Aligned Guides
How can we help?
Short, honest guides to Aligned Leader and Aligned Church — each one walks you through the real screens, step by step.
For pastors & leaders
Aligned Leader
Sermons, study, meetings and media — and teaching Aligned to sound like you.
- Getting started11
- Sermons & preaching13
- Bible study & research6
- Making it sound like you13
- Meetings & notes6
- Graphics, video & social7
- Your assistant17
- Saving, sharing & exporting11
- Account, Pro & billing24
- The phone app5
For church staff
Aligned Church
Your website, giving, people, check-in, texting and everything that runs the week.
- Getting started17
- Your website18
- Giving21
- People & groups21
- Check-in5
- Forms, events & volunteers11
- Texting & email10
- Automations8
- Social media & getting found11
- Moving from another system10
- Team, plan & billing13
For givers & members
Giving to your church, or checking in your kids?
Guides for the people in the pews — giving, changing a recurring gift, your giving statement, signing up and checking in.
What people ask us most
- Bring in your sermons from YouTubeConnect your channel or playlist so Aligned learns how you preach, and star the sermons that sound most like you.Leader
- Cancel Pro (and what happens to your work)Cancel your subscription, what you keep, and when it takes effect.Leader
- Find a past chat or sermonGet back to a conversation from yesterday or last month, even if you only remember a phrase.Leader
- Find your way around AlignedWhere chat, Brain, Media, Assistant, Saved and Settings live on a computer, and what the top bar tells you.Leader
- Find your way around on your phoneThe bar along the bottom, the More menu and its search — where everything in Aligned lives on a phone.Leader
- Make Aligned sound like youGive Aligned your website and your sermons so every draft sounds like you and believes what your church believes.Leader
- Print your sermon or save it as a PDFPrint your manuscript or save a PDF on a computer or phone, and know where the file ends up.Leader
- Bring your people over from your old systemConnect Planning Center, Breeze, Elvanto or Church Community Builder and bring your people across, with their families, groups and events, approving every change.Church
- Cancel your recurring giftStop a recurring gift yourself from Your giving, or skip or pause it if you only need a break.Church
- Check kids in safely on Sunday morningSet up a check-in station, open it on a lobby tablet, decide on guest check-in, and plan the Sunday you start.Church
- Find your way around your church workspaceWhere your modules live, how to change pages, search for anything, and get back to the chat.Church
- Message a real person on the Aligned teamMessage the Aligned team from inside your workspace, and what happens after you press send.Church
- Get your church set up, step by stepUse the Getting set up checklist and “What's next?” to finish setup in the order that gets you running fastest.Church
- Give online to your churchGive a one-time gift on your church's giving page, whether you reach it from a link, a QR code, its website or the lobby tablet.Church
Can’t find it? Ask us.
Message us from inside Aligned and you’ll get an answer in seconds — and a real person from our team for anything about money, your account or something that looks broken.