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This guide walks you through the four steps to go from sign-up to a fully configured church in Bethel ChMS. By the end, you’ll have an organisation, a branch, and a full year of Sunday services ready to go.
1

Sign up for an account

Go to app.bethelware.com and select Sign Up.Enter your email address and choose a password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long.
Sign-up form
After signing up, you’ll be taken straight into the setup flow, no email verification needed.
2

Create your organisation

An organisation is your church network: it contains all your branches, members, and settings. If you lead a single church, your organisation is that church. If you oversee multiple campuses, your organisation is the umbrella that holds them all together.Fill in the following details:
FieldRequiredDescription
NameYesThe name of your church or network.
EmailYesA contact email for the organisation.
AddressNoThe main address of your church or headquarters.
Post CodeNoThe postal code for the address above.
Create organisation form
You automatically become the organisation owner, the highest permission level in Bethel ChMS. You can manage everything across all branches, invite other users, and assign roles. See Roles and permissions for details.
3

Create your first branch

A branch is an individual church or campus within your organisation. Even if you only have one location, Bethel ChMS uses branches to organise your members, events, and attendance data.Fill in the following details:
FieldRequiredDescription
Branch NameYesThe name of this church or campus (e.g. “Grace Chapel” or “Eastside Campus”).
Location NameYesThe name of the venue or building where this branch meets (e.g. “Main Hall”).
Sunday Service start timeYesWhen your Sunday service begins.
Sunday Service end timeYesWhen your Sunday service ends.
Create branch form
Bethel ChMS automatically creates a primary location for your branch, a Sunday Service event, and 52 weekly occurrences, so your first year of services is ready to go.
4

You're in

That’s it, you land on your dashboard. From here you can see your organisation at a glance: your branches, upcoming services, and recent activity.
Dashboard after completing setup
Here are a couple of things to do next:
  • Invite users: Add pastors, admins, or volunteers to your team and assign them roles.
  • Add members: Start building your church directory by adding members to your branch.