Groups is a place for your congregation to connect online. Access is scaled so the appropriate information goes into the group and allows members to interact safely.
Share these articles with people based on their roles in your church to help them get the most out of Groups:
Administrator |
Group Type Manager |
Group Leader |
Group Member |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Create new events and resources |
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
|
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
|||
✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
Table 1. Individual Group
Administrator |
Group Type Manager |
Group Leader |
Group Member |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
||
Delete events |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
||
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
||
Accept or reject membership requests |
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
CC* |
|
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
||
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
View contact information for leaders or members |
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
CC* |
View exact location of group and event |
✓ |
✓ |
CC* |
CC* |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
✓ |
✓ |
* |
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Manage personal contact information |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
CC |
Participate in group messages |
CC* |
CC* |
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Manage group tags |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Notice
Visitors are not considered group members until they are officially added as members.
Giving people access to Planning Center depends on their role at your church. Staff and background-checked leaders may have enough trust to access people's information, whether to edit or view, but people outside of that trusted circle should be given lower permissions.
This table outlines who can access people's contact information based on their permissions in another product.
Can edit |
Can view |
No access |
|
---|---|---|---|
Account Settings |
Organization administrators (in all products except Giving) |
Billing managers |
|
Calendar |
People editor |
People viewer |
Any Event, Room, or Resource permission |
Check-Ins |
Editor |
Viewer |
Headcounter |
Giving |
Administrator |
Bookkeeper |
Reviewer Counter |
Groups |
Administrator |
Group type manager Leader (everyone in their group) Member (everyone in their group who has made info visible) |
Members under the age of 13 |
People |
Manager Editor |
Viewer |
|
Publishing |
Administrators |
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Registrations |
Administrator Manager (only attendees in signup) |
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Services |
Administrator Editor (based on settings) Scheduler (based on settings) |
Viewer (based on settings) |
Scheduled viewer |
Organization administrators have access to specific parts of Planning Center that no other permission can access, so please familiarize yourself with them as early as possible.
Product |
Task |
---|---|
Groups |
Enable the Church Center for group engagement Change the Localization settings that all event times are based on |
Services |
Choose default permission settings Update default settings for the Lyrics & Chords editor |
To give someone administrator or group type manager access to Groups, go to their profile and select Permissions from the Actions dropdown.
Select the permission you want to assign and click Update permissions.
If you choose Group Type Manager, assign the group types that the person will manage.
Notice
You can also add group type managers from the group type settings.
Add members and leaders on the group's Member tab.
When a person is added, they'll receive an email that allows them to set their password and log in.
If you remove administrator or group type manager permissions, the person will retain leader or member access for any of their groups.
From the permissions popup, change the permission level to None and select Update permissions.
Removing a person's access will not notify them. When they try to log in, they will encounter an error page.