Membership and Community ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automatedly update congregation listings (name, location, events, contact) across platforms to maximize outreach and authentic representation.
1.3. Automates reduction of duplicate effort and eliminates manual errors inherent in disparate data entry for directory listings.
1.4. Automated notification and review workflow for staff when listing changes, ensuring management oversight.
1.5. Enables automating community engagement by broadcasting up-to-date events or news to various public channels.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated detection of schedule changes, special events, announcements, or service time modifications.
2.3. Inclusion or removal of congregation from official church directories or Basilica listings.
2.4. Manual or scheduled automator execution (e.g., daily/weekly sync).
2.5. External API webhook event from directory service informing about listing validation or review status.
Platform Variants
3.1. Google My Business
• API: Locations API — Feature/Setting: automate location sync; sample: configure PATCH /locations/{locationId}.
3.2. Facebook Pages
• Function: Graph API — automate Page updates; sample: POST /{page-id} with updated fields.
3.3. Yelp for Business
• API: Yelp Fusion Business Endpoints — automate listing details; sample: PUT /businesses/{id}.
3.4. Foursquare for Business
• API: Places API — automate venue info push; sample: POST /venues/add.
3.5. Bing Places
• Function: API submission portal — automate listing synchronization; sample: PATCH /businesses/{businessId}.
3.6. Apple Maps Connect
• API: Business Registry API — automate additions/edits; sample: PUT /businesses/{businessId}.
3.7. Yellow Pages Online
• API: Directory Ingestion — automate listing and update jobs; sample: POST /listings.
3.8. MapQuest
• API: Search API — automate location profile sync; sample: PUT /locations/{locationId}.
3.9. TripAdvisor
• Partner API — automate updates to Basilica details; sample: POST /business/{id}.
3.10. Eventbrite
• API: Event Management — automate new event listings for congregation; sample: POST /organizations/{org_id}/events/.
3.11. Eventful
• API: Events — automate congregation events; sample: POST /events/new.
3.12. Zoho Directory
• Directory API: automate member info push; sample: POST /directory/users.
3.13. HubSpot
• CRM API: automate congregation profile sync; sample: PATCH /contacts/{contactId}.
3.14. Salesforce
• External Services — automate data flow to partner directory objects; sample: Apex callout POST.
3.15. Slack
• Incoming Webhooks — automate notification to admin channel upon listing sync; sample: POST /services/hooks/incoming-webhook.
3.16. Zapier
• Webhooks / App Integrations — automate cross-platform listing updates; sample: Create Zap with Directory API and Notification.
3.17. Microsoft Power Automate
• Connectors for directory services — automate bulk listing synchronization; sample: Automated Flow with HTTP action.
3.18. Constant Contact
• API: List Management — automate mailing list from directory sync; sample: POST /contacts.
3.19. Mailchimp
• API: Automated audience updates from directory changes; sample: PATCH /lists/{list_id}/members/{subscriber_hash}.
3.20. Zoho Creator
• API with custom script — automate directory integration and sync logic; sample: postUrl() Deluge Script.
Benefits
4.2. Automates real-time reflection of congregation events, reducing outdated or inconsistent information across directories.
4.3. Enables automating broad community outreach by propagating congregation visibility to more platforms.
4.4. Automates staff oversight through automated notification and scheduled sync confirmation.
4.5. Simplifies scaling up to new directories, automating the onboarding routine, and future-proofing Basilica outreach programs.