How do I print a list of people who have recently joined the church
How do I print a list of those who were recently baptized? etc...

ChurchTrac has a couple of ways to tracking this information depending on your needs. With older versions of ChurchTrac, the only way of keeping track of this type of information was by using the Notes tab on the people screen. Newer versions of ChurchTrac have user-defined fields that are better suited for keeping track of baptism date, membership date, etc.

If you use the Notes tab, click the Notes report button on the toolbar to print a report.

Alternatively, you may choose to use the User-Defined tab of the people screen for tracking membership events or other information. The User-Defined fields allow you to define and rename the field to whatever you choose, as well as set default values for each field. You can also enter a date and create reports based on the data in each field.

To change the name of a user-defined field and to specify default values for the selection box, double-click on the blue text of one of the user-defined fields. Click the User-Defined reports button on the toolbar to create a report using the data from the user-defined fields. You can also create a custom report on the people screen using the data from these fields.