Welcome to ChMeetings! We are grateful for your decision to migrate your church data into our platform and are here to help make your transition as comfortable as possible.

If you have subscribed to a paid plan and prefer to leave this to us, please get in touch. If you choose any of our paid plans, our team will migrate your data at no additional cost.  

If you have a free account or want to do this process yourself, we provide various import tools to bring your data over as easily as possible.

This guide shows you how to retrieve your data from Shepherd’s Staff and import it into ChMeetings.

Export from Shepherd’s Staff

Shepherd’s Staff uses an Access database for export. You will need Microsoft Access to retrieve the data from it after export. To export the database, please follow the steps below:

1. Find the location of the database file that Shepherd's Staff is based on:
   • Log in to Shepherd's Staff.
   • Go to Utilities > Settings.
   • Select Locations and find the Current Locations and Current Database fields.
   • The Current Database value shows where the database is located on your computer. The default path is c:\ShepherdsStaff\STAFF.MDB.
   • Exit Shepherd's Staff, find the database file (STAFF.MDB) on your computer, and create a COPY of this file. 
2. To access the data and convert it to .csv for import into ChMeetings, you need to open the database using Microsoft Access. 
3. If you find the process difficult and you are subscribed to a paid ChMeetings plan, please send us your data and we’ll import it into ChMeetings for free. To send the data to us for free import, please create a .zip file by right-clicking on the COPY of STAFF.MDB and selecting Send To > Compressed (Zipped) Folder.

Import into ChMeetings

If you want to go through the import process yourself, you can use our available import tools to do so. 

If you need any guidance or decide to let our team migrate your data, please don’t hesitate to contact us.