Church Connect Form Card
The Form Card gives you the option of adding one of your physical forms to your Church Connect site.
What Would I Use This Card For?
Your church is likely already using a signup sheet or physical cards for lots of things. Church Connect Form Cards can replace or complement all of those forms.
We've seen churches and ministries use the Form Card to create a digital version of their...
- Connection Cards
- Volunteer sign-ups
- Spiritual decision cards (i.e. baptisms, new member class, salvation, etc.)
- Event registrations
Encouraging your people to fill out Form Cards in Church Connect will cut down on the workload for your church leadership and save money on printing costs!
Creating The Form
After creating a new Form Card (or by clicking on a Form Card you've already created), designate the ChurchTrac user who will receive emails containing the responses from each form submission.
Next, click "Form Questions" button and begin adding your questions.
Proceed in creating your first field. You can select from multiple field types and even add a description. Continue adding more fields. Once you've finished, you can customize the form with field requirements, visibility, order & more.
Form Card Responses
To view your Form Card responses at once, click the "Form Responses" tab on your Church Connect Screen. You can either view all responses to all forms or select a form on the left and view responses to only that form. Form card responses can also be printed out or exported to CSV, which allows you to store the data elsewhere.
Tips
Below are some best practices when adding and managing Form Cards:
Use Twilio auto-replies
If you have a Twilio account integrated with your ChurchTrac account, you can set up auto-replies so that your people can text a keyword to your church and receive a text in response. Link your form cards in these texts to make it easier for everyone to navigate to them.
Control who can view responses
Only designated ChurchTrac User Accounts can view form responses. To learn how to create and manage ChurchTrac User Accounts, click here.
Remove fields for members
You can set a form field to show or not show to the user based on whether or not that person is logged in. When logged in, we'll automatically inject the user's Name and Email into the form submission for you, so you only need to ask for this information when the member has NOT logged in.