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For clubs, associations, churches & societies

Free Membership Certificate Templates

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Welcome new members with a certificate of membership. Add the member's name, the membership number or year and your club, church or association's name and logo, edit free online, then download a print-ready PDF, PNG or JPG for a welcome pack, an annual meeting or a life membership presentation.

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Certificate of Membership Church Membership Certificates Life Membership Certificates Club & Association Membership

Certificate of Membership

7 designs

Classic certificates of membership for any club, society, association or organization.

Church Membership Certificates

7 designs

Welcome new members into your church family, with space for a Bible verse, the pastor's signature and the date received.

Life Membership Certificates

5 designs

Honor a lifetime or honorary member with a formal gold-frame certificate, landscape or portrait.

Club & Association Membership

2 designs

Membership certificates for sports clubs, alumni groups, professional associations and community societies.

Welcoming new members all year? Clubs, churches and associations can use the Unlimited plan to download a certificate for every new member, instead of buying each one.

Make a Membership Certificate in 3 Steps

No design skills needed. Most people finish in a few minutes.

1

Pick a design

Choose a membership, church, life membership or club design above, in landscape or portrait.

2

Make it yours

Type the member's name, membership number and date. Upload your logo and signatures.

3

Download & present

Preview it free, then download a 300 DPI PDF, PNG or JPG. Print it on card stock and hand it over at the meeting or service.

Frequently Asked Questions

The member's full name, a heading such as "Certificate of Membership", a line like "is hereby recognized as a member in good standing of", your club, church or association's name, the date they joined (or the membership year), a membership number if you use one, and one or two signatures, for example the president and the secretary. Every line on our templates is editable.

It is a document a club, society, church or association gives a person to show they are a member. It is usually presented when someone joins or renews, and many organizations add a membership number and an expiry or renewal date.

The member's name, "Certificate of Church Membership" or "Welcome to Our Church Family", the church name, the date they were received into membership, a short Bible verse if you like (for example 1 Corinthians 12:27), and the pastor's signature. See the church membership designs.

A life (or honorary) membership certificate thanks someone whose membership never expires, often a founder, a long-serving volunteer or a major supporter. Our life membership designs use a formal gold frame and come in landscape and portrait.

Yes. Open a design and turn on Add multiple names. Type one name per row or upload a CSV, and each member gets their own certificate. You pay once for the whole list, with no subscription. See certificates for multiple names.

Yes. Open any design, change the name, number and wording, and preview it free online with no card and no sign-up. You only pay when you download the finished certificate.

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