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title: Setting Up Your Organization
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# Setting Up Your Organization

## Step two of getting started on illume as an admin is to set up your organization. This will includes adjusting your general and hub settings, creating your subdomain, and more.

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### Step 1: Open Your Church Settings

Once you are signed into your church’s dashboard, click your church’s name.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-26-56-2273-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-26-56-2273-PM.png)

From the dropdown menu, select **Settings**.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-02-0113-PM.png?width=1692&height=882&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-02-0113-PM.png)

Under the **Organization** section, you will see the following options: **General Settings**, **Subdomains**, **Church Hub**, and **Campuses**.

### Step 2: Update General Organization Settings

Click **General Settings** under the Organization section.

Here you can edit:

- Your organization’s name
- Street address
- Contact information
- Time zone
- Church Finder visibility (toggle this on if you want your church to appear in the church finder)

You may also upload two logos: one for dark mode and one for light mode. To add a logo, click the purple **Add Logo** button.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-09-4159-PM.png?width=1692&height=882&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-09-4159-PM.png)

Select a logo from your computer, then crop it as needed.If you would like the background to be transparent, select the background option. Then click the transparent box at the top and apply your changes.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-26-6828-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-26-6828-PM.png)

When finished, be sure to click **Save Changes** at the bottom of the page.

### ![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-45-7667-PM.png?width=1692&height=882&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-45-7667-PM.png)Step 3: Configure Subdomains

From the left-hand menu, select **Subdomains**.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-52-9743-PM.png?width=1692&height=882&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-52-9743-PM.png)

This is where you manage how your domain will appear when users are visiting your church on the platform.

To add a new subdomain, click **Add**.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-58-1799-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-27-58-1799-PM.png)

Enter the desired subdomain name.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-04-9360-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-04-9360-PM.png)

Then click **Save**.

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To delete a subdomain, click **Delete** next to the one you want to remove.

To copy a subdomain URL to your clipboard, click **Copy**.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-14-9856-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-14-9856-PM.png)

### Step 4: Customize Your Church Hub

From the left-hand menu, select **Church Hub**.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-24-9247-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-24-9247-PM.png)

In the Church Hub settings, you can customize how your church’s hub appears. Here you can enter:

- A title for your hub

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-31-2332-PM.png?width=1692&height=879&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-31-2332-PM.png)

- A subtitle

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-39-5667-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-28-39-5667-PM.png)

- Your service times

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- Your website URL  
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Below these fields, click **Save Changes** to apply your updates.

![](https://success.ministrydesigns.help/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-29-12-3884-PM.png?width=1692&height=881&name=image-png-Sep-28-2026-08-29-12-3884-PM.png)

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