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Helpful hints – Protecting the Church’s Benevolence Ministry

October 6, 2014 by Jay 1 Comment

If you haven’t read the first part in this two part series please read it here first. Do a little fact finding – A scenario may be a person asking the church to help them pay a bill like utilities, phone, or gas. It’s appropriate to call a company’s billing department and let them know… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Contributions Tagged With: church accounting software, cpa, fasb compliant software, irs compliant software

Church Membership Management and Benevolence Ministry

September 29, 2014 by Jay 1 Comment

What does church membership management and the Benevolence Ministry have in common? Let’s start with how the Benevolence Ministry gets it’s funding. Majority of the time this comes from the church’s members. It would be hard to fund this ministry without donors and the ability to track them in a church membership management system. With… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Contributions Tagged With: church leadership, church reports, contribution statements, donations, fundraising

Encouraging Church Consistent Giving

July 29, 2014 by Icon Systems Leave a Comment

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If there’s one thing churches want to eliminate when it comes to receiving donations, it’s the Summer Slump. It’s that time of year when folks are taking vacations, attending graduations and weddings or spending weekends at the lake. The change in routine all too often causes a disconnect in regular giving, even though the light… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Contributions Tagged With: church accounting software, church management software, church reports, contribution statements, donations

Selecting a Church Donation Software Conclusion

July 18, 2014 by Jay 2 Comments

picture of a checklist on a clipboard which resembles the checklist that the church should make when they are looking for donation software

Read the Intro before proceeding. Concentrating on the basics throughout the entire selection process removes the mistake of choosing an overly complicated system. A typical weakness, of a feature rich system, is it’s complicated and difficult to use. This is what I call “fluff”. Typically, the complicated systems should only be in one place –… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Contributions Tagged With: church reports, church technology, contribution statements, donations

Selecting a Church Donation Software Mistakes Intro

July 14, 2014 by Jay 2 Comments

picture of a checklist on a clipboard which resembles the checklist that the church should make when they are looking for donation software

There are a lot of systems that accomplish donation tracking in some fashion. There are some that do the fundamentals and others that add fluff to their product offering. Each product will have its strengths and weaknesses, and most would probably accomplish what you need. So if majority of them will accomplish your task –… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Contributions Tagged With: church reports, church technology, contribution statements, donations

6 Donation Mistakes to Avoid For Your Donors

May 13, 2014 by Jay 2 Comments

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Churches (or any nonprofit) input their donations in a donation software to ensure donors are provided a statement at the end of the year — not only for tax purposes but to communicate to the donors how their donations were used. Typically the statements are ran for the entire year (calendar year) irregardless what the church… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Contributions Tagged With: church reports, contribution statements, donations, irs compliant software, online donations

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