Church & giving policy
Version 2026-10 · Draft pending legal and Flutterwave review.
- Only Christian churches and ministries may register. Funds must be used for church, ministry and Christian charitable purposes.
- A church must complete verification — church details, trustee confirmation, the pastor's identity check and hepa approval — and add its receiving account before giving is enabled.
- The payout bank account must be held in the church's registered name. Changing it pauses giving until hepa re-authorises it.
- Building fund, missions and welfare categories require hepa approval.
- Churches must respond to donor queries and refund requests in good faith.
- Pastoral and assistance requests must be handled confidentially by authorised pastoral staff only.
- hepa may suspend or revoke a church for false information, misuse of funds, misleading appeals or policy breaches.