We’ve expanded support for Apple Pay and Google Pay to make giving even easier.

Google Pay is now available on Church Center web!

Let’s be honest—no one has the time to manually enter payment details. A digital wallet option isn’t just convenient; it’s expected. Google Pay now works in:

  • Express giving (for guest donors)

    Online donation form for Centerville Church, showing a $25 donation to the General fund with options for frequency and payment methods.

  • The regular donation flow (for logged-in donors)

    Payment options screen for Centerville Church donation, highlighting Google Pay selected as the payment method for a $25 donation.

Note: Google Pay isn’t supported in the Church Center app just yet.

Both Apple Pay and Google Pay have also been added to the embedded donation form.

We know the embedded form (that popup you can add to your website) can be a common path for first-time or guest donors who aren’t active in Church Center yet, so this should make their experience a little more seamless!

This works for both express giving and regular giving as well.

Donation page showing a $25 contribution option with Apple Pay and other payment methods at a church website.

Payment options for a $25 donation to Centerville Church, highlighting Apple Pay, with an option to add processing fees.

Expanded wallet support is only available on the new donation form. If you haven’t made the switch yet, you can enable it anytime from your Giving dashboard!

A quick compliance note

We also made a small update to better align with Apple’s guidelines for wallet payments.

When someone gives a one-time donation using Apple Pay, we will no longer save that payment method to their Church Center profile. This is already how our new donation form functions. The legacy donation form previously allowed this, but Apple’s guidelines prohibit saving Apple Wallet payment methods after a one-time transaction.

If you use Apple Pay yourself, you’ve probably noticed that websites don’t save your Apple Pay card details after a purchase. That’s intentional — and now we’re aligned with that standard.

Recurring donations will not be disrupted. If Apple Pay is used for a recurring donation, the payment method will still be saved in Church Center so we can process future occurrences of that gift (Apple does allow this). The saved payment method will only be available for that recurring donation, though — not for other payments like separate donations or event registrations. For other separate payments, your donor would simply pay via Apple Pay again rather than selecting a saved payment method. 

The same applies to the newly introduced Google Pay, creating consistency across wallet payments.

This shouldn’t change much for your donors. People who generally prefer Apple Pay or Google Pay select it each time they pay for something, rather than relying on a saved payment method pulled from their Apple or Google wallet.

As always, our wonderful support team is here to help if you have any questions!

💛 The Giving Team