Church Admin Plugin

Documentation

These tutorials are organised by module, matching the Church Admin admin menu. Each module section lists every available screen, with links to tutorials where they exist. If a page isn’t linked yet, it’s on the way.

New to Church Admin? Start with Installing Church Admin and the Quick Start for Premium.

Getting Started

Acts

The Acts module helps individuals in your church set intentional goals for getting to know people and sharing their faith — small, courageous steps that add up to a culture of outreach.

Chat

An internal messaging channel for ministry teams, so staff and volunteers can communicate without leaving the dashboard. It also keeps everyones phone numbers private (unlike WhatsApp)

People

The People directory is the heart of Church Admin — your congregation CRM. Every other module connects back to a person record.

Automations

Set up automated actions triggered by dates, form submissions, or changes in a person’s record — saving repetitive admin work.

Key Dates

Birthdays and wedding anniversaries, with automated celebration emails sent directly to individuals or to everyone

Contact Form

A configurable contact form for your website that routes enquiries to the right staff member and optionally creates a record in your directory.

Giving

Track donations, manage Gift Aid, issue receipts, and connect to a payment gateway for online giving.

Child Protection

A secure log for recording and reviewing safeguarding incidents, accessible only to those with the appropriate role.

Children’s Work

Age-related groups for children’s ministry, including check-in sheets, safeguarding records, and automatic allocation by date of birth.

Classes

Manage courses and discipleship groups with defined start and end dates, enrolment lists, and session tracking. Ideal for Alpha, confirmation classes, or any time-limited course.

Events

One-off or recurring events with optional ticketing, capacity limits, and public-facing booking forms.

Attendance

Record and analyse service attendance numbers, track individual attendance history, and identify people who have been absent for a while.

Follow Up

Funnels for managing the journey of newcomers and contacts — assigning tasks to team members and tracking progress through each stage.

Units

Organise people into named units such as congregations, campuses, or departments — particularly useful for multi-site churches.

Spiritual Gifts

Record which spiritual gifts individuals have identified or been assessed for, and view a congregation-wide gifts summary.

Small Groups

Manage home groups, cell groups, and any other ongoing gatherings — with maps, oversight structures, metrics, and member rosters.

Sites & Services

Define your church’s physical locations and the service types that run at each — the foundation for attendance tracking, scheduling, and prebooking.

Communications

Bulk email, SMS via Twilio, and push notifications for premium users — all from within Church Admin.

Bulk Email

Bulk SMS

Push Messages

Schedule (Rota)

Build and manage your volunteer schedule, handle non-availability, auto-populate slots, and send reminders by email or SMS.

Calendar

A full church calendar with categories, recurring events, iCal import and export, and a public-facing month or list view.

Facilities

Manage bookable rooms and spaces, handling internal requests from staff as well as external hire enquiries.

Ministries

Create ministry teams, manage membership, track volunteer involvement, and display ministry information on your website.

Media & Sermons

Upload and manage sermon audio, video links, and documents. Organise by series, set up a podcast feed, and display sermons on your website.

App

Configure and manage the Church Admin companion app — menus, branding, push notifications, Bible version, and churchwide prayer.

Sessions

Track attendance at individual class or group sessions, with sign-in sheets and per-session notes.

Inventory

Track physical assets owned by the church — equipment, furniture, and consumables — with condition, location, and value records.

Pastoral

Log and review pastoral visits, set reminders for follow-up care, and keep confidential notes linked to individual people records.

Prayer Requests

Collect, moderate, and display prayer requests from your congregation, with options for private requests visible only to the pastoral team.

Settings

Global configuration for the plugin — modules, filters, roles, permissions, email settings, structured data, and diagnostic tools.