The City's features are built specifically for the Church, to give you a unified platform that enables the whole-life ministry of your whole church.

Communication

• A unified, interactive platform that enables all the communities and individuals within your church to communicate freely, anytime and anywhere.
• Simple targeting of communication so messages go to just the right people, every time.
• Personal profiles that make it easy to recruit just the right people to meet specific needs.
• Email integration that lets people read and respond to messages directly from email, without having to log in.
• Easy sharing through external websites, Facebook, or Twitter.
• Integrated chat functionality makes it easy for you to communicate instantly to any of your friends who are logged in.
• Personalized channels let people only see communication that is connected to the communities, networks, ministries, and relationships they’re invested in, so they stay more connected to the mission God has called them to.
• A mobile version optimized for touchscreen mobile devices, so everyone can stay connected to community wherever they are.
• Custom promotions that allow you to upload your own artwork and even target your promotions to specific demographics, and your promos will display in The City and in emails sent from The City. We’ll even track the number of views and clicks for you!
• Anything you post in The City can be shared to people outside your church through a public website called the Plaza. From there, it’s easy for people to share with their friends through social networks like Facebook or Twitter. It’s also simple to import an RSS feed from the Plaza into any website.

Groups

• A private group space for every community in your church, making it easy to maintain trust and build deeper relationships.
• Flexible group structure that adjusts to fit the size, shape, and needs of your church.
• Clear oversight of groups with built-in participation and engagement reporting, so you can enable grassroots ministry without sacrificing Biblical authority.
• Built-in reporting means you’ll always know the pulse of life in specific groups and your church as a whole.
• The City’s Seed Groups feature gives people in your church the ability to create groups around special interests and ministry callings. Seed Groups are unofficial, but still connected to the pastoral care and oversight of your church. So you can enable and shepherd the spontaneous, grassroots ministry of your whole church.
• Turn any computer into a connection kiosk to help newcomers and disconnected members get connected quickly into the life of your church. An integrated Connect Group matches newcomers with your assimilation staff or volunteers, so they can help them find just the right group to join.

Administration

• Powerful administrative tools that help you customize the experience of your City, put reliable information at your finger tips, and simplify administration so you can stay focused on ministry.
• Integrated import/export tools make it easy for you to maintain a reliable database and put your data to work whenever you need.
• Built-in participation and engagement tracking, customizable metrics, and to-the-minute giving reports ensure you will always have the information you need to lead your church well.
• Distributed authority makes it easy to delegate administrative roles, and provide granular permissions and security levels for administrative tools, with minimal training required.
• Design tools help you reinforce the identity of your church and build a highly-valued channel for communication and community.
• Create up to 20 custom data fields to store additional participant information.
• Bulk import and update tools let you quickly bring existing participant data, including membership status and history, into The City, and a built-in Process Manager streamlines your membership process.
• Create processes for membership, spiritual development, discipleship, leader development, or any other administrative process, all with built-in reporting and data management. Embed audio, video, readings, assessment questions, and interviews to better lead, serve, and equip the people of your church.

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The City also offers fully integrated modules for specific ministry needs:

• Children’s Ministry  The City’s integrated Children’s Ministry Module offers event-based classroom volunteer management, a fast, secure, and visitor-friendly check in process, and a community-centered approach aimed at helping families connect more deeply with your church.
• Giving  The City’s Giving Module enables the full donation cycle, from user-driven pledging to online giving to donation, fund, and batch management and reporting -- all in the context of your church’s daily life.

Your subscription to The City includes world-class support from our dedicated launch and support team. We’re committed to partnering with your church to help you use The City to enable your mission.

• A secure and reliable database with 99.9% uptime and 24x7 monitoring.
• Access to a variety of launch and implementation resources including consulting services, online video training and online launch guides.
• Full access to the built-in Help Center and Knowledge Base, plus access to an online support team during regular business hours.

Learn more at The City Support.