Church Online Platform updates releases.churchonlineplatform.com

Fix

Due to a server replacement with a third party company, Church Online Platform experienced a data capture outage March 1st at 3:20am CST until March 3rd at 1:30am CST. For services ran within this window, there is loss of data, which will impact Analytics.

Our team has addressed the root cause as well as added additional monitoring in place to prevent an issue of this scale occurring in the future.

We know data is a big piece for online ministry & an issue like this can have a significant impact. Please reach out to Support if you have any additional questions.

Improvement

💻 Update coming! We know data can play a valuable role in ministry and many use Google Analytics to answer key questions in online engagement. We are aware of the update that Google is requiring for all users to update their systems to include Google Analytics 4 (GA4). An update is currently underway to transition to GA4, as we continue to equip your church to better reach people & lead them in their relationship with Jesus. Stay tuned for updates on this in the coming weeks!

Fix

🚧 In progress! We’re working on fixing a few bugs to help church leaders and pastors just like you around the world. One fix we just rolled out is for you if you use YouTube as your streaming provider! YouTube live URLs containing /live now accepted when adding content to a service. Stream away!

Your church. Inside YouVersion.

Hear Bobby Gruenewald, CEO and Terry Storch, COO share about new features in YouVersion that give your church even more opportunity to build community and connect outside of your weekend services.

Claim Your Seat

Improvement

Church Online Platform’s interface now supports churches who speak the languages listed below. All that administrators need to do is adjust your settings to the language you prefer. Bottom Left: Tap your profile icon, then select from the available list of languages. (More languages will be added in the future.)

1. Afrikaans
2. Welsh
3. Dutch
4. Spanish (Latin America)
5. Hindi
6. Indonesian
7. Italian
8. Filipino
9. French
10. Malay
11. Polish
12. Russian
13. Vietnamese
14. Simplified Chinese
15. Traditional Chinese

Improvement

When a Host or attender is in a prayer session, a speech bubble displays next to their name on the Audience List, with a number indicating how many sessions they currently have active (updated every ten seconds).

New

Preview lets you test a Service before you run it live. When you add a new Service at the bottom of the new Service screen, select Save and Preview. Your Preview launches in a new tab, with a link you can copy and share with other team members so they can test it too.

New

Likes are a simple way to get attenders more engaged in your Service. Hosts can reinforce positive Chat behavior by liking Comments that contribute meaningfully to the discussion. To like a comment, simply tap “Like” underneath it.

New

Attenders can now create their own notes or edit existing sermon notes during a Service. If you don’t provide notes for a Service, attenders will still be able to use the space to create their own. They will also be able to download notes.

Improvement

Hosts can remove a Moment from the chat feed. On the top right of the Moment you want to remove, tap ⋮, Delete Moment.