Staying organized and communicating with members of the congregation can be inexpensive and easy with IconCMO. Monthly newsletters, bulletins, schedules, and calendars can be created in Word or Publisher, converted to PDF and attached to an email message without the high cost of printing and mailing, not to mention the time spent folding and stuffing… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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Do you know how to spot a tech support scam?
According to Wikipedia, a technical support scam (often abbreviated tech support scam) refers to a class of telephone fraud activities, in which a scammer claims to offer a legitimate technical support service, often via cold calls to unsuspecting users. Such cold calls are mostly targeted at Microsoft Windows users, with the caller often claiming to represent a… ⪼ Continue Reading…
What’s your church database backup plan?
A few weeks ago, I got a call from a customer using Revelations, our Windows-based church management software (ChMS). Thank you for calling Icon Systems, this is Michelle.” “Hello, this is Peggy from Peace Church*. My computer crashed, can you help me get Revelations on my new computer?” “I’m sorry to hear! I’ll show you… ⪼ Continue Reading…
How to Budget a Church Mortgage Payment
A church budget is important to most church organizations and is a highly-utilized feature in IconCMO. However, budgets can only be set for revenue and expense accounts, which can pose a problem if you want to budget for a liability account such as a mortgage. For example, a typical Mortgage Payment of $1,000 looks like this:… ⪼ Continue Reading…
What are pass-through accounts?
Pass-through accounts are established when a church collects money on behalf of an organization or event and does not want to record the money as income. These accounts are set up as liabilities instead of revenue accounts since the money will only pass-through the church to another organization. Follow the instructions below to create liability… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Now you can customize the IconCMO login page!
Please follow our updated instructions here and disregard these instructions. We’re excited to announce we’ve made some updates to the IconCMO login page! First of all, you can now put a button on your church’s website that links directly to the IconCMO login page. No more searching Google or locating a bookmark every time you… ⪼ Continue Reading…