{"id":39165,"date":"2026-02-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/example-add-new-people\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:17:41","password":"","slug":"example-add-new-people","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/automatic-membership\/example-add-new-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Example: Add new people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll show you how to use <em>Automatic Membership<\/em> to fill a group with all new people who, for example, have attended a service at your congregation for the first time or have contacted you via your website. You can use this group to keep an eye on new people and offer them information and contact options that they can then use to find their way into your congregation. <\/p>\n\n\n<!--presto-player:video_id=36--><figure class=\"wp-block-video presto-block-video  presto-provider-youtube\" style=\"--plyr-color-main: var(--presto-player-highlight-color, #2563eb); --presto-player-logo-width: 150px; \">\n\t<presto-player \n\t\tpreset='{&quot;id&quot;:5,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;YouTube Optimized&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;play-large&quot;:true,&quot;rewind&quot;:true,&quot;play&quot;:true,&quot;fast-forward&quot;:true,&quot;progress&quot;:true,&quot;current-time&quot;:true,&quot;mute&quot;:true,&quot;volume&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:true,&quot;pip&quot;:false,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;captions&quot;:false,&quot;reset_on_end&quot;:true,&quot;auto_hide&quot;:true,&quot;show_time_elapsed&quot;:false,&quot;captions_enabled&quot;:false,&quot;save_player_position&quot;:false,&quot;sticky_scroll&quot;:false,&quot;sticky_scroll_position&quot;:&quot;bottom right&quot;,&quot;on_video_end&quot;:&quot;select&quot;,&quot;play_video_viewport&quot;:false,&quot;hide_youtube&quot;:false,&quot;lazy_load_youtube&quot;:true,&quot;hide_logo&quot;:false,&quot;border_radius&quot;:0,&quot;caption_style&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption_background&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;is_locked&quot;:true,&quot;cta&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;watermark&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;search&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;email_collection&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;created_by&quot;:4,&quot;created_at&quot;:&quot;2024-06-20 11:19:03&quot;,&quot;updated_at&quot;:&quot;2024-06-20 11:19:03&quot;,&quot;deleted_at&quot;:&quot;&quot;}'\n\t\tbranding='{&quot;logo&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#2563eb&quot;,&quot;logo_width&quot;:150,&quot;player_css&quot;:&quot;&quot;}'\n\t\tchapters='[]'\n\t\toverlays='[]'\n\t\ttracks='[]'\n\t\tblock-attributes='{&quot;playsInline&quot;:true,&quot;id&quot;:36,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=8sD_H4oUbRA&amp;list=PLKkd9_EOcMn2JnhRJKpuEgS5_HgbrX2mL&amp;index=5&quot;,&quot;preset&quot;:5,&quot;video_id&quot;:&quot;8sD_H4oUbRA&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Neue Leute hinzufu\\u0308gen mittels automatischer Mitgliedschaften&quot;}'\n\t\tanalytics=''\n\t\tautomations\t\tprovider='youtube'\n\t\t\t\tid=\"presto-player-1\"\n\t\tsrc=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8sD_H4oUbRA?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;playinline=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\"\n\t\tmedia-title=\"Neue Leute hinzufu\u0308gen mittels automatischer Mitgliedschaften\"\n\t\tcss=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"presto-video-id-36 presto-preset-id-5 skin-modern\"\n\t\tskin=\"modern\" \n\t\ticon-url=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/presto-player\/img\/sprite.svg\" \n\t\tpreload=\"\" \n\t\tposter=\"\"\n\t\tyoutube=\"{&quot;noCookie&quot;:true,&quot;channelId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;show_count&quot;:false}\"\n\t\tprovider-video-id=\"8sD_H4oUbRA\"\n\t\tvideo-id=\"36\"\n\t\tlazy-load-youtube\t\tvideo-attributes='{}'\n\t\tplaysinline\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/presto-player>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Select group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Call up an existing group in which you would like to summarize the new visitors to your congrgation or create a new group &#8220;Add new people&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">For this group, you could also set up a routine that automatically sends an email with helpful information about your congegration or contact details to every person who is added to the group.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Call up settings for <em>automatic membership<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the settings for this group, you can access the settings for automatic membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Set personal filter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the plus symbol to add filters to the <em>person<\/em>. You select these as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_Filter-for-people.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_Filter-for-people-1024x431.png\" alt=\"Groups - Settings - Automatic membership - Filter for people\" class=\"wp-image-49648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_Filter-for-people-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_Filter-for-people-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_Filter-for-people-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_Filter-for-people-360x152.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_Filter-for-people.png 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Set actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how you set the actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Groups_Automatic-membership_Example-New-contact-Actions.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Groups_Automatic-membership_Example-New-contact-Actions-1024x613.png\" alt=\"Groups - Automatic membership - Example New contact Actions\" class=\"wp-image-43947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Groups_Automatic-membership_Example-New-contact-Actions-1024x613.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Groups_Automatic-membership_Example-New-contact-Actions-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Groups_Automatic-membership_Example-New-contact-Actions-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Groups_Automatic-membership_Example-New-contact-Actions-360x216.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Groups_Automatic-membership_Example-New-contact-Actions.png 1292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Activate execution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, you either execute the actions you have defined once manually or you activate automatic execution, which then always runs when the <em>scheduled tasks<\/em> are executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_activate-execution.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_activate-execution-1024x146.png\" alt=\"Groups - Settings - Automatic membership - activate execution\" class=\"wp-image-43829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_activate-execution-1024x146.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_activate-execution-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_activate-execution-768x109.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_activate-execution-360x51.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Groups_Settings_Automatic-membership_activate-execution.png 1266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Article to read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/automatic-membership\/understanding-automatic-membership\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7199\">Understanding automatic membership<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/automatic-membership\/example-networking-people\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7204\">Example: Networking people<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/automatic-membership\/example-record-seminar-participation\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7206\">Example: Record seminar participation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll show you how to use Automatic Membership to fill a group with all new people who, for example, have attended a service at your congregation for the first time or have contacted you via your website. 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