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A church platform providing a public website, mobile app, and back office for congregations. Features include a page builder with a rich text editor, Stripe Connect Portal for online payments, MFA security upgrades, and customizable themes and colors.

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What's inside FlowStack

  1. Overview of Flowstack church management features

    Flowstack provides a centralized admin portal to manage a congregation's digital presence and operations. Key capabilities include:

    • Website & App Builder: A single drag-and-drop editor for designing public websites and mobile app screens, including SEO and navigation.
    • Events & Registrations: Tools for creating events, managing registrations, applying discount codes, and handling recurring services.
    • Giving & Finance: Support for one-time and recurring donations, transaction tracking, refunds, and financial reporting.
    • Bible Reading Plans: Template-based reading plans with member progress tracking and reminders.
    • Ministries & Members: Role-based access control for organizing ministries, approving membership requests, and managing families.
    • Media & Streaming: Sermon publishing, video feed curation, and YouTube live stream integration.
    • Forms: Custom form builder for sign-ups and RSVPs with responses collected in the portal.
    • Notifications: Immediate or scheduled push notifications to the congregation.

  2. Overview of the Flowstack church platform

    Flowstack is a unified church platform designed to replace fragmented tools for giving, events, website management, and Bible study. It consists of two member-facing interfaces (a public website and a mobile app) and a single admin portal for staff to manage both.

  3. Use Stripe Connect for online payment processing

    FlowStack has migrated to Stripe Connect as the primary system for powering online payments. New clients must use Stripe Connect for online payment processing. There is a dedicated management page available to handle active Stripe Connect connections.

  4. Manage Bible notes and reading plans offline

    Bible notes are now global across all FlowStack experiences rather than being scoped to a specific experience. Additionally, users can now download Bible reading plans to track and update their progress while offline; changes will sync automatically once connectivity is restored.

  5. Use the improved Rich Text Editor for legal notices

    The Rich Text Editor used for editing legal notices now includes several quality-of-life enhancements: a full context menu for cut/copy/paste operations, the ability to integrate and embed FlowStack images directly into text, explicit background color settings, and improved tools for applying and editing text styles.

  6. Manage online payments via Stripe Connect Portal

    FlowStack uses Stripe Connect as the official primary source for powering online payment processing. For clients using Stripe Connect, a dedicated management page is available to handle active Stripe Connect connections.

  7. Manage online payments with Stripe Connect

    FlowStack has migrated to Stripe Connect as the official primary source for powering online payment processing. New clients use Stripe Connect, while legacy clients with alternative payment processors are grandfathered into their existing systems. A dedicated management page is available for users to manage their active Stripe Connect connections.

  8. Track and manage at-the-door payments

    FlowStack now supports tracking for in-person cash payments. Events and Forms allow payments to be marked as paid or unpaid, and prices can be adjusted manually. A dedicated page is available to view all payments made at the door, allowing for the tracking of in-person discounts and cash revenue in financial reports.

  9. Export financial reports in multiple formats

    The upgraded financial reporting system allows users to export reports in three formats: PDF files, Excel files, or a .zip archive containing various CSV files. The system now includes tracking for at-door cash payments and tools to calculate average revenue for recurring subscriptions.

  10. Use Stripe Connect for online payment processing

    Stripe Connect is now the official primary source for powering online payment processing. While legacy clients with alternative payment processors are grandfathered into their existing systems, all new clients must use Stripe Connect. A dedicated management page is available to manage active Stripe Connect connections.

  11. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for FlowStack Admin access

    FlowStack requires Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for any account accessing privileged data or making changes to a site. If a user attempts to access the admin panel or interact with the server as an administrator without MFA enabled, they will be automatically blocked and prompted to enable it. MFA can be configured using any standard authenticator app (e.g., Microsoft Authenticator, Google Authenticator) which provides a secure 6-digit verification code during sign-in.

  12. Manage event rosters and upcoming instances

    Event administration has been upgraded with new views: 'Upcoming Event Instances' for a consolidated view of all future events, and the 'Event Roster' to view all registered participants. Identity resolution has been improved to show emails and names instead of just UIDs.