{"id":49822,"date":"2024-03-14T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-manage-the-chat-for-my-group\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:49:39","password":"","slug":"how-to-manage-the-chat-for-my-group","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/communication-groups\/how-to-manage-the-chat-for-my-group\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage the chat for my group?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can make individual settings for your group chats for each of your groups. You first decide whether there should be a chat for your group at all and which people can read the chat and who can write messages. ChurchTools also helps you to get all your group members into the chat as quickly as possible.  <\/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\">The option to use the group chat is only available if group chats are generally allowed in your ChurchTools. You can activate this in the <em>System settings <\/em>under <em>Communication &#8211; Chat<\/em>. You can find more information on this under <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/system-einstellungen\/kommunikation-system-einstellungen\/0-notwendige-einstellungen-durch-den-administrator\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chat settings<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Call up group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the module <em><strong>Groups<\/strong><\/em>, find your group and call it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Open settings for group chats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the menu on the left-hand side, select <em><strong>Settings<\/strong><\/em> (1) <em><strong>Group chat<\/strong><\/em> (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat-721x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Groups Settings Group-chat\" class=\"wp-image-49829\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.704097047379263;width:505px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat-721x1024.png 721w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat-768x1090.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat-360x512.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat.png 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Activate\/deactivate chat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you first have the option to <em>activate<\/em> or <em>deactivate<\/em> the chat for your group.<\/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\"><em>Automatic ChurchTools invitation active\/no automatic ChurchTools invitation<\/em><br>Only group members who have a ChurchTools account can participate in the chat. Group members who have never logged in to ChurchTools must first be invited to your ChurchTools in order to participate in the chat. In the System settings, an admin can activate the automatic invitation to ChurchTools for this case.  <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If it is already active, your group members who have never logged in to ChurchTools will be invited automatically.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Activate-chat.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Activate-chat-1024x275.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Groups Settings Group-chat Activate chat\" class=\"wp-image-49834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Activate-chat-1024x275.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Activate-chat-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Activate-chat-768x206.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Activate-chat-360x97.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Activate-chat.png 1304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Participation in group chat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the Role of the group member, you determine the participation in your group chat. To do this, activate the sliders at the end of the Role line for <em>reading<\/em> or <em>writing<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Participation-in-group-chat.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Participation-in-group-chat-1024x308.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Groups Settings Group-chat Participation in group chat\" class=\"wp-image-49837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Participation-in-group-chat-1024x308.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Participation-in-group-chat-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Participation-in-group-chat-768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Participation-in-group-chat-360x108.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Participation-in-group-chat.png 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Conditions for participation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to communicate well with each other, every group member should have access to the shared chat as soon as possible, otherwise information will not reach them and agreements will be made more difficult. Here you can see clearly for each group member what is still preventing them from participating in the shared chat. This way, you can react quickly at the next meeting and help the person to participate in the group chat.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Conditions-for-participation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Conditions-for-participation-1024x653.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Groups Settings Group-chat Conditions for participation\" class=\"wp-image-49839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Conditions-for-participation-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Conditions-for-participation-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Conditions-for-participation-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Conditions-for-participation-360x230.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Groups_Settings_Group-chat_Conditions-for-participation.png 1292w\" 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\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/einstellungen-gruppen\/how-to-make-settings-for-members-of-my-groups\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7229\">How to make settings for members of my Groups?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/group-meetings\/how-do-i-configure-settings-for-my-groups-meetings\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7217\">How to configure settings for meetings in my group?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/churchtools-module\/organisation\/37-wie-organisiere-ich-meine-kleingruppe-mit-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7222\">How to organize my small group with ChurchTools?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can make individual settings for your group chats for each of your groups. You first decide whether there should be a chat for your group at all and which people can read the chat and who can write messages. ChurchTools also helps you to get all your group members into the chat as quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[457],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[224],"class_list":["post-49822","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-communication-groups","knowledge_base-churchtools-modules"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":267,"total_views":"213","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Jasper Stehmeier","author_nicename":"jstehmeier","author_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/author\/jstehmeier\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Communication","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/communication-groups\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Modules","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/","term_slug":"churchtools-modules"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["churchtools-modules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/49822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49822"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/49822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50077,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/49822\/revisions\/50077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=49822"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=49822"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=49822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}