Connect with members and follow people

Your network is the people you're connected with on Christian.com. Find people in the People directory, follow them to keep up, or ask to connect. Manage everything in My network.

Find people

1. Go to /people.
2. Search by Search people (name, church or keyword), Skill, Role or title or Location.
3. Click a person to open their profile at christian.com/their-name. Look for the badges: identity checked by a provider, and credentials checked at the issuing body.

Only members who chose to make their profile public appear here.

Follow someone

On a person's profile, or on an organization's company page, click Follow. The button changes to Following. Click it again to stop following. Following doesn't need the other person to agree.

Ask to connect

1. On the person's profile, click Connect.
2. The button shows Pending until they answer.
3. When they accept, the profile shows Connected.

If they've already asked you, the profile shows Accept and Decline instead.

Manage your network

Open your account menu and choose My network, or go to /network. There are three tabs:

• Connections: people you're connected with. Click Remove to end a connection.
• Received requests: click Accept or Decline.
• Sent requests: click Withdraw to take a request back.

Good to know

• You can send requests with a free account. To receive them, and to appear in People, you need a public profile, which is part of AI Concierge and Leadership. See Publish your profile page.
• Connecting doesn't open a private chat. Messages on Christian.com are with organizations; see Message an organization.
• To stop hearing from someone, see Stop unwanted contact.