Invitations
You can invite congregants and others to use Realm.
For an Open church, a Realm invitation provides your congregants an email link they can use to create a login. For an Invite Only or Sign Up Requests church, however, it's a requirement for creating a login.
By default, Realm is set to an Invite Only model, which means you must send emails that contain a link to your site, inviting each person to sign in. You can, however, change Realm to a Sign Up Requests or Open invitation model, allowing congregants to sign up on their own. We recommend the Open model be used for a limited time. See Using Realm Invitation Models - A Best Practices Guide.
- To send invitations to individuals, see Invite Users One-at-a-Time.
- To send invitations to group members, see Invite Group Members to Join Realm.
- To send invitations in mass or bulk, see our our instructions on creating a report, and use the results to send Realm invitations.
To see a list of invitees, click . To send reminder emails, select the check box next to one or more individuals, then select Send a Reminder in the drop-down list at the top of the page.
When do emails expire?
Some emails require a response from the recipient. Of those, some must be answered within in a set period of time; others are valid indefinitely. Here are some examples:
| Message | Expires |
|---|---|
| Invitation to congregants and leaders to sign up for Realm | 90 days from date sent |
| Invitation reminder | 90 days from date sent |
| Invitation for those with new user permissions to sign up | 24 hours |
| Invitations for converted accounts | 72 hours |
| Password reset | 24 hours |