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This account gives you access to official Reliant email, some MTD and administrative resources, plus other Google services. It also services a verified identity for our missionaries. Here's more about it.
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What does the account access?
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The official Reliant email inbox is based on the same system as a private "Gmail" account, but your data is protected by Reliant.
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Or go to any Google prompt and login using your @reliant.org address and password.
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Or go to any Google prompt and login using your @gcmwebyour @reliant.org address org address and password.
Google Drive is a cloud-based office software that works on personal computers or phones & tablets. GCM has a free account to these powerful apps, which are something like the traditional Microsoft Office applications.
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| Google Drive | Windows File Explorer | Browsing files and sorting them into folders | 20GB of free online storage for any file. The home page for creating new Google documents. Excellent search. |
| Google Docs | Microsoft Word | Word processing and writing | Design prayer letters and more. The multi-person commenting and editing features make it excellent for collaborative authoring |
| Google Sheets | Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheets: calculations and charts | Do budgets, make custom MTD reports, brainstorm MTD names, manage a project. Group collaboration features are great. |
| Google Forms | --- | Web forms, online surveys. | The fastest way to create a quick survey or poll. Poll your ministry team? Results dump into a Google Sheet. |
| Google Slides | Microsoft Powerpoint | Presentation Slides | Great for our new MTD presentation, which can be shown on an iPad or printed as a hardcover photo book. Or use it for sermons. |
Some Reliant Admin and MTD Resources
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- Submit online reimbursement requests (built with Google sheets)
- Build an MTD Presentation Album (built with Google Slides)
- Access some MTD resources (built on Google Drive)
How does the verified identity part work?
Because Reliant.org addresses are secured by Reliant and you with your password, we know it's you! This makes your electronic signature easier and more secure. See Electronic Signature.
Can I use my local church email address instead?
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Remember that your @reliant.org address remains your official address for Reliant missionary purposes, so if you check a different address principly, you can set your @reliant.org address to forward to your preferred address.
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can have your email program or phone check multiple addresses (best), or configure forwarding (advanced).
Which email address should I use for MTD?
It's up to you. Your @reliant.org email address is a good choice for donors and we've set it up for this. For some ministries, your local church or ministry address will be best.
When asking for finances, it's important to appear legitimate, and so we discourage personal addresses (e.g. "hotmail, gmail") for this. Use an official organizational address.
How do I forward my @reliant email to another account?
You can set your e-mail to automatically forward to another address, like a church address. See detailed instructions.
Another option is to leave your @reliant.org address separate, but Instead of forwarding mail, it's best to use one e-mail program to check both addressesmultiple email addresses (like your church account and your Reliant account together). All major e-mail programs like Mac Mail, Outlook, or iPhone Mail can do this. See Set up Multiple Email Addresses.
If your other primary address is a Google address, you can also use the you have email forwarding already configured, you will need to make sure you configure a Send Mail As option to send e-mail that looks like it is from either account so you can send email that comes from your @reliant.org account.
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the Reliant Google Account the same as
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what I use to login to Toolbox, Reliant.org, or the former MyGCM?
The accounts have separate passwords. You actually have two accounts:
- The e-mail and password used
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- Toolbox or Reliant Update is for Reliant websites only. This is also what you use "as a donor" to access Reliant.org Giving Dashboard (
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- or the former MyGCM).
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- Your Reliant Google account gives you access to our Google email and services.
For simplicity, we are setting your user name (email address) the same for each—first.last@reliant.org. However, passwords are stored in separate systems.
Changing .Nearly all field missionaries have their first.last@reliant.org also set as the email address for their ReliantID, but the passwords are maintained separately. Changing the password for one account does not change it for it the other.
How
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do I get help with my @reliant.org account?
For questions about how to use the Google features of general email or Google Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc, see Google's online support options.
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For questions with your account, such as name and password, or data security, or technical problems, contact our Reliant Technical Services team.
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What's new after the conversion from @gcmweb.org?
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Can I change my assigned email name?
We use a standard "first.last@reliant.org" format, so we can't accomodate requests for random stuff. But we're happy to make changes to use your preferred name (e.g. you go by your shorter name or middle name), married name changes, etc. Email us at helpdesk@reliant.org
