Adding a Group or Church
- Ta Ethni Service Desk
- Shannon Berryman
Adding a Group or Church in GAPP is a record of your faithfulness to the Great Commission and the fruit of your labor. By adding Groups and Churches in GAPP, you are better able to increase your vision of God's work, inform your prayers about God’s work, improve your preparation for God’s work, and invite others to participate in God’s work.
Because Templates are customizable by your Workspace owners, administrators, and creators, your version of this template may look slightly different. Questions may be phrased differently, be in a different order, or there may even be questions that do not appear in this article and video.
To record a “Group or Church” in GAPP
Select the appropriate Team from the side menu and select Activities.
Now select the “Create Activity” button at the top of the screen.
From the drop-down list of Core Task categories, select “Church Formation” and the Group or Church activity will open automatically.
In the “Contributors” section, select the “Add Member” symbol and the “Search” box to include anyone else from the team who was with you. Select the "Add Members" button.
To prevent double counting of an activity, only one person should enter a church and be sure to add all the other people who were involved as contributors.
In the “Location” section, select the “Default,” or “Current” button to use one of those pre-set locations.
If neither of those is the correct location where the activity happened, select the Location selector to search for a different location. You can search for the location in the search box or move and zoom on the map to select the correct location. When you have the right location, select “Continue.”
In the “Is Active” section, select whether the group or church is still meeting
If you select “No” the “Date Ended” question will appear. Select the date the group or church stopped meeting.
In the “Date Started” section, select the date the group or church began meeting
In the “Name of Group or Church” section, enter the name or some other identifier for the group or church
In the “Identifies as a Church” section, select if the group identifies itself as a church
In the “How Often Meeting” section, select how often the group or church meets
In the “Has Appointed Leaders” section, select if the group or church has appointed leaders
If you select “Yes,” a new “Leaders’ Information” section appears.
In the “Leader’s Name” section enter the leader’s name
In the “Leader’s Gender” section, select whether the leader is male or female
In the “Is this Leader Trained?” section, select whether the leader has received training that includes how to teach and preach
If you need to add multiple leaders, you may add them using the “Repeat” button.
In the “Practices Believer’s Baptism” section, select if the group or church practices believer’s baptism
If you select “Yes,” the “Is the baptizing done by a member of this group of church” section will appear. Select yes if this group or church has authority to baptize members themselves and if baptism is typically done by members or leaders of this group or church.
In the “Practices Lord’s Supper” section, select if the group or church practices the Lord’s Supper
If you select “Yes,” the “Is the Lord’s Supper served by a member of this group of church” section will appear. Select yes if this group or church has authority to perform the Lord’s Supper themselves and if the Lord’s Supper is typically done by members or leaders of this group or church.
In the “Actively Making Disciples” section, select if the group or church is actively making disciples
In the “Practices Giving” section, select if the group or church practices giving
In the “Regular Teaching from the Bible” section, select if the group or church has regular teaching or preaching from the Bible
If you select “Yes,” the “Is the teaching done by a member of this group of church” section will appear. Select yes if this group or church is teaching one another and if the teaching is typically done by members or leaders of this group or church.
In the “Practices Serving One Another” section, select if the members of this group or church love, encourage, and serve one another
In the “Practices Accountability” section, select if the group or church practices accountability and church discipline
In the “Practices Prayer” section, select if the group or church practices prayer together and encourages individual prayer
In the “Practices Singing and Praising” section, select if the group or church regularly practices singing and praising in worship together
In the “Languages Used” section, select the languages used when the group or church meets.
Select one of your defaults or use the other option to select a different language from the list. By default, this brings up the languages that GAPP knows are near the location you selected, but if the language you are looking for is still not in the list, you can select the search box and type the name of the language you are looking for.
If there are multiple languages used, add them using the “Add Item” button.
In the “People Groups Attending” section, you can select the group or groups that attend the group or church.
If you are chaining from another activity, you can select the "Copy from chained" button to automatically enter the people group, language, and religion information from the previous activity.
For “People Group” you can select one of your defaults or use the other option to select a different people group from the list. By default, this brings up the people groups that GAPP knows are near the location you selected, but if the people group you are looking for is still not in the list, you can select the search box and type the name of the people group you are looking for. And of course, if you don’t know the people group, you can leave it as “Unknown.”
For “Language” you can select one of your defaults or use the other option to select a different language from the list. By default, this brings up the languages that GAPP knows are near the location you selected, but if the language you are looking for is still not in the list, you can select the search box and type the name of the language you are looking for. And of course, if you don’t know the language, you can leave it as “Unknown.”
For “Religious Background” you can select one of your defaults or use the other option to select a different religion from the list. By default, this brings up the religions that GAPP knows are near the location you selected, but if the religion you are looking for is still not in the list, you can select the search box and type the name of the religion you are looking for. And of course, if you don’t know the religion, you can leave it as “Unknown.”
In the “Number of Believers” section select how many members of this group or church from this people group are believers
In the “Number of Baptized Believers” section select how many of those believers from this people group have been baptized
If there are multiple People Groups, Languages, or Religions impacted, add them using the “Repeat” button.
In the “Global Segments” section, you can optionally select any social segments that attend the group or church.
In the “Comments” box, explain the activity in more detail and select Submit.
You will then return to your Team Dashboard with an “Activity Created Successfully” notification at the bottom of the screen.
If you make a mistake, or if the details about the group or church change, you can always select the edit button for the activity, make the necessary changes, and select save.
That’s it! You have recorded another work of the Lord among all peoples and places. Praise God for the work He is doing!