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Add a new member

Every member starts with a profile made from the New Comer Registration form. Once the profile exists, the member can activate their account with the email on the form.

Who can do this

Anyone with the Manage tab (group admins, attendance takers and welcomers), and small group leaders from their Dashboard.

Open the form

  • Tap Manage, then tap the person-plus icon at the top right, or
  • on your small group's Dashboard, tap Add Member on the Members card.

Fill it in

Fields marked * are required:

Field Notes
First Name * and Last Name * Not needed if you fill in Chinese Name instead.
Gender *
Email * Must be a real email format. If the person has no email, tap Random to fill in a temporary one. Enter their name first.

Group admins also see an Assigned Group section. Choosing a group is required. If you aren't a group admin, you won't see it, and the new member is added to your own small group. Leave New Comer ("First time joining the group") ticked for someone who is new to your group. Untick it for someone who has been coming for a while and is only now getting a Fella profile.

Everything else is optional. Your group admin chooses which optional fields appear (see Choose the fields on the user form), so your form may show fewer sections than described here:

  • Personal: Chinese Name, Phone, Allergies, Preferred Language, Birthday.
  • Emergency Contact: Name and Phone.
  • Family Members: tick Child Profile for a member under 18, and tap Add Family Members to link parents, children or a spouse who already have profiles.
  • Education: School and Grade/Year. Tick OUT-OF-SCHOOL for someone who is working.
  • Spiritual: Accepted Christ?, Date Accepted, Baptized, Date Baptized.
  • Others: extra questions your organization has added.

When you're done, tap Create New Profile.

Before the profile is created

Fella checks whether this person is already in Fella, so you don't create a second profile for them.

You'll see Confirm with "Are you sure you want to create new profile?".

  1. Leave Did name attend date event? ticked if they came to this week's program, so they're counted in attendance.
  2. Tick the box agreeing to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This is required.
  3. Tap Create Profile.

You'll see User Found: "We found a profile with the same email address! Do you want to add the user to your group?"

The profile shows which groups the person is already in.

  1. Tap Add name to group, then Add to confirm.
  2. Fella shows "User added to group!".

If it says User is already in your group, there's nothing to do. They're already a member.

You'll see User Found: "We found profiles with similar information:" and a list of profiles with the same name.

  • If one of them is this person, tap Add name to group on that profile, then Add.
  • If none of them is this person, tap Continue with new profile.

Someone moving from another fellowship

If the person already has a Fella account from another fellowship or group, don't create a new profile. Their account, password and history stay the same; you only add them to your group.

  1. Open the form as above.
  2. Fill in the required fields. Use the same email they use in Fella if you know it.
  3. Tap Create New Profile. Fella finds their existing profile (see Same email found or Similar name found above).
  4. Tap Add name to group, then Add.

They'll see your group the next time they open the app. They don't need to activate again.

Not sure if they have an account?

Ask them which email they sign in to Fella with. If Fella finds nothing, they don't have a profile yet and you can create one.

Let newcomers fill in the form themselves

Instead of typing it in for them, you can show a QR code that opens the form on Fella web.

  1. Open the form as above.
  2. Tap the QR code icon at the top right. You'll see Registration Form.
  3. Let the newcomer scan the code, or copy the link and send it to them.

The link expires in 24 hours. On the web form they choose Family (parents and up to four children) or Individual, fill in the required fields and tap Submit. The individual form shows the same fields your group admin has chosen for the app.

Message on the web form What to do
You do not have access to the new comer form. The link has expired or is wrong. Make a new QR code.
This email is already registered in Fella The person already has a Fella profile, for example from another fellowship. Add them from the app instead, as in Someone moving from another fellowship.
Please fill in the required fields above Fill in the fields marked in red.

If something goes wrong

Message in the app What to do
Please fill in all required fields Fill in the fields marked in red.
Please enter a valid email! Generate a temporary email by clicking on the Random button Fix the email, or tap Random if they don't have one.
Please enter first name and last name first Enter a name before tapping Random.
Please select a group Choose a group under Assigned Group.
You must agree before proceeding! Tick the Terms of Service box on Confirm.
Email already exist! Please use another email Someone else in Fella uses this email. Check for typos, or use Random.