Field Activity Report
- Ta Ethni Service Desk
- Shannon Berryman
A Field Activity Report in GAPP is a snapshot of Great Commission Engagement of a people group or place by a group outside of your teams or partners for the purpose of better understanding the people groups around your team to help your current Great Commission engagement or for doing research for future Great Commission engagement. By adding Field Activity Reports 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 “Field Activity Report”:
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 “Networking” and in the pop-out menu, select “Field Activity Report.”
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 an activity 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 “Location Name where reported activity occurred" section Provide the village, neighborhood, city, state, country or any other information that identifies the location where this reported activity occurred.
In the “When” section, enter the date, date range, or time range over which the activity occurred.
In the “People Groups and Segment Details” section, you can select the particular group or groups impacted by the activity.
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 “Global Segments” section, you can optionally select any social segments that were impacted.
In the “Who did the reported activity or engagement?” section enter the name, organization, and contact information for the individual or organization who performed the reported activity or engagement.
In the “Primary Christian Affiliation” section select the major Christian Affiliation. Once selected denominations within that affiliation will become available.
In the “Who provided this report information?” section enter the name, organization, and contact information for the individual who provided the survey information.
If this answer is the same as your answer for “Who did the reported activity or engagement?” you may leave the “Same as Above?” option checked. If the individual or organization who reported this survey information is different than who did the reported activity, uncheck the box and then enter the reporter's information.
In the “Information Reported About this People Group or Segment” section enter any information received about this people group or segment. All questions in this group are optional.
“Is engagement with a church planting strategy being reported?” If engagement with a church planting strategy has been reported, choose YES.
“Number of Believers Reported?” If any new believers have been reported, enter the number here.
“Number of Baptisms Reported?” If any new baptisms were reported, enter the number here.
“Number of Trainings Reported?” If any trainings were reported, enter the number here.
“Reported Number of Individuals Trained?” If any individuals from this people group or segment were reportedly trained, enter the number here.
“Number of Groups Reported?” If any groups were reported, enter the number here.
“Number of Churches Reported?” If any churches were reported, enter the number here.
“Number of Leaders Reported?” If any new leaders were reported, enter the number here.
In the “Comments” box, explain the activity in more detail and select Save.
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, 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!