Choose your organization type

Pick the type that best describes who you are. It decides where your page lives and which tools you can use.

The types

In the organization setup at /onboarding you choose one of these:

• Business: a company serving customers locally or nationally.
• Professional practice: a licensed or credentialed practitioner.
• Church: a local congregation that gathers for worship.
• Ministry: a ministry, mission or parachurch organization.
• Nonprofit: a charitable organization serving a community need.
• Event organizer: a producer of conferences, retreats or gatherings.
• Employer: an organization that posts jobs and hires.

The claim form at /list-your-organization also offers School or college and Vendor or supplier.

What the type changes

Church

• Your public page is your church site at christian.com/church/your-address (see /help/admins/create-a-church-site).
• You get the church portal at /manage/churches, with posts, membership requests, team roles, church billing tiers and year-end giving statements.

Church, Ministry or Nonprofit

• You can accept gifts on /give once the other requirements are met (see /help/admins/accept-gifts-requirements). Other types see the message "Only churches, ministries and nonprofits can accept gifts."
• You can use the Church admin copilot at /manage/church for bulletins, member care, volunteer rotas and giving setup.

Every type

• A listing at christian.com/organizations/your-address (churches use their church site instead).
• Events and tickets at /manage/events, jobs at /manage/jobs, shop products at /manage/shop, leads at /manage/leads and reviews at /manage/reviews.
• Verification at /verification.

Good to know

• Pick the closest match. If your type is wrong after you've submitted, contact us through /help; there's no type switch on your dashboard.
• Artists, authors and influencers choose Artist / Author / Influencer when they sign up. That is a member account, not an organization, so no listing is created.