We're constantly updating and enhancing ChurchSuite, often building directly upon customer feedback to guide our development. The following lists some changes that were made to ChurchSuite between 26th July - 7th November 2018.
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02-Nov-2018 Giving Subscriptions reportThe Subscriptions report in the Giving module no longer requires the user to be an Admin-level user in order to access it. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/468-restricting-user-access-to-certain-reports
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01-Nov-2018 'Add to tag' Giver Batch ActionThe 'Add to tag' action is now available in batch actions on the giver index. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/470-using-batch-actions-to-perform-bulk-updates-to-data
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25-Oct-2018 Deleted donation methodsOn reports in the Giving module we now show historical deleted donation methods in the"Method" filters. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/348-creating-custom-donation-methods-to-suit-your-churchs-donation-methods
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24-Oct-2018 New login systemWe've completely re-engineered our login process meaning users and congregation members can now log in using their email address or username, with users seeing a list of all their logins - ChurchSuite, Connect and My ChurchSuite so they can more easily select which part of the platform they wish to access. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/494-logging-in-to-churchsuite
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17-Oct-2018 New Children module smart tag - parent in tagWe've added a new Smart Tag condition to the Children module for "parent in tag", which returns a list of matching children whose linked parent(s) are in an Address Book tag. The matching considers both the child's primary linked parent and the linked partner/spouse of the child's primary parent. For example, this tag condition will help you identify a list of children who have a parent in your Members tag. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/37-smart-tags
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15-Oct-2018 Group page layoutWe've updated the page you see when you click through to view a small group within ChurchSuite so that the layout mirrors that of My ChurchSuite. The page is now separated into tabs, including separate tabs for Members, Attendance and the Map. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/63-adding-a-new-small-group
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13-Oct-2018 GoCardless recurring donation managementThrough the Giving module, a user is now able to edit a Direct Debit pledge that has been set up through GoCardless and amend the recurring donation amount on behalf of a church member. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/114-accepting-online-donations#subscriptions
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12-Oct-2018 Statements of donations for couple giversWhere a giver profile is set as a couple, the Statement of Donations now addresses the statement to both givers. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/222-produce-giving-statements-for-your-givers
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12-Oct-2018 Adding unlinked givers to your Address BookWe've made it easier to add unlinked givers to your Address Book (subject to your data protection policy provisions). Now, when viewing an unlinked giver's profile page, there a handy new "Add contact" option to make the process a single click, and the newly added contact is of course linked to their giver profile. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/233-adding-unlinked-givers-to-your-address-book
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12-Oct-2018 Communicating with Event Sign-UpsWe've added a 'Questions' filter to the options available when communicating with event sign-ups so it's easier to get in touch with those who have responded in a particular way to your events' questions. The 'Questions' filter is also available on the "Add to Tag/Key Date/Flow" modal, so you can bulk assign these based on a question response - ideal for tagging all the people who responded "Yes" to your "Can we add you to our mailing list?" event question. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/349-selective-communication-with-your-event-sign-ups
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12-Oct-2018 New bookings reportWe now have a "Date Added" report in the Bookings module reports section that details precisely when new Bookings have been added to your system and by whom. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/238-viewing-your-bookings-changelog
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08-Oct-2018 Declaration indicatorsWhen adding to a batch of donations in Giving, or creating one, we now show in the Gift Aid column whether or not the giver has an active declaration. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/244-managing-donation-batches
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02-Oct-2018 Status Filter on Group Members ReportWe've added a 'Status' filter to the Group Members report in the Small Groups module reports section, so that you can quickly view how many of your small groups members are pending or active. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/381-tracking-small-group-membership
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28-Sep-2018 Linking imported donations to giversWhen importing donations into ChurchSuite from a CSV file, we've simplified the process of linking a donation that hasn't been auto-matched based on bank reference. When you search for a link a giver to a donation, the reference from the CSV file will be automatically added to the giver. What was previously a two-step process is now completed in one! https://support.churchsuite.com/article/51-adding-or-importing-donations
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28-Sep-2018 Donation report summary informationTo both the Total Donations and Gift Aid Donations reports, we've added in some helpful summary statistics at the top of the page. The summary gives you insight into the total value of donations for each fund and method displayed in the report. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/115-setting-up-and-managing-funds-in-giving#report
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28-Sep-2018 Remove giver from claimSometimes you might create a Gift Aid claim but you're missing some address information which prevents you from submitting the claim. When this happens, ChurchSuite highlights the missing information on the claim page and now provides you with a simple button through which you an remove that giver and all of their donations from the claim. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/119-reclaiming-gift-aid
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26-Sep-2018 Multi-select Booking Planner filtersWe've made the booking type and resource filters on the Bookings Planner multi-select filters. You can now filter multiple booking types and/or resources in order to see just what you want in the Planner. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/121-adding-and-viewing-bookings#View
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24-Sep-2018 List view option for TagsWhen viewing a tag you now have the option to change the standard grid view to a new "List" view. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/33-communicate-with-groups-of-contacts-in-a-fixed-tag
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24-Sep-2018 Linked check-in attendanceWhen viewing the attendance data for a group in the Children module, we now provide handy links through to the other groups from the same check-in session, along with stats of overall children and team members checked in. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/327-child-attendance-reporting#groups
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05-Sep-2018 Photo/Video Consent - External PresentationIn response to feedback, the descriptor for Photo/Video Consent for "external presentation, e.g. website" been updated from "website" to "online" in order to future-proof the language and reflect the broader use of external presentation that churches use. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/173-managing-child-photo-video-consent
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23-Aug-2018 Missing data reportsWe now have missing data reports for small groups and rota ministries. The report for smallgroups makes it easy to find groups that don't belong to a cluster, or where they are missing data like location name. The ministry missing data report lets you find ministries with no overseers or with missing data like a confirmation email or description. https://support.churchsuite.com/article/159-data-cleansing-reports
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15-Aug-2018 Default paginationWhen you change the number of results per page on our index pages we now cache this so that you will won't need to change this multiple times in a session.
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