Everything a congregation needs to run public witnessing.
Public Witness Scheduler helps congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses organize their public witnessing campaigns — locations, shifts, publishers, and helper congregations in one place. Captains spend less time chasing schedules, and publishers sign up for shifts themselves from any device.
Single shifts and recurring rules
Create one shift at a time, or set up a recurring rule that generates a full season in one click. Re-save a rule to extend the range — existing shifts are never duplicated.
At-a-glance coverage
Scan the month for open, partially filled, and full shifts. Click any event to open the shift detail. Works on phones, tablets, and desktops.
Pin-drop mapping with address auto-fill
Admins drop a pin exactly where the cart stands and the address, latitude, and longitude fill in automatically from Google. Publishers see the precise map on every location page, with a National Weather Service forecast for the day.
Self-service signup and profile
Once approved by your Body of Elders and added to the app, a publisher can browse open shifts, claim one, cancel it, and update their own profile — without needing an admin to intervene.
Helper congregations with per-publisher approval New
Invite another congregation to help with your public witnessing work. Their admin decides which of their publishers are approved to sign up for your shifts — one checkbox per publisher per congregation. Default is "home only" — approval is an explicit opt-in.
In-app messages
Message any publisher in your tenant without leaving the app. Threaded replies, inbox, sent, archived, and trash — no need to share phone numbers or personal email addresses.
Admin, captain, and volunteer
- Admin — full Manage area: locations, publishers, shifts, helper congregations.
- Captain — runs shifts, invites helpers, same shift management.
- Volunteer — signs up for shifts, messages, manages own profile.
Always-visible safety reminders
Platform-wide reminders appear on every publisher's home page so safety, conduct, and procedural notes are visible at a glance — before heading into the schedule.
Mobile-first, no app install
Built for phones and desktops. Add to iPhone or Android home screen for an app-like shortcut — no download or store approval needed.
Nightly backups and uptime monitoring
Database and media are backed up nightly to an external object store. The server is monitored for disk, service, and backup failures. You focus on public witnessing; we focus on keeping the site running.
Your congregation's data stays yours
Each congregation manages its own publishers. Other congregations only see the publishers you have explicitly approved to help them, and only read-only. No cross-congregation data leakage.
Ready to get started?
Submit a request on behalf of your congregation. One of our operators will review and contact you with next steps.
Sign up your congregation Sign in with an existing account