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Church Board Management for Councils, Elders, and Deacons

Your leadership team serves in rotating terms. CommunityVault keeps the minutes, decisions, policies, and requests in one secure place, so the next council starts where the last one left off.

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What makes church governance hard to keep track of

Records follow the volunteer

The council secretary keeps the minutes at home. When terms rotate, the records go with them.

Decisions made in passing

A facility decision is agreed after a service or by text, and never recorded anywhere official.

Policies hard to find

The constitution, building-use policy, and safety policies exist — somewhere — in several versions.

Facility requests by phone

Ministry leaders and members ask to use rooms by calling whoever they know, and double bookings happen.

Follow-ups forgotten

Action items from leadership meetings aren't assigned, so the same topics return month after month.

Congregation out of the loop

Members hear about decisions late, or only through word of mouth.

How CommunityVault helps

One place for your leadership team's work

CommunityVault handles governance records and communication, not giving or accounting.

Policies and records

  • ✓Store your constitution, bylaws, policies, and minutes in one vault
  • ✓Set documents to member-visible, leadership only, or private
  • ✓Ask the AI assistant questions answered only from your documents, with sources
  • ✓New leaders see the records as soon as they're invited

Leadership approvals

  • ✓Create an approval for budget items, facility use, policy changes, or resolutions
  • ✓Leaders vote Approve, Reject, or Abstain with comments
  • ✓Record the final decision with a note
  • ✓Export a timestamped PDF record of the vote

Meetings and tasks

  • ✓Agendas, attendees, and minutes for each leadership meeting
  • ✓Turn agenda items into tasks with owners and due dates
  • ✓Export meeting minutes as a PDF
  • ✓Track tasks by priority and status

Members and requests

  • ✓Invite members to a member portal
  • ✓Members submit requests, such as event or facility use, and see the status
  • ✓Post announcements to leadership or all members, and email them
  • ✓Keep a shared directory of trusted vendors and contractors

CommunityVault is a records, communication, and governance platform. It does not process dues payments or handle accounting.

How it works

Getting your leadership team started

  1. 01

    Choose the church type

    Labels match how your church talks about leadership and members.

  2. 02

    Upload key documents

    Constitution, bylaws, policies, and recent minutes — or ask us for free migration help.

  3. 03

    Invite leaders

    Add council members, elders, or deacons and set what each role can see.

  4. 04

    Open the member portal

    Invite members to read announcements and submit requests when you're ready.

FAQ

Church board management FAQ

Is CommunityVault a church management system (ChMS)?
No. CommunityVault is focused on church governance — the work of your council, elders, deacons, or committees. It does not handle giving, donations, payments, accounting, or child check-in, so it works alongside the tools your church already uses for those.
Does it use church-friendly terminology?
Yes. When you choose the church organization type, the workspace uses labels such as Congregation, Leadership, Leadership Approvals, and Ministry Requests instead of HOA terms.
Who should be invited?
Invite your leadership team as board members so they can see board-only documents and vote on approvals. You can also invite congregation members to a member portal, where they see only what leadership chooses to share.
Can members request use of the building?
Yes. Members can submit requests — such as event or facility requests — from their portal. Leadership reviews them in one queue, can ask for more information, approve or decline, and the member sees the status.
Can we keep confidential matters private?
Each document can be set to member-visible, board only, or private (admin). The AI assistant only answers from documents the person asking is allowed to see. For pastoral or legally sensitive matters, follow your church's own confidentiality policies about what to store anywhere.

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