Apply for access and take over a profile

You don’t need a personal Yachad account to apply, but you need an official email address of the church, for example info@… It becomes the first login. You then invite more people to the team yourselves, see Team and roles.

Basic profile or new?

So that the map isn’t empty at launch, a church may already be listed with a basic profile from public information (name, address, denomination, website). The app then shows “Basic profile”. It isn’t managed by you and may be out of date.

In the application you see for each church found what is possible:

Shown	Meaning
Take over basic profile («Basisprofil übernehmen»)	There is a basic profile. With approval you take it over.
Request access («Zugang anfordern»)	The church is listed but has no login yet.
Already has a login («Hat bereits ein Login»)	The church is already managed. Ask its church admins to invite you to the team, or write to contact@yachad.social.

Applying

1. Open app.yachad.social/admin/claim (Apply for access, «Zugang beantragen»).
2. 1. Your church: search by name or place and choose your church. If it isn’t there, choose Our church isn’t listed yet («Unsere Kirche ist noch nicht dabei») and enter name, address, place, country and website. Set the location on the map.
3. 2. Contact:
   • Official email address of the church: becomes the login. Use an address of the church, not a private one.
   • Your name and role in the church (for example pastor, office)
   • Phone (for questions), optional
   • Message to the platform team, optional
4. Click Send application («Antrag senden»). By doing so you accept the terms for churches.

Confirming the email address

You receive an email with a link. Open it to confirm that the address belongs to the church. Unconfirmed applications expire after 7 days. After that, the application lies with the platform team.

Review and approval

The platform team checks the application by hand, usually within a few days, and gets in touch if there are questions. After approval:

1. you receive an email with a link to set up the login;
2. you set a password (at least 10 characters) and set up two-factor, which is mandatory for church admins;
3. your church counts as Verified, and the first login is a church admin.

TODO

How exactly applications are checked (for example matching the email domain with the website or calling the official phone number) and what happens on rejection is still to be described here.

After the first sign-in

The Overview shows your next steps:

• Upload a logo
• Add a description
• Enter service times
• Turn on two-factor for the login

Continue with Maintain your profile, Ministries and Team and roles.

Suggesting a church (for members)

If you don’t work for the church, you can report it in the app under Suggest a church. The platform team then contacts the church.