Kingdom Advancement Commission of the Global Methodist Church

by Global Methodist Church

A web application for reviewing applications, managing resources, and helping denomination members discover opportunities to support and serve.

Web application Active since March 2023 Visit the project website View the live map

Technology

Ruby on Rails Sidekiq Tailwind CSS PostgreSQL Amazon ECS Amazon ECR Amazon S3 Amazon CloudFront AWS MediaConvert

Overview

A connected system for reviewing, organizing, and discovering mission work.

The Kingdom Advancement Commission needed a custom workflow for nonprofits seeking funding and recognition from the denomination. The system gives the committee a structured way to intake applications, review them through multiple steps, and publish approved applications in a public search directory.

The product grew to include a hand-reviewed resource directory and a map view. Members can search for applications, apostolic ministries, countries, conferences, and world subregions when they are looking for opportunities to support or volunteer.

If/Then provides ongoing technical guidance, builds the web application and public site, and manages the AWS infrastructure that supports the product.

What was accomplished

Turn a complex review process into a usable public system.

The work connects committee operations, moderator tools, public directories, and geographic discovery in one active web application.

Guided the product and technical direction

Provided ongoing technical guidance to help the Commission define workflows, make technical decisions, and solve changing product needs.

Built the application review workflow

Created the intake and multi-step review process for applicants and applications that require committee review before publication.

Built moderator and directory tools

Added self-service tools for resource moderators and public search experiences for applications, mission partners, resources, and ministries.

Managed the AWS infrastructure

Managed the AWS environment, deployment systems, background processing, file storage, content delivery, and media conversion services.

Capabilities now in place

One system for the people who manage the work and the people who discover it.

Committee review

Manage applicants and applications through a clear, multi-step process.

Resource moderation

Intake, review, approve, and maintain hand-reviewed resources for denomination members.

Public search

Help visitors find applications, ministries, countries, conferences, and regions that match their interests.

Map-based discovery

Show the geographic relationships between mission work, resources, ministries, conferences, and workers.

Selected screens

The workflows behind the public experience.

These screens show how the product supports internal review, content management, public search, and map-based discovery.

01 Resource and application editor A structured editor for entering and reviewing public resources, including descriptions, locations, tags, websites, and uploaded files.

02 Mission partner directory A public directory that helps denomination members find approved mission partners by search term, language, country, and ministry type.

03 Map-based discovery A map view that gives visitors a geographic way to explore applications, resources, apostolic ministries, conferences, and workers.

04 Public resource page A public resource page that presents approved media with context, tags, source information, and options to share, download, or print.

Next step

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