Learn how to add a picture of yourself to your MinistryPlatform profile.

1. Click your user account picture. If you haven’t added a picture yet, it will be your initials.

   

2. Click User Account.
3. In the My Profile tab, click the camera button.

   

4. Click Upload Photo. If you already have a profile picture, you can click Replace Photo and follow the following steps to upload a new photo. To remove a photo from your profile, click Remove, and then click Remove.
5. Select a photo. Use a picture that helps people recognize you and lets you know when you're signed in to your account.
   Tip: The photo should be no more than 5MB in size, and it should be a .png, .jpg, .bmp, or .gif.
   A success message displays.
6. Click X or Close to go back to the My Profile tab.

Learn how to add general information to your MinistryPlatform profile.

1. Click your user account picture.
2. Click User Account.
3. In the My Profile tab, enter any information you’d like to save on your profile. This includes your name, personal details like your gender, date of birth, and marital status, contact information, and location preferences.
4. When finished, click Save.

Set your time zone and preferred language for your MinistryPlatform account.

1. Click your user account picture.
2. Click User Account.
3. In the My Profile tab, go to the Location Preferences section.
4. In the Time Zone drop-down list, select your time zone.
5. In the Locale drop-down list, select your preferred language.
6. Click Save.

Determine if your church can contact you by email or text message and if you want to include your contact information in your church's online directory.

1. Click your user account picture.
2. Click User Account.
3. Click the Communication Preferences tab.
4. In the How should we contact you? section, you'll see the email and phone number associated with your account.
   1. To opt out of bulk email messages, select the Do not send me bulk email messages checkbox.
   2. If you have a mobile phone number entered and you want to opt in to text messages from your church, select the I agree to opt in to text messages from [your church's name] checkbox.
      Note: You can opt out at any time by returning to this window and clearing the checkbox.
5. If your church uses the Online Directory, select any directory preferences in the Directory Preferences section. Church staff can still see your information if you opt out of anything, but other members at your church won't see your information in the online directory.
   1. To exclude your email from your church's online directory, select the Do not list my email in the Online Directory that members at my church can see checkbox.
   2. To exclude your phone number from your church's online directory, select the Do not list my mobile phone in the Online Directory that members at my church can see checkbox.
   3. To exclude all contact information from your church's online directory, select the Do not list my contact details in the Online Directory that members at my church can see checkbox.
6. Click Save.

Update your MinistryPlatform account password while logged in.

1. In MinistryPlatform, click your user image in the top right corner.

   

2. Click User Account.
3. In the left navigation menu, click Change Password.
4. In the Old Password field, enter your current password.
5. In the New Password field, enter a new password.
6. In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the new password.
7. Click Save.