Release Notes

 

ChMeetings 2025.2 – January 23, 2025

 

     MINOR FEATURE

 

 

Accounting Subcategories

  • You can now create subcategories within existing accounting categories for more granular transaction tracking.
    .
    subcat1 -
    .
  • Subcategories are available when adding transactions, allowing for precise categorization.
    .
    subcat2 -
    .
  • All reports now include subcategory data for enhanced financial analysis.
    .
    subcat3 -

 

 

     IMPROVEMENTS

 

Role-Based Access to Accounting

Accounting access has been updated so that Admins and Owners can allow users to View or Manage the Accounting Module without having access to People data. This means you can, for example, create an Accountant Role, and only grant them View and Manage access to Accounting. 

accounting permission -

 

Contribution Attachments (paid feature, accessible with all paid plans)

Churches with a paid account can now attach files (e.g., checks, receipts) anytime when adding a new Contribution. The maximum file size is 5MB.

contribution attachments -

 

Calendar View Filtering

Members and guests can now filter events based on their access permissions.The calendar view will display only the calendars which contain events they have access to. They are also now filterable by calendar. 

member calendar -

 

 

ChMeetings 2025.1 – January 14, 2025

 

     MINOR FEATURE

 

Edit Account Info

Everyone with a ChMeetings user account can now edit their account info by clicking their name at the top of the main menu, and then selecting Edit Account Info. Here is where users can edit their account email address, and username. The account password is required to save the changes.

account info -

 

 

     IMPROVEMENTS

 

Group Chat (Branded App Exclusive)

  1. The feature is out of Beta. 
  2. The group conversation limit has increased from 50 to 200 members. 
  3. Members now see how many unread conversations they have. This is shown right on the Conversations menu item.
    .
    conv notif -
    .
  4. Conversation members can now react to messages with Like, Love, and Pray.
    .
    reactions -
    .
  5. Disabled conversations are now clearly distinguished in your list, using a dedicated icon.
    .
    disabled conv -
    .
  6. We also fixed some minor issues noticed after the first release, including the time zone issues.

 

Builder

  1. Instagram Video is now available within the Video Card.
    .
    instagram video -
    .
  2. TikTok is now available to add to your Social Media Card, where you can add links to a variety of social media networks.
    .
    tiktok -

 

 

Automated Tasks

  1. You can now filter tasks by Zip Code.
    .
    zipfilter -
    .
     
  2. The Newcomer and New Event Attendee tasks now support multiple actions.
    .
    multiple actions -
    .
  3. When adding people to a specific group using an automated task, you can now choose to notify the Group Leaders.
    .
    notify leader - 

 

People

  1. Now you can update the Marital Status field using the More Actions > Bulk Update option in your People list.
    .
    marital status 1 -
    .
  2. Additionally, you can filter people by Zip Code from under the People > Advanced Search feature.
    .
    zipcode search -

 

 

Contributions

When sending contribution statements, you can now select the statement email sender as either the main church email or your account email. 

statement sender -

 

 

Reports

There is a new Ministries and Groups Statistical Report which shows you a breakdown of each Ministry and Group  This repotr is available with all paid ChMeetings plans.

ministry report -

 

Explore Releases in Previous Years