In this article, we will explore the differences between two types of accounts offered by ChMeetings:

• Diocese Account - Designed specifically to fulfill the needs of diocesan communities with medium to large congregations.
• Standard Church Account (Paid) - Designed for individual churches with small to medium congregations.   

More Cost-Effective

You only pay for and manage one account per Diocese, rather than multiple accounts for each church. This reduces cost, especially for large Dioceses.

Centralized Diocese Management

• The Diocese and its churches operate independently from each other, although hierarchically, for security reasons. The Diocese represents the main account, while each church is a separate subaccount. 
• Diocese Administrators can make Diocese-level configurations and have access to all churches to communicate with people or run reports.
• Cross countries support allows Dioceses to add churches in different countries, so that the address and map features will operate based on the country.
• Optionally, the branded mobile app provides a custom online platform for the Diocese and its churches. 

Church Autonomy

• Each church operates independently, using the web and mobile apps, including the branded mobile app, if opted for.
• Each church has its own Admin, name, logo, custom fields, in-app settings, members and Member Access settings,  text service packages, payment providers, third party integrations and API. Configurations made for one church do not affect any others.

Structure and Security

• The Diocese account comes with a hierarchical structure (Diocese, Churches, Ministries, Groups). Each level has dedicated access settings and security features. The users with Diocese level access can manage all of the others, while those with access to a specific church, ministry or group can be restricted to their own area of responsibility (Church, Ministry or Group). 
• Leaders can have different roles in churches, for example: a member in church 1 and a leader in church 2.
• The same members can attend multiple churches but every member will belong to one home church. The members’ home church can be changed and a history of these changes is available on their profile, as well as in a dedicated Home Church Log Report.

Special features for Large Dioceses:

- Private database for improved performance and security.

- Dedicated domain.

Below is a table that shows you the key differences at a glance: 

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