> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thefaithapp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Partner apps can offer confidential Pastoral Care

> Church apps can now add the member-owned Pastoral Care experience through the supported v1 API.

*July 25, 2026*

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Third-party church apps can now offer the same member-owned Pastoral Care
experience used in TheFaithApp mobile.

## What Members Can Do

Partner apps can let a signed-in member:

* Share, review, edit, and withdraw a confidential care request.
* Choose care-team or pastoral-only visibility.
* Choose urgency and a preferred contact method.
* Review safe status, follow-up, visit, support-plan, and timeline information.
* Manage consent-based follow-up preferences.
* Save, pause, edit, or remove private life-moment dates.
* Create and manage quiet days during sensitive seasons.

## Built Around the Member Boundary

The public API returns only records owned by the signed-in member and their
church. Staff notes, tasks, resolution notes, Care Radar review, availability,
coverage, rite runsheets, preaching plans, and internal coordination remain
inside the protected staff product.

Urgent and crisis requests still require the member to acknowledge that
Pastoral Care is not an emergency service. Counseling, benevolence, and crisis
requests remain restricted to pastoral staff.

## Developer Resources

The new [Pastoral Care integration guide](/api-reference/pastoral-care)
explains authentication, screen flow, privacy boundaries, error handling, safe
data practices, and all 12 published operations. Each operation also has a
generated API reference page with request and response schemas.