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Creating your church with the setup wizard

The setup wizard walks you through everything a new church needs to get started: its name, its web address, your weekly services, and your first members. This guide covers each screen so you know what to expect.

Before you begin

  • This wizard is for people who already work at a church on Churchday. It adds an additional church alongside one you already help run.
  • If you're brand new and setting up your very first church, you most likely arrived through a staff invite link. Check your email for that invitation instead of this wizard, since a fresh account with no church is sent elsewhere.

Step-by-step

  1. Open the church switcher. In the sidebar (or header), click your church name. On a computer this opens a drop-down; on a phone it opens a pop-up window.
  2. Choose Create a new church. On a computer it's the last item in the menu. On a phone, tap the + in the pop-up window. The setup wizard opens.
  3. Tell us about your church. Add a Church logo if you have one by clicking the circle and picking an image under 4MB (this is optional). Enter your Church name. Under Your URL you'll see churchday.co/ followed by a web address suggested from your name. This is your church's custom web address. A green check means it's free; if it's taken, pick one of the suggested alternatives. Set Where is your church? to your city, which is required, and add your Website if you have one (optional).
  4. Click Continue. The button unlocks once your name, city, and an available web address are all set.
  5. Set up your weekly services. The first service is pre-filled as "Sunday Service." Adjust the Event name, Day of the week, and the Starts and Ends times, and add a Location if you like (optional). Use Add another service for each extra weekly gathering. Churchday repeats each one automatically. If you'd rather do this later, click Skip for now and your calendar starts empty.
  6. Add your members. Choose Import from a spreadsheet if you already have a list ready (this is pre-selected), or Let members come in as they register to start fresh and add people automatically as they sign up for events.
  7. Upload your members (import only). Drop in a spreadsheet file (CSV), and Churchday matches your columns automatically. You'll see how many rows are ready plus any warnings or errors. When you click Continue, your church is created and your members are brought in right away. Not ready? Click Skip for now to move on without a list.
  8. Finish setting up. A couple of optional screens follow for setting up teams and branding your emails. You can complete or skip these, then click Finish setup. You land on your dashboard, ready to go.

Good to know

  • Nothing here is permanent. You can fine-tune your church name, web address, city, and services later from Settings.
  • Want a fully branded address like pages.yourchurch.org? You can connect a custom domain later from Settings.
  • Members are the people who attend and RSVP. You invite admins and staff separately once you're set up.

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