PocketPlatform Group Management
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Your church members use PocketPlatform to sign up for Events, engage in serving Opportunities, and take Sermon Notes. With PocketPlatform’s Group Management tools, your Group Leaders and Group Members can use PocketPlatform to engage foster community, communicate with the group, and dive deeper in their spiritual journey.
Group Member Features
Group Leader Features
Setting up Groups
Setting up your Groups is essentially the same as configuring groups for use in the Think Ministry Portal. Once your Group is configured in MinistryPlatform, you can set the Available On App to Yes for it to be available in your App.
For more information on setting up Group Curriculum, reference the Group Curriculum KB article.
Configuring Group Management
To provide churches with more control over the tools available to Group Leaders, the latest version of the API includes three configuration settings. These settings are controlled behind the scenes, so please submit a ticket to the help desk if you’d like to request any modifications.
- Edit Contact Info: When enabled, this allows Group Leaders to edit a member’s contact information (e.g. nickname, email address, phone number). It also enables Group Leaders to upload a photo for a member. This is disabled by default. Note: Changes here are reflected in the member’s Contact record in MinistryPlatform.
- Inquiries Tab: When enabled, this allows Group Leaders to view group inquiries and convert the inquirer to a participant.
- Cancel Meetings: When enabled, this allows Group Leaders to cancel Group Meetings
Please note that, when enabled, these features are only available for users whose Group Role Type = Leader.