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Prayer Rooms

Prayer Rooms let members gather live in the mobile app for hosted prayer, support, and ministry moments. A room can be audio-first, like a stage or group prayer call, or video-based for smaller face-to-face gatherings. This release is marked as beta because live audio, video, recording, and giving all need real-device QA across different phones, browsers, networks, and church payment setups.

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Where Members Find It

Members open Prayer Rooms from the Connect page by tapping Prayer Rooms. The button includes a Beta label so churches know the feature is available for testing and early use while final QA continues.

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What Members Can Do

• View live prayer rooms.
• View upcoming scheduled rooms.
• Create a room when their role allows it.
• Join a live room quickly.
• Speak when they are the host, moderator, speaker, or approved participant.
• Listen when they join as a listener.
• Mute and unmute their microphone.
• Turn camera on or off in video rooms.
• View who is in the room.
• Report a room when something needs review.
• Give toward a room goal when room giving is enabled.

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Audio Rooms

Audio rooms are designed for prayer gatherings where a few people speak and others listen. They work well for:

• Morning prayer
• Intercession
• Pastoral prayer sessions
• Member support gatherings
• Short church-wide prayer moments

Audio rooms show participant count, speaker/listener state, mute state, and speaking indicators so hosts can understand what is happening without needing a large meeting layout.

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Video Rooms

Video rooms are designed for smaller or more interactive gatherings where seeing faces matters. They work well for:

• Prayer team meetings
• Small group prayer
• Volunteer prayer check-ins
• Ministry support calls
• Scheduled pastoral care sessions

The video layout is intentionally compact. It does not try to show every participant as a large tile when a room grows. The main call stays readable, and participants can be reviewed from the participant list.

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Creating a Room

When creating a room, hosts choose the setup that fits the gathering. Common options include:

• Room title
• Audio or video room type
• Participant limit
• Room giving
• Prayer clips
• Recording consent
• Locked room
• Recurring room
• Scheduled start time

After a room is created, the host is taken directly into the room. This keeps the flow short: create the room, enter the room, and begin hosting.

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Joining a Room

Members can join live rooms from the Prayer Rooms screen. The app keeps the join flow short so members do not have to move through multiple setup pages. Once they join, the meeting controls are shown inside the room. If a member is a listener, they join in listen-only mode. If they are allowed to speak, they can publish microphone audio.

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Roles and Controls

Prayer Rooms use role-based controls. Hosts and moderators can manage the room. Speakers can talk when allowed. Listeners can join and listen without publishing audio unless their role changes. Room controls can include:

• Leave room
• End room
• Mute or unmute
• Camera on or off
• Request to speak
• Start or stop recording when allowed
• View participants
• Report room

When a host ends the room, connected participants are removed from the live session.

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Participants

Rooms show a preview of current participants and a full participant list. Participant state helps hosts and members understand who is active:

• Muted
• Speaking
• Listening
• Speaker or host role

This is especially useful in larger audio rooms where not everyone can be shown prominently on the main screen.

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Recording and Prayer Clips

Rooms can require recording consent before recording or prayer clips are used. Recording controls are shown only to users who can manage the room. Prayer clips and transcripts are part of the recorded-room workflow and should be used only when the church has set the right consent expectations. Good practice is to tell members when a room may be recorded and why clips may be used.

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Room Giving

Room giving lets a room include a giving action and optional goal amount. When the church has a connected payment provider, members can give in the app. Native in-app gifts can be counted toward the room goal, so the room can show progress such as USD 500 of USD 2,000. Supported native payment setup depends on the church account having at least one provider ready:

• Stripe
• PayPal
• Flutterwave

If the church does not have a native payment provider, the room can use an optional external giving link instead. External gifts open outside the app and are not counted in the room progress bar because TheFaithApp cannot track those external transactions automatically.

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Current Beta Notes

• Prayer Rooms start as church-scoped rooms.
• The mobile app labels Prayer Rooms as beta from the Connect page.
• Global prayer rooms and broader discovery are planned for a later release.
• Room giving progress is shown only for native in-app gifts.
• External giving links are available as a fallback when native payment setup is not ready.
• Real-device QA should include audio permissions, camera permissions, WiFi, cellular, recording consent, room ending, and giving behavior.