Add contacts

Contacts is your list of people. Anyone who messages your assistant appears here by themselves, and you can add others, such as your leaders.

Before your first contact

The first time you add someone, Before you add contacts appears. It asks you to confirm this:

I will only give my assistant the numbers of leaders and members who have consented to receive WhatsApp messages and SMS from Anagkazo Bible and Ministry Training Center.

Tap I confirm. You see "Thank you, this is recorded". You only do this once. It is saved with the date.

Important: Only add people who agreed to receive messages from ABMTC. Never add a number you found somewhere or bought.

Add one person

1. Open Contacts in the menu, under Messaging.
2. Tap Add contact.
3. If you look after more than one number, choose the number under Leader of.
4. Type their Name.
5. Type their number. If they are not on WhatsApp, you can give a number for calls only.
6. Add Notes (optional) if you want to remember something about them.
7. Tick any Groups (optional) you want them in.
8. Tap Save contact.

Find people

• The tabs are All, Leaders, Messaged us, Opted out and Groups.
• Type in Search name or number to find someone.
• If you have more than one number, use the All numbers box to pick one.

People who message your assistant first show under Messaged us. Their consent is already recorded, so you do not need to add them.

If a number is refused

• "This person opted out of WhatsApp contact on ..., so they cannot be added." They asked to stop. See Opt-outs and STOP.
• "This number isn't on WhatsApp, so it's kept as a number for calls. Enter their WhatsApp number." Check the number, or keep it as a call number only.
• A landline cannot be a WhatsApp number. Keep it as the number for calls.

For more problems, see A contact can't be added.

Next steps

• Have many people to add? See Import contacts from Excel or CSV.
• Put people into Groups so you can message them together.
• Mark your helpers as Leaders.