Not everyone in your church is at the same point: there are new visitors, people in process, and committed members. The pastoral stage helps you see it at a glance and know who to walk alongside at each step.
What is the pastoral stage?
Each person has a stage that marks their moment within the church. In Domo the stages are:
- First visit — came for the first time.
- Visitor — has come several times.
- In pre-membership — in the process of becoming a member.
- Active member — a member who takes part.
- Inactive member — a member who has drifted away.
- Non-professing minor and Professing minor — for children and teens.
- Transferred, Excommunicated and Deceased — for people who are no longer an active part.
These stages are defined in Domo and are the same for the whole church. They can't be created or renamed, so your whole team speaks the same language.
Change a person's stage
- Open the Directory and go into the person's record.
- Click to edit.
- In Pastoral stage, choose the right one.
- Click Save.
Keeping stages up to date pays off: it helps Home show you better who to follow up with.
See people by their moment
In the Directory, the filter buttons group people by stage so you find them in seconds:
- Visitors gathers those in "First visit" and "Visitor".
- Pre-members shows those "In pre-membership".
- Members are the "Active member" ones.
- Minors brings together professing and non-professing minors.
- Inactive are the "Inactive member" ones.
- Archived groups transferred, excommunicated and deceased.
That way, in one click, you have the list of your recent visitors or those ready for the next step.
