Set up giving

Settings > Giving decides what members see on the Give screen of the member app. Giving is part of Pro.

ChurchStack never holds your church’s money and takes no cut of gifts.

Bank transfer

1. Enter your Account name, Account number and Sort code (or Bank name, depending on your country).
2. Enter the Reference to use, for example “Please add your full name as the reference so we can thank you”. Without a reference, a gift arrives as an amount and a name you may not recognise.
3. Add anything else members should know.
4. Turn on Show this in the member app.
5. Select Save giving details.

Members see these details exactly as you type them, with buttons to copy each one. After giving, they can tap to let you know, and the gift appears in Finance > Giving as To confirm. See Record and manage giving.

Card giving

1. Under Online giving by card, select Set up online giving.
2. You are taken to Stripe (or Paystack in Nigeria) to set up a payment account in your church’s name. They check your church’s details and handle payouts to your bank.
3. When you come back, the page shows whether details are submitted and payouts are switched on. Select Finish setup if anything is outstanding, or Check status to refresh.

Card gifts then appear in Finance > Giving automatically. Refunds and any disputed payments are handled in your own Stripe or Paystack account, which you can open from here.

Disconnect stops card giving until you connect again. Your payment account and its history are not deleted, and your giving records in ChurchStack are kept.

Change history

Every change to your giving details is recorded, with who made it and when, and the record cannot be edited or removed. If giving ever goes to the wrong account, this is how you find out when it changed and who changed it.