Inviting Members
ChurchNET doesn't use invitation links or invite codes. Members are connected to your church by matching their email address or phone number against your directory.
Understanding that one fact prevents almost every "it won't let me in" conversation.
How it works
- You add the person to the Directory, including their email address and/or mobile number.
- They download the app and create an account.
- They sign up using that same email or phone number.
- ChurchNET matches them to your congregation automatically and their home screen appears.
No link to send, nothing to paste, no code to key in.
If someone signs up with an address you don't have on file, nothing connects them — the app has no way to know which church is theirs, and they'll land with no congregation.
Before you announce the app to everyone:
- Make sure directory records have a current email address or mobile number.
- Check the people most likely to differ: anyone using a work address, a couple sharing one email, a member who changed carriers or churches recently.
- Tell members plainly: sign up with the email address (or phone number) the church already has for you.
If someone gets stuck, the fix is almost always to correct their directory record to the address they actually used, not to have them try again.
Adding people
Open the Directory module and use + to add a member or a family. See Adding Members.
If you're bringing across an existing membership list, don't type it in twice — Data Import is free, and ChurchNET will do the work for you.
Getting the congregation on board
- Announce it on a Sunday, and say which email or phone number people should use.
- Put it in the bulletin or newsletter with both store links.
- Run a sign-up table after services. Ten minutes of someone standing beside a member with a phone is worth more than three weeks of reminders.
- Start with a group that will actually use it — the volunteers on a schedule, the parents of the youth group — rather than the whole roll at once.