diff --git a/src/ChurchCRM/dto/ListColumn.php b/src/ChurchCRM/dto/ListColumn.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0259d5a4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ChurchCRM/dto/ListColumn.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ChurchCRM\dto;
+
+class ListColumn
+{
+    public string $name;
+    public string $displayFunction;
+    public string $emptyOrUnassigned;
+    public string $visible;
+
+    public function __construct(string $name, string $displayFunction, string $emptyOrUnassigned, string $visible)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->displayFunction = $displayFunction;
+        $this->emptyOrUnassigned = $emptyOrUnassigned;
+        $this->visible = $visible;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php b/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php
index b7a2dfb1b6..58ae4eea52 100644
--- a/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php
+++ b/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php
@@ -91,6 +91,28 @@ public static function getInitialStyleChoices(): array
         ];
     }
 
+    public static function getPersonListColumns(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'Id'                => new ListColumn('Id', 'getId', 'false', 'false'),
+            'Family Name'       => new ListColumn('Family Name', 'getFamilyName', 'false', 'false'),
+            'Name'              => new ListColumn('Name', 'getFullName', 'false', 'false'),
+            'Last Name'         => new ListColumn('Last Name', 'getLastName', 'false', 'true'),
+            'First Name'        => new ListColumn('First Name', 'getFirstName', 'false', 'true'),
+            'Birth Date'        => new ListColumn('Birth Date', 'getFormattedBirthDate', 'false', 'false'),
+            'Address'           => new ListColumn('Address', 'getAddress', 'false', 'false'),
+            'Home Phone'        => new ListColumn('Home Phone', 'getHomePhone', 'false', 'true'),
+            'Cell Phone'        => new ListColumn('Cell Phone', 'getCellPhone', 'false', 'true'),
+            'Email'             => new ListColumn('Email', 'getEmail', 'false', 'true'),
+            'Gender'            => new ListColumn('Gender', 'getGenderName', 'true', 'true'),
+            'Classification'    => new ListColumn('Classification', 'getClassificationName', 'true', 'true'),
+            'Role'              => new ListColumn('Role', 'getFamilyRoleName', 'true', 'true'),
+            'Properties'        => new ListColumn('Properties', 'getPropertiesString', 'true', 'false'),
+            'Custom'            => new ListColumn('Custom', 'getCustomFields', 'true', 'false'),
+            'Group'             => new ListColumn('Group', 'getGroups', 'true', 'false'),
+        ];
+    }
+
     private static function buildConfigs(): array
     {
         return [
@@ -279,6 +301,7 @@ private static function buildConfigs(): array
             'sGoogleMapsRenderKey'                 => new ConfigItem(2072, 'sGoogleMapsRenderKey', 'text', '', gettext('Google Maps API Key used for rendering maps in browser'), 'https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key'),
             'sInactiveClassification'              => new ConfigItem(2073, 'sInactiveClassification', 'text', '', gettext('Comma separated list of classifications that should appear as inactive')),
             'sDefaultZip'                          => new ConfigItem(2074, 'sDefaultZip', 'text', '', gettext('Default Zip')),
+            'sPersonListColumns'                   => new ConfigItem(2075, 'sPersonListColumns', 'json', json_encode(SystemConfig::getPersonListColumns()), gettext('Person List Columns')),
         ];
     }
 
@@ -288,7 +311,7 @@ private static function buildCategories(): array
             gettext('Church Information') => ['sChurchName', 'sChurchAddress', 'sChurchCity', 'sChurchState', 'sChurchZip', 'sChurchCountry', 'sChurchPhone', 'sChurchEmail', 'sHomeAreaCode', 'sTimeZone', 'iChurchLatitude', 'iChurchLongitude', 'sChurchWebSite', 'sChurchFB', 'sChurchTwitter'],
             gettext('User Setup')         => ['iMinPasswordLength', 'iMinPasswordChange', 'iMaxFailedLogins', 'iSessionTimeout', 'aDisallowedPasswords', 'bEnableLostPassword', 'bEnable2FA', 'bRequire2FA', 's2FAApplicationName', 'bSendUserDeletedEmail'],
             gettext('Email Setup')        => ['sSMTPHost', 'bSMTPAuth', 'sSMTPUser', 'sSMTPPass', 'iSMTPTimeout', 'sToEmailAddress', 'bPHPMailerAutoTLS', 'sPHPMailerSMTPSecure'],
-            gettext('People Setup')       => ['sDirClassifications', 'sDirRoleHead', 'sDirRoleSpouse', 'sDirRoleChild', 'sDefaultCity', 'sDefaultState', 'sDefaultZip', 'sDefaultCountry', 'bShowFamilyData', 'bHidePersonAddress', 'bHideFriendDate', 'bHideFamilyNewsletter', 'bHideWeddingDate', 'bHideLatLon', 'bForceUppercaseZip', 'bEnableSelfRegistration', 'bAllowEmptyLastName', 'iPersonNameStyle', 'iPersonInitialStyle', 'iProfilePictureListSize', 'sNewPersonNotificationRecipientIDs', 'IncludeDataInNewPersonNotifications', 'sGreeterCustomMsg1', 'sGreeterCustomMsg2', 'sInactiveClassification'],
+            gettext('People Setup')       => ['sDirClassifications', 'sDirRoleHead', 'sDirRoleSpouse', 'sDirRoleChild', 'sDefaultCity', 'sDefaultState', 'sDefaultZip', 'sDefaultCountry', 'bShowFamilyData', 'bHidePersonAddress', 'bHideFriendDate', 'bHideFamilyNewsletter', 'bHideWeddingDate', 'bHideLatLon', 'bForceUppercaseZip', 'bEnableSelfRegistration', 'bAllowEmptyLastName', 'iPersonNameStyle', 'iPersonInitialStyle', 'iProfilePictureListSize', 'sNewPersonNotificationRecipientIDs', 'IncludeDataInNewPersonNotifications', 'sGreeterCustomMsg1', 'sGreeterCustomMsg2', 'sInactiveClassification', 'sPersonListColumns'],
             gettext('Enabled Features')   => ['bEnabledFinance', 'bEnabledSundaySchool', 'bEnabledEvents', 'bEnabledCalendar', 'bEnabledFundraiser', 'bEnabledEmail', 'bEnabledMenuLinks'],
             gettext('Map Settings')       => ['sGeoCoderProvider', 'sGoogleMapsGeocodeKey', 'sGoogleMapsRenderKey', 'sBingMapKey', 'sGMapIcons', 'iMapZoom'],
             gettext('Report Settings')    => ['sQBDTSettings', 'leftX', 'incrementY', 'sTaxReport1', 'sTaxReport2', 'sTaxReport3', 'sTaxSigner', 'sReminder1', 'sReminderSigner', 'sReminderNoPledge', 'sReminderNoPayments', 'sConfirm1', 'sConfirm2', 'sConfirm3', 'sConfirm4', 'sConfirm5', 'sConfirm6', 'sDear', 'sConfirmSincerely', 'sConfirmSigner', 'sPledgeSummary1', 'sPledgeSummary2', 'sDirectoryDisclaimer1', 'sDirectoryDisclaimer2', 'bDirLetterHead', 'sZeroGivers', 'sZeroGivers2', 'sZeroGivers3', 'iPDFOutputType'],
diff --git a/src/v2/templates/people/person-list.php b/src/v2/templates/people/person-list.php
index 9ff520b337..aef3d933f3 100644
--- a/src/v2/templates/people/person-list.php
+++ b/src/v2/templates/people/person-list.php
@@ -158,20 +158,27 @@ function emptyOrUnassignedJSON($stuff): string
                             <?php
                     }
                     ?>
-                <td><?= $person->getId() ?></td>
-                <td><?= $person->getLastName()?></td>
-                <td><?= $person->getFirstName()?></td>
-                <td><?= $person->getAddress() ?></td>
-                <td><?= $person->getHomePhone() ?></td>
-                <td><?= $person->getCellPhone() ?></td>
-                <td><?= $person->getEmail() ?></td>
-                <td><?= emptyOrUnassigned($person->getGenderName()) ?></td>
-                <td><?= emptyOrUnassigned($person->getClassificationName()) ?></td>
-                <td><?= emptyOrUnassigned($person->getFamilyRoleName()) ?></td>
-                <td><?= emptyOrUnassignedJSON($person->getPropertiesString()) ?></td>
-                <td><?= emptyOrUnassignedJSON($person->getCustomFields($allPersonCustomFields, $CustomMapping, $CustomList, $option_name)) ?></td>
-                <td><?= emptyOrUnassignedJSON($person->getGroups()) ?></td>
+
                 <?php
+                $columns = json_decode(SystemConfig::getValue('sPersonListColumns'), null, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+                foreach ($columns as $column) {
+                    echo '<td>';
+                    if ($column->displayFunction === 'getCustomFields') {
+                        $columnData = [$person, $column->displayFunction]($allPersonCustomFields, $CustomMapping, $CustomList, $option_name);
+                    } else {
+                        $columnData = [$person, $column->displayFunction]();
+                    }
+                    if ($column->emptyOrUnassigned === 'true') {
+                        if (is_array($columnData)) {
+                            echo emptyOrUnassignedJSON($columnData);
+                        } else {
+                            echo emptyOrUnassigned($columnData);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        echo $columnData;
+                    }
+                    echo '</td>';
+                }
             }
             //lets clean all the customs that don't have anyone associated.
             foreach ($CustomList as $key => $value) {
@@ -201,8 +208,6 @@ function emptyOrUnassignedJSON($stuff): string
 
         // setup datatables
         'use strict';
-        var bVisible = parseInt("<?= SystemConfig::getValue('bHidePersonAddress') ? 0 : 1 ?>");
-
         let dataTableConfig = {
             deferRender: true,
             search: { regex: true },
@@ -210,53 +215,28 @@ function emptyOrUnassignedJSON($stuff): string
                 {
                     title:i18next.t('Actions'),
                 },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Id'),
-                    visible:false
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Last Name'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('First Name'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Address'),
-                    visible:bVisible
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Home Phone'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Cell Phone'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Email'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Gender'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Classification'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Roles'),
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Properties'),
-                    visible:false
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Custom'),
-                    visible:false
-                },
-                {
-                    title:i18next.t('Group'),
-                    visible:false
+                <?php
+                $firstVisibleColumnId = PHP_INT_MAX;
+                $columnId = 0;
+                $columnIdMap = array();
+                $columns = json_decode(SystemConfig::getValue('sPersonListColumns'), null, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+                foreach ($columns as $column) {
+                    $columnId++;
+                    $columnIdMap[$column->name] = $columnId;
+                    $columnTitle = ['title' => "i18next.t('{$column->name}')"];
+                    if ($column->visible === 'false') {
+                        $columnTitle['visible'] = 'false';
+                    } else {
+                        if ($firstVisibleColumnId > $columnId) {
+                            $firstVisibleColumnId = $columnId;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    echo str_replace('"', '', json_encode($columnTitle)) . ",\n";
                 }
+                ?>
             ],
-            // sortby name
-            order: [[ 2, "asc" ]]
+            // sort by first visible column
+            order: [[ <?php echo $firstVisibleColumnId ?> , "asc" ]]
         }
 
         $.extend(dataTableConfig, window.CRM.plugin.dataTable);
@@ -289,22 +269,22 @@ function emptyOrUnassignedJSON($stuff): string
         });
 
         $('.filter-Gender').on("change", function() {
-            filterColumn(8, $(this).select2('data'), true);
+            filterColumn(<?php echo $columnIdMap['Gender'] ?>, $(this).select2('data'), true);
         });
         $('.filter-Classification').on("change", function() {
-            filterColumn(9, $(this).select2('data'), true);
+            filterColumn(<?php echo $columnIdMap['Classification'] ?>, $(this).select2('data'), true);
         });
         $('.filter-Role').on("change", function() {
-            filterColumn(10, $(this).select2('data'), true);
+            filterColumn(<?php echo $columnIdMap['Role'] ?>, $(this).select2('data'), true);
         });
         $('.filter-Properties').on("change", function() {
-            filterColumn(11, $(this).select2('data'), false);
+            filterColumn(<?php echo $columnIdMap['Properties'] ?>, $(this).select2('data'), false);
         });
         $('.filter-Custom').on("change", function() {
-            filterColumn(12, $(this).select2('data'), false);
+            filterColumn(<?php echo $columnIdMap['Custom'] ?>, $(this).select2('data'), false);
         });
         $('.filter-Group').on("change", function() {
-            filterColumn(13, $(this).select2('data'), false);
+            filterColumn(<?php echo $columnIdMap['Group'] ?>, $(this).select2('data'), false);
         });
 
         function escapeRegExp(string) {