Your individual profile

Your profile is the public record of who you are and the ministry you do. It is not your login — your account is how you sign in, and your profile is what visitors read at your address on Homeward. One account can manage several profiles: your own, a spouse’s, a child’s, or an organization’s. See Accounts, profiles, and switching between them for the full picture.

You edit your profile from Dashboard → Profile. Everything you save there feeds the public page, and the editor tells you at every row what the public will and will not see.

The five tabs

The Profile page is split into five tabs along the top:

Profile — identity, photos, biography, ministry focus areas, and work history. Start here; it is the bulk of your public story. See Identity, photos, and biography and Work history and your headline.
Contact — addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and your website and social links. See Contact details and addresses.
Relationships — family, your organization affiliations, and ministry partners. See Family, organizations, and ministry partners.
Access & Settings — who can view the profile, automatic connection approval, and who manages it. See Visibility, connections, and profile managers.
Personal Travel — passports, health details, and emergency contacts. All of it is private, and you only need it if you are attending a Homeward event. See Travel documents, health, and emergency contacts.

Alongside these, the sidebar holds three more pages for the same profile: Updates for newsletters and field updates (Posting field updates), Itinerary for where you will be next (Your itinerary), and Endorsements (Endorsements).

The eye icon

Every editable row on the page carries a small eye icon. It is the single convention that makes the whole profile legible, and its three tooltips are worth reading once:

Public field — “This value is shown on the public profile.”
Masked field — “General location is shown publicly. Exact street address, postal code, and map pin stay private.”
Private field — “This value is not shown on the public profile.”

Hover the icon before you type if you are unsure where a value will end up.

How editing works

Most fields follow the same pattern: hover the row, select the pencil icon, make your change, and save. Some fields — your name, your photo, your languages — open a small window instead. Saving one field never touches another, so you can fix a typo in your biography without reopening anything else.

Complete your profile

At the top of the Profile tab, a card shows a progress bar, a percentage, and “N of M fields filled in”. Missing fields are grouped in two lists:

Still needed — “These are the fields your public profile reads thin without.” Name, profile photo, biography, current role, ministry focus areas, location, and a public email or website.
Worth adding — “Optional, but each one gives visitors more to go on.” Cover photo, languages, phone number, social links, and an organization affiliation.

Each row is a link that jumps straight to the field, so the checklist is also the fastest way to navigate a long page. When nothing is left, the card reads “Your profile has everything we ask for. Nothing outstanding.”

View public profile

The View public profile button at the top right opens your public page in a new tab. Use it after editing — it is the only way to see what a visitor actually sees. What visitors see on your profile walks that page section by section.

Fields you cannot change yourself

Three rows are locked by design:

Pseudonym — granted by Homeward. Send Support a request if your safety requires one.
Username — the owner of the profile or Homeward staff only. Changing it changes your public address.
Gender — locks after the first save. Only the profile owner or a Homeward administrator can change it afterwards.

If one of these needs correcting and you cannot edit it, see Getting help.