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Glossary

A little clarity for every church term.

19terms, explained

A

Access Control

The staff area for managing roles and the actions each role can perform.

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Archived member

A person moved out of the active member list rather than deleted; staff can restore the record.

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Attendance

The record of who attended a service or event.

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Audit log

A history of recorded changes or actions, where available on a record.

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C

Check-in

Recording a child’s arrival for a class or session. Check-out records their departure and pickup.

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Church profile

Church details managed from the dashboard, including its time zone.

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D

Daily Devotional

The church’s devotional reading for a date and audience.

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Department or group

A church team or group with its own members and activities.

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F

Family Group ID

The value used in the member-import spreadsheet to group people from the same household.

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First timer

A visitor whose details and follow-up are managed separately from the member list.

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G

Giving category

The type of gift, such as tithe, offering or building fund.

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M

Message template

Saved message content that staff can reuse when composing a message.

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O

Order of service

The running order of activities, times and assigned people for a service.

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R

Recurring service

A service scheduled to repeat; an occurrence is one individual date in the series.

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Resource Library

Church resources such as reading or uploaded materials, with visibility set by staff.

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Role

A set of permissions determining which staff pages and actions a person can access.

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S

Scheduled task

A serving assignment for a date that the assigned member can accept or decline.

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Service Planner

The staff view for planning services, assignments and their response statuses.

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T

Tax receipt

A giving receipt available for a tax year once generated by the church.

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