Navigating B1App
The member portal in B1.church is a phone-first web app that lives under /mobile. It works in any browser and can be installed on your home screen. This page explains the Home dashboard, the bottom tab bar, the More page, and the Me page.
Tour Video
Before You Begin
- You need to be logged in to see your personal information. Signed-out visitors can still browse public content and are offered a Sign In button where a feature requires an account.
Home
Opening https://yourchurchname.b1.church/mobile takes you to the Home dashboard at /mobile/dashboard. Home is the landing page of the member portal. It starts with a greeting ("Good morning", "Good afternoon", or "Good evening" with your first name) and today's date, followed by sections that only appear when they apply:
- Photo tiles -- tabs your church gave a photo (including Verse of the Day) appear as photo tiles under your church's name. Depending on your church's choice they are laid out as a two-column grid, a row you swipe sideways (which can also move along on its own), or a list with a small thumbnail beside each name -- see Home Screen Tiles. Every photo tab appears here, even one that also has a slot in the tab bar.
- Latest sermon -- your church's newest sermon, with an All sermons link
- Verse of the Day -- today's verse; tap it to open the full Verse of the Day page
- You're serving -- your next upcoming serving assignments, with an All plans link. If any assignment still needs your answer, those are shown first with a Needs reply badge and Accept / Decline buttons so you can respond right from Home (Decline asks you to confirm first); otherwise your next assignments show an Accepted or Confirmed badge. Tap an assignment to open its plan.
- Your groups -- up to three of your groups with their meeting time and location, and an All groups link
- Upcoming events -- when you are signed in, the next three upcoming events from the groups you belong to, each with its date and time (and a thumbnail if the event has a photo). Tap an event to open its group's events. Tap All upcoming events to open the full upcoming list on your Me page, which also includes your serving assignments and registrations.
- My Attendance and My Forms -- if your church turns them on, how many times you attended in the last 90 days with your two most recent visits, and your two most recent form submissions, with links to the full lists. These always appear on your Me page either way -- see Home Screen Sections.
- Giving -- how much you have given this year ("Given in" the current year), a Give button (shown only when your church offers online giving), and a History link to your donation history. Hidden if your church has limited members' giving history to an earlier year or hidden it, in which case your church's giving tool shows as a button under More from instead
- More from your church -- buttons for the rest of the tools your church has turned on that are not already in the tab bar or shown above. The ones you use most move to the front.
The serving, groups, attendance, forms, and giving sections only appear when you are signed in, your church has that tool turned on, and you have something to show -- for example, an upcoming assignment or at least one group. On a computer, Home is laid out in two columns.
If you are signed out, Home shows a Welcome heading in place of the greeting, with a short prompt ("Sign in to see your groups, giving, and more.") and a Sign In button. The prompt shows even when your church hasn't set up anything else for Home yet. Your church can reword this prompt or hide it -- see Mobile App Settings. When it is hidden, you can still sign in from the More page or the Me page.
The Bottom Tab Bar
On a phone, a tab bar is fixed to the bottom of the screen:
- Home -- always the first tab
- Up to three of the tabs your church configured
- More -- opens the More page
Built-in screens (such as Groups, Giving, or Plans) get the tab slots first; any slots left over go to your church's custom pages. Only links to outside websites and the Verse of the Day are never given a tab. If your church has configured more tabs than fit, the rest are not lost: they appear on the More page and in the More from section on Home. Church administrators set the tab order in B1 Admin under Mobile → Navigation.
On a Computer
On a wider screen, such as a computer or a large tablet, the bottom tab bar is replaced by a header across the top of the screen in your church's color. It shows your church's logo, or its name if no logo is set (click it to return to Home), Home, up to five of the tabs your church configured, and More, with the bell and your profile photo on the right. When you open a detail screen, a Back link appears above the page content.
The More Page
Tapping More opens the More page at /mobile/more. It contains:
- Your name and photo, with an Edit Profile link — see Editing Your Profile
- Every tab your church configured, in order, under your church's name. Links to outside websites open in a new browser tab.
- An Account section with:
- Me -- your personal page (signed in only)
- Appearance -- switch between Light Mode and Dark Mode
- Admin Portal -- only shown if you have administrator permissions at your church; it opens B1 Admin in a new tab
- Install App -- opens the install instructions at
/mobile/install(hidden once the app is installed)
- Sign out, or a Sign In button if you are signed out
- Your church's name and a link to the privacy policy
The App Bar
On a phone, the bar across the top of every screen shows:
- Your church's logo (or its name, if your church hasn't uploaded a logo) on Home and the other main screens, or a back arrow when you have drilled into a detail screen. The screen's title appears at the top of the page itself.
- A bell icon for notifications and messages, with a badge for unread items -- see Notifications and Messages below
- Your profile photo, which opens your profile at
/mobile/profileEdit— see Editing Your Profile
The bell and profile photo only appear when you are signed in.
Notifications and Messages
Tapping the bell opens a panel with two sections:
- Messages -- your most recent private conversations, with a New message link to start one
- Notifications -- your most recent notifications, with a New badge on unread ones. Tap a notification to go to the group, plan, or conversation it came from.
Each section shows how many unread items it has. Tap See all at the bottom to open your full inbox at /mobile/notifications.
Pages With Sections
Detail pages -- a group, a plan, your Me page, the Plans and Giving screens -- are laid out as one page of sections instead of tabs. Each section shows a short preview, and a link in the section's header (such as All members, All events, or Full service order) opens the full list. A Back to link at the top of that view returns you to the page you came from.
The Me Page
Me (/mobile/me) is your personal hub. It shows your name and photo with Edit Profile and Settings (notification preferences) buttons, then what is coming up for you -- serving assignments, event registrations, and group events -- followed by your household, your groups, your giving this year, the forms you've submitted, your attendance history, your registrations, and your recent notifications and messages. See The Me Page for details.
If you are signed out, the Me page shows a Sign In button instead.
Installing to Your Home Screen
The member portal is a Progressive Web App. Visit /mobile/install (or choose Install App on the More page) for step-by-step instructions for your device. Once installed, it opens full-screen from your home screen without browser chrome. See Installing as an App (PWA).
Your Church's Public Website
Outside the member portal, your church's public website has its own header navigation with links your administrators configured -- pages like sermons, the Bible, live streaming, and a public group list. On a phone those links live behind the hamburger icon in the top-right of the header.
The tabs and tools you see vary by church. Administrators control which sections are visible to members through B1 Admin, so if you do not see a feature described here, your church may not have turned it on.