Give as a guest or signed in

You don't need an account to give on /give. But if you sign in first, your gifts are saved to your giving page, totaled on printable yearly statements, and recurring gifts can be changed through the giving assistant.

Give as a guest

1. Go to /give, click Give on the organization, and fill in the form.
2. Pay on the secure checkout with your card and email address.
3. Stripe emails a receipt to that address. Keep it: it's your only record on Christian.com.

If you set up a Monthly gift as a guest, the thank-you message shows a Manage this monthly gift link. It opens Stripe's secure page to update the card or cancel, but for a guest it only works for one hour after you start checkout. After that you'll see "This link has expired. Contact the organization to change this gift."

Give signed in

1. Sign in or create an account first.
2. Go to /give and give as usual. Your gift is linked to your account automatically.
3. After it goes through, it appears on /giving.

What changes when you're signed in

| | Guest | Signed in | |---|---|---| | Email receipt from Stripe | Yes | Yes | | Gift listed under All gifts on /giving | No | Yes | | Printable yearly statement | No | Yes | | Weekly or yearly gifts, gifts to a fund | No | Yes, with the giving assistant | | Change, pause or cancel a recurring gift with the giving assistant | No | Yes | | Manage this monthly gift link right after giving | Works for one hour | Works while you're signed in as the donor |

Good to know

• Gifts you made as a guest aren't added to your account later, even if you sign up with the same email. Only gifts made while signed in appear on /giving and on statements.
• A guest's monthly gift keeps charging until it's cancelled. If the one-hour link has expired, contact the organization to change or stop it.
• Giving works the same either way: the same organizations, limits and fees, and no platform fee.