Public
Visible and joinable by anyone browsing circles. Joining is immediate with active membership.
Core Feature
Circles & Community
Private groups for small groups, Bible studies, prayer circles, and church teams — with clear access controls, member approvals, pinned updates, and deep integration with church listings.
What you can do
- Create circles for small groups, courses, teams, or prayer communities
- Create announcements circles for admin-led church updates
- Public, private, and secret visibility modes
- Admin messages, pinned updates, and emoji reactions
- Invite members by KC account email
- Scripture helper — type a reference and members can read it inline
- Member visibility preferences (full profile, name only, or anonymous)
- Linked to your church page — circles appear on the church listing
- Integrated with community profiles and the Explore tab
Also included
- Moderation queue for reported messages
- Member bans and unban controls
- Church-page announcements with scheduling and banners
- Segment and advanced member tooling (Coming Soon)
- Engagement insights (Coming Soon)
Visibility settings
Choose the right mode when you create a circle — you can change it later.
Private
Visible to potential members, but join requests require admin approval before membership is active.
Secret
Invite-only. Not shown in public browsing. Ideal for leadership teams and confidential pastoral groups.
How Circles integrate with Churches
Circles aren't standalone chat groups — they're tied into the church ecosystem on the platform.
Listed on your church page
Circles linked to your church appear in a dedicated section on your church listing. Visitors can request to join directly from your church page.
Managed from Manage Church
Church admins create and manage circles from the Manage Church dashboard — the same place you manage your listing, events, and announcements.
Church-page announcements
Admin messages in a church-linked circle can be published as announcements on the church page itself — reaching both circle members and general visitors.
Moderation by church admins
Church admins have an elevated moderation panel — they can review reported messages, ban disruptive members, and manage the circle across the team.
Community feed integration
Circle activity feeds into the Community section for members, keeping everything in one place rather than scattered across separate apps.
Multiple circles per church
Create as many circles as you need — Bible study, youth group, leadership team, prayer partners — each with its own visibility and membership.
Scripture inside Circles
Circles have a built-in scripture helper. When you type a reference like John 3:16 in a message, it is detected automatically and members can open a scripture modal to read the passage without leaving the circle.
Scripture helper
Type a reference like Romans 8:28 and it is auto-detected. Members can open the passage in a modal to read it without leaving the circle.
Open in Bible reader
Any scripture reference in a circle message links directly into the full Bible reader at the correct book, chapter, and verse.
Study Workspace
Use your highlights and study notes from the Bible to create a study document, then share it with circle members or publicly on your church page.
Member visibility & profiles
Within a circle, members can choose how they appear — public profile, name-only, or anonymous. Public profiles are discoverable in the Community Explore tab.
Full profile
Name, avatar, and profile link visible to other members in the circle.
Name only
Name shown but no link to profile. Useful when you want presence without full visibility.
Anonymous
Shown as "Member" — no name or link. Ideal for confidential groups or sensitive topics.
How to activate and where to find it
- 1Claim and manage your church, then open the Circles area in Manage Church.
- 2Create a circle and choose Public, Private, or Secret.
- 3Invite members by email or share the circle link; direct people from your church page.
- 4Use the circle for admin messages, pinned updates, replies, and reactions.
- 5Type scripture references naturally — they're detected and linked automatically.
- 6Church admins can access the moderation panel for reports and bans.
Main entry points: Manage Church, church pages, Dashboard My Circles, Community section, and circle pages.