# Faithloft Help Center

- [Welcome to Faithloft](https://docs.faithloft.org/index.md): Practical guides for church staff using Faithloft.
- [Sign in to the staff portal](https://docs.faithloft.org/quickstart.md): Sign in to your church's staff portal and find your way around.
- [Sign in to the mobile app](https://docs.faithloft.org/mobile/sign-in.md): Choose your church and sign in to the mobile app.
- [Web portal modules](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/modules.md): What each area of the Faithloft staff portal helps you manage.
- [Manage members](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/members.md): Find church member accounts, invite people, import a roster, and update member details and access.
- [Rota: create a serving schedule](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/rota.md): Create a rota from a program template, assign department members, and sync your personal rota to a calendar.
- [Programs and templates](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/programs-and-templates.md): Create reusable service templates, schedule programs, and send assignable duties to Rota.
- [Set up and use Workflows](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/workflows.md): Create a department workflow, publish its stages and rules, track items, and review automation runs.
- [Send a message to church members](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/messages.md): Choose an audience and channels, write or reuse message content, send or schedule it, and check delivery status.
- [Create and manage an announcement](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/announcements.md): Write a church-wide or department update, publish it now or later, and review member engagement.
- [Manage funds and giving](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/funds.md): Create funds, review gifts, record offline giving, and reconcile M-Pesa statements.
- [Run an Outreach campaign](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/outreach.md): Set up an outreach campaign, privately follow up with your contacts, and track prayer and share-kit activity.
- [Create and publish a Share Kit](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/share-kit.md): Prepare social captions and images, submit them for approval, and organize posts with brand templates and campaigns.
- [Create and manage an event](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/events.md): Schedule church-wide or department events, manage RSVPs and registrations, and prepare check-in.
- [Manage your church organization](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/organization.md): Review branches and roll-up reporting, create branches, push shared setup, and transfer members.
- [Manage prayer requests](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/prayer-requests.md): Submit a prayer request, choose who can see it, follow it through the prayer team board, and handle consent carefully.
- [Connect church services](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/integrations.md): Find the setup guide for payments, AI drafting, WhatsApp, or SMS in Faithloft.
- [Set up payment methods](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/integrations/payments.md): Connect a donation provider, configure its settings, and choose the default method for your church.
- [Connect an AI provider](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/integrations/ai.md): Add and test an OpenAI-compatible provider for your church's AI drafting features.
- [Connect WhatsApp](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/integrations/whatsapp.md): Connect your church's WhatsApp Business account, verify it, and enable WhatsApp messages.
- [Set up SMS](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/integrations/sms.md): Connect and test an SMS provider, choose a primary sender, and configure delivery rules.
- [Create a department](https://docs.faithloft.org/departments/create-department.md): Set up a team or ministry in your church portal.
- [Manage departments](https://docs.faithloft.org/portal/manage-departments.md): Organize department members, enabled modules, visibility, and department workspaces.
- [Self-host Faithloft](https://docs.faithloft.org/developers/self-hosting.md): Run Faithloft locally for development or deploy the current Kubernetes chart on your own infrastructure.


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