Create and manage

A cell group in Ministrium has a leader, members, a recurring meeting, and an originating campus. This page covers create and manage.

Create a group

1. Groups → New group.
2. Fill in:
   • Name (e.g. “Downtown - Families Cell”)
   • Campus
   • Type: home, parish, online, mixed
   • Day and time of the recurring meeting
   • Location: address or Zoom link
   • Main leader
   • Suggested capacity: 8-15 is typical
   • Life stage: youth, young adults, couples, women, men, mixed
3. Save.

Add members

Three ways:

1. Manual: [Group] → Members → + from the campus members list.
2. Self-add: the leader sends an invitation link.
3. From CRM: [Member] → Groups → Add.

A member can belong to several groups at once (rare but allowed).

Group structure

Roles assigned from [Group] → Roles.

Group meetings

Each group has a meeting calendar:

• Recurring: by default, one meeting per week on the group’s day/time.
• Special: the leader can schedule extra meetings (Christmas dinner, group retreat).
• Suspended: mark a week as no-meeting (vacations).

After each meeting, the leader marks attendance from the mobile app or web. See Group reports.

Leader view

The leader gets a dedicated panel for the group:

• Member list with photo and quick contact (call/text/WhatsApp)
• Next meeting and previous attendance
• Attendance history (chart)
• Private notes per member
• “Communicate to the group” button (broadcast email/SMS to their group only)

The leader does NOT see data from other groups or the global CRM.

Closing a group

If a group stops operating:

1. Actions → Close group.
2. Confirm.
3. Members are left unassigned, ready to join another group or remain ungrouped.
4. Group history (attendance, notes) stays accessible for reports.