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ChMeetings is the ChMS where churches communicate; manage members, events & volunteers, accept online giving, publish blogs, and more.
The developers are always adding new features, and they are very rapid to fix unexpected bug. The app is very valued and lot of priests and servants are already using it.
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ChMeetings - A Genuine Blessing to the Small Church
Comments: The benefits to me have been the ability to stay connected with our church congregation during the day pandemic.
Pros:
I love that ChMeetings offers so much functionality for free. I cannot say enough about how difficult it has been to find an affordable and practical church management solution. Many others have pricing geared toward bigger churches, but there has been very available to the small church with little (or no) budget. To be able to have this available for free has been a true blessing!
Cons:
I really can't complain at all. I'm very happy with it.
Great for church use
Comments: Great service, great product, great price.
Pros:
The ease of use to enter information. Adding membership dates, so we are mot keeping a separate log
Cons:
The updates, although I know they are needed.
Jios Apps Response
4 months ago
Thank you so much, Patty! We’re thrilled to hear that you find ChMeetings easy to use and great for church use. We truly appreciate your feedback on our service, product, and pricing.
Needs to be more User Friendly
Comments: It's mostly positive. The things it is lacking are not exactly negatives.
Pros:
The low cost for being able to do what we need it to do. It's a little clumsy and takes extra time to figure things out, but since we can't really afford a more expensive app, it's working for now.
Cons:
It took time for me to figure out how to navigate the app and often I have to demonstrate to church members how to use it because it's not very intuitive. I would like a message board or chat feature. It would also be nice if members/users could choose upcoming events they would like to be reminded about with a notification or email. I wish there were more inexpensive label printer options compatible with the app. I wish there was a list view that showed both the date and volunteers' names for planning. Being able to print that list/calendar would also be very helpful.
PFCC Assistant
Comments: excellent experience. Easy to navigate and to search what needed
Pros:
The dashboard easy to navigate and also the export of data
Cons:
The notification note field for follow up and and the note field after the follow up should be separated
Jios Apps Response
4 months ago
Thank you, Alphonse, for your feedback! We’re delighted to hear that you’re having an excellent experience with ChMeetings and that you find it easy to navigate, search, and export data.
Dunaway's Chapel UMC
Comments: Awesome, we feel comfortable, and would recommend.
Pros:
Ease of use, and setup. The cost is great for all of the uses that come along with it.
Cons:
The ablity to attach documents to an event would be nice such as PDF/s
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Pastor James, for your feedback! We’re glad to hear that you find ChMeetings easy to use and set up, and that it’s cost-effective. We also appreciate your recommendation.
ChMeeting Review
Comments: Overall, this is a very good software with mobile application support that helps us in managing our church requirements.
Pros:
This software helps us to easily record members' profile, groupings between regulars and not regulars, online forms, and most of all, tracking of weekly Worship attendance via mobile application
Cons:
Options for flexibility in reporting. There are reports that I am not able to find.
Alternatives Considered: ChurchTrac
Reasons for Switching to Chmeetings: Cheaper. Offers free trial with many features enabled.
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Luis, for your feedback! We're pleased to hear that ChMeetings software and mobile app help you easily manage your church's requirements.
Grateful!!
Comments: I taught my trustee the program in a day. We are still learning; however, the struggle is so much smaller knowing that we can see the information at any given time from anywhere.
Pros:
The possibilities are endless and affordable. We are a small church; however, booking is essential for any size church. Chmeetings allows us to tap into a system that allows growth and expansion.
Cons:
Once the date is selected while keying; at times, it will revert to the present date instead of remaining on the date initially keyed.
Alternatives Considered: ChurchTrac and ShelbyNext Financials
Reasons for Choosing Chmeetings: The cost and lack of communication with the team. There was always a push to buy more instead of perfecting what we had or needed.
Switched From: Servant Keeper
Reasons for Switching to Chmeetings: The format, cost and growth potential. We are a small church; however, it is our goal to implement several other features offered by Chmeetings.
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Pastor Laeulia, for sharing your experience and feedback! We're glad to hear that ChMeetings hasn't been a challenge for you and that you find it to be an affordable system that supports growth and expansion.
Can I Get A Refill
Comments: My overall experience has been such a great experience of my learning the system and how easy it is to have one software that do a lot more then some others at a fare price.
Pros:
navigating through the system and how easy it was to add things our church needed and how the company was willing to help move over from the previous system we had and their customer service system.
Cons:
As of this date I only can say that I wished that the app was included in the price and not a addon as well as texting.
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Andrea, for your feedback! We’re thrilled you’ve had a great experience with ChMeetings and find it easy to navigate, feature-rich compared to others, fairly priced, and supported by a helpful customer service system.
Great Resource for Churches
Pros:
The ease of transitioning from another cloud-based service. The customer service response time is very quick and easy to understand. Customization is easy to learn and use.
Cons:
I wish I could set the date and title of a Batch when I am inputting a new contribution, but this is a very minor inconvenience.
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Jessica, for your feedback! We’re delighted to hear that ChMeetings fits your demands and is a great resource for churches. We’re also pleased that the transition from another cloud-based service was easy, that customization is straightforward, and that ChMeetings' customer service was quick and easy to understand.
HRC CHMeetings
Comments: Overall the customer service and support for the team has been amazing. Any problems has been resolved in a timely manner by the team and communication via email has been amazing.
Pros:
The notification feature through the app allows our pastor to send notifications to our whole congregation with only a few clicks.
Cons:
CHMeetings can sometimes be complicate for older members of our congregation and can be considered not user friendly sometimes.
Jios Apps Response
3 months ago
Thank you, Hershel, for your feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that the notification feature has been beneficial for your pastor and that you’re having an amazing experience with ChMeetings' customer service and support team.
Chmeetings for Churches is great!
Pros:
The program is easy to use and has a great mobile app builder.
Cons:
The account function is still new so it taking a bit to figure out but so far I dont see any negatives about it.
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Cindy! We appreciate your feedback. It's great to hear that you find ChMeetings easy to use and that you're enjoying our mobile app builder, along with the features offered at competitive pricing.
Going from Good to Exceptional
Comments: This software is uncomplicated and easy to use. We particularly like the Follow-Up feature. ChMeetings has most of the essential features we need and none of the features we don't need. Their customer support team is wonderful. They have worked very hard to add features that are important for managing our membership of almost 3,000 households across two community organizations. Many of our households have minimal computer skills, so having a viewer-friendly interface is very important. Unlike some organizations, it is important for us to show that the focus is on caring for people. We don't sell products or try to raise significant amounts of money.
Pros:
Customer Support! ChMeetings has a very responsive support and development team. The features that they didn't have were due to be released within 3 months and were actually introduced one month ahead of schedule. And at the same time, when I emailed them about an idea that would make our management of 3,000 households easier and they made the more that one of the changes in less than 24 hours. As for features they are currently working on, they keep me updated on their progress. I feel like they are my personal software development company.
Cons:
Since one of our organizations is less than a month old, I am still working out the operational structure of the organization in general. That said, tutorial videos for ChMeetings might have provided some of the instructions that would have made my understanding of the software easier. ChMeetings is currently creating tutorial videos which should be available this summer.
Jios Apps Response
3 years ago
Dear Angela, We are glad to hear that you enjoy ChMeetings and we appreciate your feedback in regards to our support and tutorials. We're working on bringing additional resources to you and we hope they will make it even easier for you and your church to become familiar with ChMeetings.
Best in class
Comments: It's been fantastic. Our church is growing with over 800 people and a tool such as this has come at the right time. An app that manages the church groups, people, donations and a user platform for news, membership and information.
Pros:
Ease of customisation and integration. Caters for church management and for end users. Agile development with features and quick release cycles. Amazing team supporting the application.
Cons:
Early bugs were fixed with updates and patches. Amazing app, with a great development and support team to fix any issues that may arise.
CH Meetings works for a small church
Pros:
It was simple to implement. It gave us the solution we needed by helping organize the information about our parishioners and giving us a mechanism to readily communicate to them. The support is extremely responsive. Any problem I had with use, or question I had on how to use it, was answered within hours, or at most a day.
Cons:
The lack of documentation is a little disconcerting. But, the ease of use and responsiveness of support makes it not really a problem.
Alternatives Considered: SimpleChurch CRM, Flocknote, TouchPoint, Planning Center, FellowshipOne, ParishSOFT, ACS, Text In Church and Breeze ChMS
Reasons for Switching to Chmeetings: Primarily price, ease of use, and low cost entry point. Some with low cost didn't have the database features I wanted without additional cost.
Jios Apps Response
3 years ago
Hi and thank you so much for your feedback. You can now find helpful user guides for ChMeetings by visiting our help center: help.chmeetings.com. Thanks so much for your feedback and best wishes to your and your church
One more thing needed
Comments:
Very good
Support is excellent and they respond quickly
Pros:
Fairly easy to use Has good functionality
Cons:
Can we have a web page option Can't upload pdf files into blog
Alternatives Considered: Planning Center
Reasons for Choosing Chmeetings: e-disciples stopped supporting their product
Switched From: Planning Center
Reasons for Switching to Chmeetings: Mobile functionality e-mail text messages
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Sharon, for your feedback! We're glad to hear that you find ChMeetings easy to use with good functionality and an excellent, responsive support team.
Chmeetings Review
Comments: Very good, very happy. They are very response to requests, and easily assist.
Pros:
Affordability, simplicity and technical assistance. Easy to use and implement.
Cons:
None, they develop on the go which is nice.
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Andrew, for your feedback! We're glad to hear that ChMeetings has been simple, affordable, and easy to use, and that you experienced responsive technical assistance from the ChMeetings team.
Great Tool for Church Management
Comments: I love it! The simplicity is amazing. Also, the ability to set up and test while in trial mode made this program a winner for us!
Pros:
Ease of implementation, capturing and reporting offerings, ability to capture online donations, and ability of members to manage and update their own personal information.
Cons:
Lack of instructions for customizing giving statements. As a former web programmer, I was able to figure it out through trial and error.
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Cynthia, for your feedback! We're thrilled that ChMeetings has been a great tool for church management. We're glad you found the ability to set up and test during the trial mode helpful, along with features like capturing and reporting offerings, handling online donations, and enabling members to update their information.
What a great resource!
Pros:
ChMeetings offers big capabilities at the fraction of the price of other softwares. It's easy to use, and efficient. It's so easy to manage members,attendance, and Sign ups
Cons:
The only cons are that ALL features are not available mobily. I use an Ipad more than a desktop
Jios Apps Response
5 months ago
Thank you, Christina, for your feedback! We're happy to hear that you find ChMeetings not only easy to use and efficient but also offering big capabilities despite its competitive price.
Perfect for a growing church like ours
Comments: Just excellent!!
Pros:
Easy to use, lots of great features, wonderful customer support and a great price. We are able to save a lot of time with the features it offers!
Cons:
Can think of anything. We had one feature we wanted added for making a printed directory and when we asked customer support, they added it within a week or so. Thanks!
Best youth management program I have used yet.
Comments: As long as it's available I will keep using it, which should say something about how useful I find it.
Pros:
For me the best part of Chmeetings is the ease of use. I have tried several youth ministry management programs and they are seem a little convoluted for the average medium sized church. This program does everything I want it to do and I don't have to fight with it to get it done.
Cons:
To date I don't know that I have found any function that I use that I would say was bad or difficult to use.
Best church management application out there
Comments: Excellent - cannot recommend highly enough
Pros:
The UI is extremely functional and the product has a fantastic array of features included in the one price. This is a big benefit for a church plant. The included app makes the production of a church directory very simple and able to suit those with a tech bent and those who prefer a hard copy.The development and customer support teams are extremely responsive to requests, both support and change
Cons:
Nothing - best product out of those I have tried.
I was searching for this for years
Comments: It has been super easy to implement, and the development team has been quick to respond and even incorporate extra features that I asked for!
Pros:
It has so many features at a really good price.
Cons:
The rostering ('volunteers') feature originally lacked some good features, but now they are being improved too!
ChMeeting Church Management System
Comments: Friendly staff. Our suggestions are considered and at time implemented in the product. Overall cost is inexpensive and easy to use. Cannot wait for future enhancements and features.
Pros:
Product is user friendly, and was easy to set up. Knowledge base is very informative. The staff is friendly, pleasant and professional. We mainly communicate with Mary and George, and they are awesome to work with.
Cons:
Nothing so far that we have experienced.
My own reviews
Comments: Awesome app
Pros:
I like Everything in the app and the functionality
Cons:
I like Everything and also the birthdays and anniversary’s
Fantastic Product / Top Notch Customer Support
Comments: Overall, if you are a small, medium or large church, ChMeetings is the church management tool you've been looking for!
Pros:
I like the flexibility of this software. The developers are VERY responsive and they appear to be obsessed (smile) with adding new feature. Their customer service is very patient and kind. They are always available to answer questions and their random check-ins is the icing to their support offerings.
Cons:
The ability to add users (in bulk) was a feature I liked least but they turned around added that functionality when I needed it most. At this time, I would love the ability for my members to run our forms within the app. I understand this feature is upcoming. I am also looking forward to the ability where the "convenience fee" for donations is automatically calculated and is passed on to the donator. I understand this feature is also upcoming.
Alternatives Considered: FlockBase
Reasons for Choosing Chmeetings: Desired a more affordable system
Switched From: FlockBase
Reasons for Switching to Chmeetings: More cost effective
Jios Apps Response
3 years ago
Dear Brandon, Thank you very much for your feedback and we're glad to hear that you appreciate our product's flexibility and our team's responsiveness. There are indeed many features we're working on and even more that are on our list of improvements. In case this is still helpful to you: Right now you can add users in bulk using a two-step process - import people, then invite them as users from the Bulk Actions menu. We also allow donors to pay the processing fees for online giving. As for members running forms - we'd love to hear more about what you have in mind. Please, feel free to get in touch.