Church360° Members has recently undergone some updates that simplify the attendance entry process! Read on to learn more about recording event attendance (and recording it on a mobile device too!).
Attendance Entry Updates in Church360° Members
By Concordia Technology Solutions on Jan 7, 2025 10:35:36 AM
Try the New Navigation in Church360° Members
By Concordia Technology Solutions on Jun 10, 2024 10:17:04 AM
A new way to navigate Church360° Members is now available! This blog will outline what this looks like, what its benefits are, and how you can try it out.
Changes to How You Access Church360° Members from Your Mobile Device
By Concordia Technology Solutions on Feb 2, 2024 12:00:00 PM
A few months ago, we notified our customers of some security enhancements we made to Church360° Members. These updates, predominantly related to the domain in which you access Church360° Members, were created because we strive to provide the highest level of security for each congregation’s data.
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Enhancements to Vanco Integration in Church360° Members
By Concordia Technology Solutions on Nov 28, 2023 12:00:00 PM
We are pleased to announce an upcoming update to our integration with Vanco! This will allow users to import additional information regarding offering dates and fees into Church360°.
Security Enhancements
By Concordia Technology Solutions on Nov 14, 2023 1:00:00 PM
We at Concordia Technology Solutions value giving churches a high level of quality software as well as implementing the highest grade of security for each congregation’s data. For this reason, we’ve made some upgrades to increase account security.
Exploring the New Communications Module in Church360°Members
By Rob Davidson on Jun 16, 2023 10:00:00 AM
The following has been adapted from the Introducing Church360° Members: The Communication Module Webinar. Watch the video below to see the whole webinar.
Six Ways the Church360° Members Mobile Browser Version Can Help You Stay Organized
By Katy Crawford on Mar 24, 2023 12:00:00 PM
Technology might not be the first thing that comes to mind with the words “pastoral care.” Yet, the resources of technology can truly aid pastors as they provide spiritual care for their community on the go, away from the physical church office. The Church360° Members mobile browser version is one such resource. In the mobile version of the software, you’ll find features that support the work at the very heart of tending to the flock you’re called to serve.
7 Ways You Can Use the New Church360° Members Communication Module
By Rob Davidson on Mar 14, 2023 12:00:00 PM
Strong communication is an essential piece to ministry. It’s through communication that churches can help their congregants engage with their church body, resulting in spiritual flourishing and growth.
That’s why our team at Concordia Technology Solutions developed a suite of communication tools inside Church360° Members. The Communication Module is an upgraded voice messaging system built to keep your church connected in a more efficient and meaningful way. This module features improved list-building capabilities, longer voice messages, and a robust reporting system for all your church communications!
Latest Updates | Fall 2021
By Peter Frank on Oct 11, 2021 2:00:00 PM
The Concordia Technology Solutions team is happy to announce several updates to Church360° Members. These updates come directly from receiving and reviewing customer feedback. The overall strategy is to make sure the user interface is consistent throughout the software. The underlying infrastructure of Church360° Members has been updated, which will, in turn, make maintenance and improvements easier and will allow for more growth opportunities in the future. Views are being rewritten, and we continue to add new features to help you in your ministry.
[Product Update] Custom Fields Page
By Peter Frank on Mar 3, 2021 11:00:00 AM
In an update that will position the software for further improvements, we have improved the Custom Fields management with several small changes, including moving it out of the General Settings page to a separate page within Church360° Members.
[New Feature] Pastoral Visits Notifications
By Peter Frank on Dec 11, 2020 2:15:00 PM
Pastoral Visits have always been a useful tool for tracking actions that have occurred in the past. However, with the introduction of email notifications and reminders for scheduled visits, they can now be used for future actions.
Once you, as a Church360° Members user, have opted-in to receive notifications, you will receive an initial notification email upon being assigned to a pastoral visit, as well as a reminder email on the day the visit will occur.
Texting in Church360° Members
By Peter Frank on Jun 3, 2020 1:00:00 PM
The Concordia Technology Solutions team is excited to announce the release of texting to Church360° Members. This exciting new feature allows you to send mass text messages to the members of your church who have opted in to this form of communication. This feature is included free of charge with your current subscription.
Easier Access to Attendance Detail Report
By Peter Frank on Mar 4, 2020 8:30:00 AM
We've made a slight change to the navigation of Church360° Members. Now, clicking on Attendance in the top navigation will direct you to the Attendance Detail Report view rather than Enter Attendance view. In order to get to the Enter Attendance view, you may simply click the button in the top left corner of that screen.
New Feature: Recurring Away Addresses
By Peter Frank on Apr 26, 2019 4:30:00 PM
There are many small features of Church360° Members that are not used daily, but serve a very important purpose. Away addresses are one of those features. We've received feedback that our users like that feature, but there was something we could do to improve it. Today, I'm excited to announce the introduction of recurring away addresses.
New Features: Filter for Offering Types and Custom Field for Link Types
By Peter Frank on Apr 3, 2019 5:15:00 PM
We’re pleased to announce the release of two new features to Church360° Members: the ability to create Smart Groups based on offering type and a custom field type for website links.
New Feature: Archive People
By Peter Frank on Feb 28, 2019 9:30:00 AM
Church360° Members has always prioritized showing the right information in the right place at the right time. One way to accomplish this is to filter out people who are no longer active in your church, and while this is often accomplished by utilizing smart groups, a more permanent solution has been requested. We have now added a way to hide people for good with the Archive People function.
Get Ready for Next Year by Renumbering Offering Envelopes
By Peter Frank on Nov 7, 2018 3:45:00 PM
Church360° Members offers the option of renumbering all offering envelopes at one time rather than individually. This mass update can be implemented immediately or scheduled for a later time. With some recent updates, the process has become easier than ever before.
New Feature: Anniversary Calendar Smart Group
By Peter Frank on Oct 1, 2018 10:00:00 AM
Church360° Members now offers the option of limiting which people show on the anniversary calendar in the Events view. You can do this by selecting a specific Smart Group. All accounts have been updated to show only the “Members” Smart Group (people who are currently living members).
Videos from September Training Webinars
By Rod Kyles on Sep 24, 2018 11:00:00 AM
We hosted four training webinars for Church360° Members this month. All the videos are collected into this post to make it easy for you to watch any webinars you missed.
Integrating GivePlus with Church360° Members
By Peter Frank on Aug 30, 2018 5:15:00 PM
Church360° Members gives users the ability to import electronic offerings given through GivePlus from Vanco Payment Solutions. This integration not only saves your church staff time, but it also ensures complete accuracy in offering entry.
People Columns on Offerings and Attendance Reports
By Peter Frank on Aug 3, 2018 10:00:00 AM
We often hear from customers that it would be helpful to see more information about people alongside offering and attendance information. Read below to see the improvements we’ve made to answer those requests!
Using a Household Custom Field to Indicate the Elder of a Family
By Dave Farnham on Jul 3, 2018 1:00:00 PM
You can create a custom field named “Elders”, add it to Household profiles, and use that field to select which elder has been assigned to each family. Here is how to do it.
Adding Custom Fields to Track Member Involvement in Church360° Members
By Dave Farnham on Jun 27, 2018 3:30:00 PM
Church360° Members allows you to create custom fields in Person and Household records.
Introducing the Church360° Members App
By Rob Davidson on May 30, 2018 2:00:00 PM
Since we launched Church360° Members in 2012, one of our core goals for the software has been accessibility. We believe that you should have access to your church’s data wherever you are, because opportunities to provide care for the members of your congregation don’t often happen at your desk. That is why the team at Concordia Technology Solutions is excited to announce the release of the Church360° Members app.
Since this blog was published, we have sunset the mobile app. Church360° Members will still be accessible on mobile devices through your mobile browser. This is due to advances in our software's security.
The Regular Attendees Feature in Events Is Going Away
By Peter Frank on May 9, 2018 1:00:00 PM
Regular Attendees is a feature of Church360° Members in which an individual can be marked as frequently in attendance for a series of events. This feature was meant to be a time saver, but it has actually been more confusing than helpful for our users, and it is rarely used. For those reasons, we are going to remove this feature from the software.
Making Bulk Updates to Custom Fields and Tags
By Dave Farnham on Apr 4, 2018 4:30:00 PM
Church360° Members gives you the option to quickly update custom fields and tags in bulk on the People tab.
Adding Photos and Using the Cropping Tool
By Stephen E. Jenkins on Mar 28, 2018 7:30:00 AM
Church360° Members gives you the ability to add photos to household profiles and person profiles. By using cropping, you can use the same photo for both profiles, focusing the photo on the entire household or only an individual member.
Setting Permission Roles and Adding Logins
By Stephen E. Jenkins on Mar 23, 2018 9:00:00 AM
Through the use of Roles and Logins in Church360° Members, you are able to grant finely-grained permissions to anyone in your church who might need to access your member information. Combining Roles and Logins in the way you need allows you to give users access to just the right amount of information.
Adding Family Relationships to a Person’s Profile
By Stephen E. Jenkins on Mar 14, 2018 4:01:43 PM
Within Church360° Members, you are able to add individual relationships in a person’s profile record, such as Child, Parent, Spouse, Guardian, Ward, Grandparent, Sibling, and Grandchild. These relationships can be added even if the person is not in the same household as other family members.
Improvements Made to Attendance Detail Report
By Peter Frank on Jul 19, 2017 4:45:00 PM
We’ve made an improvement to Church360° Members that corrects some confusion with reviewing attendance. Learn about the update and see an example below.
Improvements Made to Envelopes and Households
By Peter Frank on May 24, 2017 1:00:00 PM
We’ve made three improvements to the Envelope and Household Profile parts of Church360° Members. Learn about the changes and see examples of them below.
Tools for Distributing Next Year's Envelopes
By Anna Johnson on Dec 7, 2016 1:00:00 PM
With 2017 on the way, many churches are getting ready to distribute offering envelopes for the coming year. Our developers have been working on some helpful tools to assist you in the process of organizing and distributing envelopes during this time of transition.
Introducing Give+ Mobile from Vanco Payment Solutions
By Peter Frank on Nov 15, 2016 12:00:00 PM
Concordia Technology Solutions works with a number of partners to provide our customers with digital tools for ministry. One of those partners with whom we have worked for a number of years is Vanco Payment Solutions.
Vanco has a long history of providing electronic giving for churches and is the exclusive payment solutions provider for CTS. Their products integrate directly with Church360° Members, which makes it easy to track offerings given electronically. This not only saves church administrators a lot of time, but the integration has also been shown to increase giving.
Training Webinars: Setting Permission Roles and Entering Offerings
By Anna Johnson on Sep 16, 2016 9:00:00 AM
This week we hosted two training webinars for Church360° Members. Watch the videos below to learn more about setting permission roles and entering offerings.
Church360° Members Trainings in September
By Anna Johnson on Aug 31, 2016 4:30:00 PM
We have a variety of Church360° Members training webinars coming up in the month of September. Browse our topic selection from the list below and register for trainings that might interest you!
Gifts In-Kind Added to Offerings View
By Anna Johnson on Aug 17, 2016 4:15:00 PM
We've adjusted the layout in the Offerings view that supports Gifts In-Kind and makes the memo field easier to use.
Gifts Range Breakdown Report
By Anna Johnson on Aug 10, 2016 1:00:00 PM
We've added a Gift Range Breakdown Report that allows you to compare trends in your contributors' giving ranges over time.
Creating a Church Photo Directory
By Anna Johnson on Aug 1, 2016 9:00:00 AM
Over on our CTS blog, Amanda Lansche recently shared with us some tips on How to Take Quality Photos for Your Church Directory. Once equipped with your quality photos, Church360° Members can assist you in completing the directory process by combining your photos with your member contact information.
Renumber Envelopes and Affixed Headers
By Anna Johnson on Jul 29, 2016 9:00:00 AM
We've release an update to the renumber envelopes feature and added affixed headers to the People view.
Photo and Logo Cropping
By Anna Johnson on Jul 27, 2016 1:00:00 PM
We've added photo & logo cropping! Use this feature to crop family photos in your household directory or extract individual photos from family photos.
[Webinar] 2016 Q2 Recent Updates
By Peter Frank on Jul 25, 2016 10:00:00 AM
On Thursday, July 28th, 2016, Peter Frank, Manager of Concordia Technology Solutions, hosted a training webinar on all the recent updates in Church360° Members in Q2 of 2016.
Reaching Your Email Audience with Church360° Members
By Anna Johnson on Jul 15, 2016 9:00:00 AM
Church360° Members has some great tools to help you make sure that your church's email communications always reach the right audience.
Givers and Marriages Modes
By Anna Johnson on Jul 13, 2016 9:00:00 AM
We've added Givers and Marriages modes to the People view! This update has also moved mailing label downloads from Envelopes to the Givers mode.
Photo Column & Landscape Printing
By Anna Johnson on Jul 8, 2016 8:30:00 AM
We've added a photo column for both individuals & households in the People view and added the option for landscape printing across all views.
New Relationship Types and Age Added to Profiles
By Anna Johnson on Jul 6, 2016 9:00:00 AM
Grandparent and sibling relationships can be added from profiles and age is now displayed next to birthday.
Church Directory
By Anna Johnson on Jun 15, 2016 10:00:00 AM
We've modified the Church Directory to allow for different entry styles and grouping by custom fields. You can also choose to print one, grouped directory, or a separate directory for each custom field group.
Church Register
By Anna Johnson on Jun 10, 2016 9:00:00 AM
We've added a Church Register where you can record Baptisms, Confirmations, Weddings, and Funerals in Church360° Members.
Household Custom Fields and Bulk Update of Fields
By Anna Johnson on Jun 8, 2016 1:00:00 PM
We've created household custom fields and added the ability to bulk update fields for individuals and households!
Updates to the Pastoral Visits Feature
By Anna Johnson on Apr 13, 2016 8:00:00 AM
We've created a History section in household and individual profiles which provides you with a timeline of all notes and Pastoral visits to your members. You can also change an individual's membership status from within this new History section.
Creating Sunday School Rosters with Attendance Sheets
By Anna Johnson on Apr 11, 2016 9:00:00 AM
We've had a couple questions on how to create Sunday School rosters in Church360° Members.
Follow this four-step guide to create Sunday School Attendance Sheets that can double as rosters for your church. If you haven't started using the Sunday School Grades feature in Church360° Members, you may want to review these articles on adding Sunday School Grades and editing individual profiles. Once you've added and assigned Sunday School grades for children at your church, you will be ready to create Sunday School rosters using the steps below.
Common Questions About the Pastoral Visits Feature
By Rev. Matt Kobs on Apr 1, 2016 9:00:00 AM
In a few weeks, we'll be releasing some exciting updates to the Pastoral Visits feature in Church360° Members. To help you get ready, we'd like to answer some common questions and give you ideas on how to take full advantage of this feature.
Improved Away Addresses, Calendar View for Mobile, and Directory Information
By Anna Johnson on Mar 16, 2016 3:00:00 PM
We've improved the away address feature, added a day calendar view on mobile, and updated the directory export to include household email and phone number information.
New Address Trait in Smart Groups
By Anna Johnson on Mar 9, 2016 1:00:00 PM
We’ve added an address trait that allows you to search within a mile radius of a given location, filter addresses by zip code, and find unlisted addresses.
Updates to Emails, Calendars, and Smart Groups
By Anna Johnson on Mar 2, 2016 1:00:00 PM
We’ve made some major changes to emails, event calendars, and Smart Groups traits related to widows and widowers.
Updates to Contribution Statements
By Anna Johnson on Feb 26, 2016 9:00:00 AM
We’ve given you more options to help you generate contribution statements and find envelope numbers.
Updates to Smart Groups
By Anna Johnson on Feb 24, 2016 9:00:00 AM
We’ve added a variety of new updates to Smart Groups in Church360° Members. We hope that these added Smart Group features will help you to communicate with your congregation more efficiently and identify pastoral needs more clearly.
Docx Export
By Anna Johnson on Feb 19, 2016 1:00:00 PM
We’ve added a .docx export to Church360° Members! This update will make it easy to export and edit Church Directories, Attendance Sheets, Mailing Labels, and Events.
Event Log
By Amanda Lansche on Jan 27, 2016 1:00:00 PM
We’ve added a new, searchable Event Log to Church360° Members so that you can see what other users have changed in individual, household, or event records. It even tracks changes made through Church360° Unite!
Recent Updates Webinar
By Peter Frank on Jan 5, 2016 4:00:00 PM
Peter Frank, Manager of Concordia Technology Solutions, hosted a training webinar on Thursday, January 7th, 2016 to talk about all the recent updates in Church360° Members.
Annual Reports
By Amanda Lansche on Dec 9, 2015 9:00:00 AM
We’ve added an automatically generated Annual Report to Church360° Members! This replaces the denominational report in Members.
Webinar Recap - Permission Roles and Custom Fields
By Peter Frank on Oct 9, 2015 8:30:00 AM
See what's changed in Church360° Members! I hosted a how-to webinar on Thursday, October 8th, 2015 featuring two major updates.
Permission roles offer you more control when defining user access, and custom fields now let you capture and track information at a whole new level.
Permission Roles, Custom Fields & More
By Amanda Lansche on Oct 3, 2015 3:00:00 PM
Earlier this week, we released several updates to Church360° Members, including a significant upgrade to permissions and an exciting new feature!
Improved People View on Mobile Devices
By Amanda Lansche on Oct 1, 2015 8:30:00 AM
We’ve updated how the People view in Church360° Members is displayed when viewed on a mobile device.
Now you can quickly access contact information in the People view using your smartphone or tablet. It has been optimized on mobile devices to look like a list rather than a table. Simply scroll through to see names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails for everyone.
Updated Profile Layout
By Amanda Lansche on Sep 9, 2015 11:30:00 AM
We’ve updated the layout of individual and household profiles in Church360° Members with a few minor changes.
Customize Your Week
By Amanda Lansche on Sep 2, 2015 9:00:00 AM
Which day would you call the “start” of your worship week? The calendar on my wall shows Sunday on the far left and Saturday on the other side, but this doesn’t make sense when I’m entering information about the weekend’s worship services in Church360° Members. I want certain services grouped together!
To solve this problem, we added an option that allows you to customize how you define a week at your church.
Announcing the Church360° Members Redesign
By Peter Frank on May 28, 2015 6:30:00 PM
New look, new feel, new features!
We're excited to announce a brand new look and feel for Church360° Members. This change will not only add visual consistency and improved usability, but it will also introduce some innovative features that will save you time by quickly giving you more information.
It's Now Quicker and Easier to Add People in Church360° Members
By Peter Frank on Feb 24, 2015 9:00:00 AM
We've just released a new update to Church360° Members that will allow you to more quickly add people to your database. Designed to maximize speed by requiring as little information as possible, the New Person page now only requires First Name, Last Name, Sex, and Membership status (Middle Name is an optional field). It now also allows you to add multiple people in a family at one time.
New Changes to Offering Entry
By Peter Frank on Dec 10, 2014 9:00:00 AM
We’ve recently made some significant changes to the Offering area of Church360° Members. We included a guide to walk you through the changes, but here is a complete overview.
Permission Groups Explained
By Peter Frank on Nov 12, 2014 9:00:00 AM
Renumbering Offering Envelopes
By Peter Frank on Oct 8, 2014 9:00:00 AM
Changes in the Status Field
By Peter Frank on Sep 10, 2014 9:00:00 AM
Keeping Track of Pastoral Visits
By Peter Frank on Aug 13, 2014 9:00:00 AM
Updates to Attendance Entry
By Peter Frank on Jul 9, 2014 9:00:00 AM
Save Time During Your Weekly Data Entry
By Peter Frank on Jun 11, 2014 9:00:00 AM
Tags—Get the big picture of your members' lives
By Peter Frank on May 14, 2014 9:00:00 AM
4 Easy Ways to Enter Attendance
By Peter Frank on Apr 9, 2014 9:00:00 AM
New Updates and Smart Groups Tips
By Peter Frank on Feb 12, 2014 9:00:00 AM
With our latest updates and fix-its, you can now do the following:
- Delete single instances of a reoccurring event
- Add more household emails and phone numbers to the People view
- Include Federal ID number on Contribution Statements
- Enter offerings more quickly
- Use a preferred name to enter offering and attendance
- Enjoy easily-sorted offerings after entry
- Choose Select All/None categories in People, Household, and Calendars
- Add tags to people while in tabs other than the General tab
Sort Bulk Mailing Lists by Zip Code
By Peter Frank on Jan 15, 2014 9:00:00 AM
We’re excited about an additional feature added in 2013 that provides you with the ability to sort your bulk mailing list by zip code. This function will reduce your expenses at the post office right away!