Systems and methods for user management and retention and missionary work management in an ecclesiastical community context

Abstract

A computer implemented user management and retention method and system is designed to provide a multi-level hierarchical organizational model controlling access to user information, user types, user grouping, user status and associated reports in an ecclesiastical community context. This categorization aims to provide the relevant information, resources, access rights and administrative privileges to the respective users to facilitate a retention system for parishioners and supporters through sponsoring by missionary couples and ecclesiastical groups.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by patent is as follows: 
     
         1 . A computer implemented user management and retention method and system designed to provide a multi-level hierarchical organizational model controlling access to user information, user types, user grouping, user status and associated reports in an ecclesiastical community context comprising:
 a) a multi-level hierarchical taxonomy for organizing user types, categorizing a plurality of users in user type categories including Administrator, Member User, and Pastor User;   b) a dynamic user grouping system allowing to group users of different user types in group categories including Small groups, Ecclesiastical groups, and Missionary couples;   c) a dynamic user status administration system allowing for the categorization of users of different types within different groups, in status categories including Visitor Status, New User Status, Sponsored User Status, Active User Status, Discouraged User Status, Inactive User Status and Missionary User Status;   d) a user information database for storing and managing user information of different kinds, including User's parameters, User's Profile information, User's Visits information, User's Bible Studies information, and User's Supplementary information; and   
       a) a secondary database organizing said users' administrative authority in view of said users' parameters.