Building a recipient group

A group is a reusable audience. Build it once and send to it again and again. Groups come in two kinds.

Create a group

• 1. On Communications → Groups, click New group and give it a name (e.g. "Lectors").
• 2. Choose the kind:
• Manual list — you add specific people. Use Members to search by name and add or remove each one.
• Segment — a rule that fills itself: choose a field (ministry, engagement, registration, household heads) and a value (e.g. ministry = lector).
• 3. Click Preview to see exactly who resolves, with warnings for anyone missing an email or phone.

Why two kinds

A manual list is best for a small, named set. A segment keeps itself current — "all registered households" or "active lectors" updates as your data changes, with no editing.

Tips

• Preview before every important send so you know the real reach and catch missing contact details.
• People with no email are simply skipped for an email send (and flagged in the preview), never dropped silently.
• Next: Sending a Mass Communication.