{"id":92176,"date":"2024-06-10T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-add-people-to-groups\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:27:09","password":"","slug":"how-to-add-people-to-groups","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/basics-people\/how-to-add-people-to-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add people to groups?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What would groups in ChurchTools be without the people who belong to them and bring them to life? ChurchTools offers several ways to add people you\u2019ve entered into ChurchTools to groups. You can add individual people directly to a group, add multiple people at once using a bulk action, or add selected people through <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/automatic-membership\/understanding-automatic-membership\/\" id=\"7199\">automatic group memberships<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, you can add people directly to groups during <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/check-in-en\/overview-check-in\/\" id=\"7270\">check-in<\/a>, and of course, people can add themselves to public groups by completing <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/settings-groups\/how-to-make-settings-for-signing-up-to-my-groups\/\" id=\"7228\">registration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this article, we\u2019ll explain the first two options (you can find more information about the others on the linked help pages): You can either open the <em>relevant group<\/em> and add a person using the <em> \u201c+ Add member\u201d<\/em> button, or you can select one or more people directly from the <em>contact list<\/em> and add them to a group using the <em>bulk actions feature<\/em>. The latter option is especially useful when you want to quickly add a large number of people to a group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 1: Single person<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Call up group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the &#8221; <strong>Groups<\/strong> &#8221; module, find your group and open it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Add a member<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the overview, click the <em>plus button<\/em> under <em>&#8220;Members&#8221;<\/em> next to the role to which you want to add someone. In the window that opens, search for the person and enter additional information about the future group member before adding them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer-1024x503.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Persons Overview Add memer\" class=\"wp-image-94560\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.0357960389328595;width:694px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer-1536x755.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer-2048x1007.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Overview_Add-memer-360x177.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 2: Multiple people at the same time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Open the list of people<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>the Persons module<\/strong>, open the list of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Select people<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the list, select the people you want to add to a group with the same group role and group membership status.<\/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-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">Using the <em>&#8220;Advanced Filters<\/em>,&#8221; you can quickly find the people you want to add to a group. We explain how they work in the article about <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/basics-people\/filter\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7341\">filters in ChurchTools<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Select <strong>a Bulk action<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, select the &#8221; <em>Add to Group<\/em> &#8221; action from the list of <em>bulk actions<\/em> on the left. After selecting the <em>group type<\/em> for the target group in the window that opens, choose the <em>group<\/em>, specify <em>the role<\/em> and <em>group membership status<\/em> of the new group members, and click &#8221; <em>Execute<\/em> &#8221; to add the people to the group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-scaled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-scaled.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Persons List of people Bulk action\" class=\"wp-image-94585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-1024x357.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-768x268.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-1536x536.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-2048x715.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_List-of-people_Bulk-action-360x126.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Bulk-action_Add-to-group.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Bulk-action_Add-to-group.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Persons Bulk action Add to group\" class=\"wp-image-94587\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Bulk-action_Add-to-group.png 530w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Bulk-action_Add-to-group-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Persons_Bulk-action_Add-to-group-360x165.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would groups in ChurchTools be without the people who belong to them and bring them to life? 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