Getting Started with BlessChurch
Welcome to BlessChurch. This guide walks you through the essential steps for preparing your church account and getting your team ready to use the platform.
1. Complete your church profile
Open Settings and confirm the basic information for your church:
- Church name
- Logo
- Primary and secondary colors
- Address and contact information
- Church timezone
- Service times
- Social media links
This information is used throughout BlessChurch and can also appear automatically on your public website.
2. Review your dashboard
The Dashboard gives you a summary of your church account, recent activity, upcoming events, membership information, and available modules.
The options shown may vary depending on your BlessChurch plan and your assigned team permissions.
3. Invite your team
Open Team to invite pastors, administrators, ministry leaders, or other authorized staff members.
Only give each person the permissions required for their responsibilities. Avoid sharing one account among multiple team members.
4. Add or import members
Use the Members module to create member profiles and maintain organized church records. If your church already has a member list, use the available import tools instead of entering every record manually.
5. Create your first event
Open Events and add an upcoming service, meeting, class, or ministry activity. Events can appear on the church calendar and public website.
For weekly services or repeating activities, configure recurrence instead of creating every date separately.
6. Configure your church website
Open Website to customize the public website generated by BlessChurch.
You can configure:
- Hero and welcome images
- Church introduction
- Upcoming events
- Ministries
- Livestreaming
- Giving information
- Contact information
7. Connect online giving
Open Give to connect your church’s Stripe account, configure funds, and prepare online donations.
Complete Stripe verification before announcing online giving to your congregation.
8. Review billing and plan limits
Open Billing to review your subscription, payment method, plan limits, and account status.
Recommended final check
- Confirm that your church name and logo are correct.
- Verify the timezone and service times.
- Test team member permissions.
- Open the public website on desktop and mobile.
- Test event, livestream, and giving links.
Your church is now ready to begin using BlessChurch.