Getting Started with Church Connect

Church Connect is a church website, church app, and member portal that's built into ChurchTrac. But how do you begin making an awesome and functional resource for your members and guests?

Below is how to access this feature, navigate the menus, and begin setting it up. Once you finish setting it up, you can begin creating cards to add content.

Accessing Church Connect

To access Church Connect, select the Church Connect icon on the ChurchTrac Toolbar.

Access Church Connect to create a church website and church app for your members

The credentials you use to log in to ChurchTrac are different from your Church Connect account. Each person who logs in to Church Connect will need to register to gain access.

Church Connect URL and QR Code

You can customize the sub-domain of your Connect URL to make it easier for you and your people to access (and remember) it. To customize your URL, select "customize your link" above the URL.

Customize your church website URL in Church Connect

To download the QR code for your Connect Page, select the QR Code button located to the right of your URL.

Download your church website QR code

We recommend picking a URL keyword that is easy for you and your people to remember. Once created, custom links can only be changed by ChurchTrac Support.

Church Connect Settings

The Church Connect Settings is where you can toggle your church logo, headings, background color, button colors, card border-radius, and app icon.

Customize the settings of your church app

Don't forget to upload your church's logo in the admin settings. Learn how ›

Device Previews

When creating your Connect site, you can also view what your church app will look like on different device screen types.

Preview what your church website will look like on a desktop and what your church app will look like on a smartphone

Church Connect Users

In the Church Connect Users Tab, you can toggle various user permissions, enable the Online Directory, and more. To access these settings, select the "Church Connect User Settings" button on the Connect Users Tab.

Determine what church members can do within their member portal

Add Content To Your Connect App

And now for the most important part....you will create one or more cards for your Connect site, which will allow your members, donors, and guests to interact with your page. You can create announcements to convey important information, display events for registration, forms to collect information (like prayer requests or guest forms) and much more!

Up Next: Creating Cards for Your Connect Page