comfortable sharing with including Email, Phone, Full Name or First Name only, and Photo.
- Group Communication: Communicate directly with your Group by chatting inside the app.
Group Leader Features
The Primary Contact of the Group and group members with a Group Role type of Leader will be able to access and update Group information. And because every church handles Groups differently, see Setting Up Your API below for customization.
- View Members: View Name, Photo, Email Address, Phone Number for other Group Members. Email and Phone links are actionable for quickly contacting another group member. If enabled, Leaders can also edit group member’s info, upload a photo, change the Group member’s role, or remove a member from the Group.
- Add a Group Member: Group Leaders can add new members to the Group quickly and easily.
- Contact Members and Leaders: Group Leaders can select one or more Group Members and Leaders and send an email to all of them using a single form.
- Manage Inquiries: When enabled, Group Leaders can view Inquiries for their Group, contact inquirers via email, and optionally add inquirers directly to their Group.
- Group Calendar: Group Leaders can manage their Group’s calendar of Group Meetings with feature for adding, editing or, when enabled, cancelling meetings.
- Take Attendance: Group Leaders can quickly and easily take attendance for a Group Meeting. Once a meeting is over, it no longer displays in PocketPlatform.
- Group Curriculum: Group Leaders can access Group Curriculum delivered through MinistryPlatform. Curriculum includes group leader instructions and links to videos, audio files, PDFs, scripture, et al.
- Manage Privacy: Manage the information you are comfortable sharing with including Email, Phone, Full Name or First Name only, and Photo.
- Group Communication: Communicate directly with your Group by chatting inside the app.