See what verification unlocks

Verification confirms who you are and checks your documents. Once two reviewers approve it, your organization shows as Verified and several things open up. To apply, see /help/admins/get-verified.

What changes when you're verified

• The Verified badge. Your organization shows Verified on your dashboard and listing. People searching Christian.com can choose to see only verified organizations.
• Giving on /give. Only verified churches, ministries and nonprofits appear on /give and can receive gifts. Verification is one of four requirements (see /help/admins/accept-gifts-requirements).
• Organizations & Payments. This plan, which lets you take payments for your shop, event tickets and giving, can only be bought by a verified organization, and it only counts while you stay verified (see /help/admins/organization-plans).
• Your church site goes public. A church created at /churches/create can build its site right away, but the site only goes public once our team verifies the church.
• An invitation to take payments. Right after verification, your organization's owners, admins, finance managers and managers get a notification and an email with the steps left to take payments. Each person is shown only the steps their role allows.

How long it lasts

A badge lasts 12 months and is then reviewed again. If verification is revoked, Organizations & Payments stops counting and your organization stops appearing on /give until it's verified again.

Good to know

• Verification confirms identity and documents. It is never an endorsement of doctrine or quality. See /verification-standards for exactly what is checked.
• Your dashboard's Listing assistant shows Verification next steps for each organization you manage.
• Organizations that were already on Christian.com when the paid-plan rule started are "grandfathered": they can take payments without a paid plan. Your payouts page shows Membership: grandfathered if that's you. Giving still needs verification.