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3 Reasons For-profit Financial Software Doesn’t Work

March 2, 2021 by Jay Leave a Comment

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Financial software comes in many shapes and sizes for various industries. Each industry requires unique financial transactions to be carried out by its software. Financial software packages that are rooted in the for-profit world have one major devastating flaw. They fail miserably when used in churches or governmental accounting. Then, why are these packages sold… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Finance Tagged With: budget, church management software, church reviews, non-profit

Small Church Accounting Software — Included or NOT?

January 12, 2021 by Jay Leave a Comment

If you were to search for ‘small church accounting software’ in Google, the results most likely will give you many review sites. When this post was written eight out of ten results were review sites – not software providers. Most review sites will steer you down the wrong path. To make things worse – most… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Finance Tagged With: church accounting software, church management software, church payroll, church reports, church reviews, fasb compliant software, irs compliant software

Church Software Evaluation — What to Ask

November 30, 2020 by Jay

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Selecting a church management software (ChMS) should start with a vision of where the church is going to be in five to ten years at a minimum. Church software evaluation more often than not starts with a list of immediate organizational needs. Unfortunately, this approach is short sighted when immediate needs are addressed and the… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: church management software, church reviews, donations

Free Church Accounting Software — Bargain or Trap?

September 22, 2020 by Jay Leave a Comment

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Human nature is a funny thing. If given a choice most of us will take the easiest way out, even when it’s not the best way or gives the best results. The same can be said about anything free, including free church accounting software. People love free stuff – even if it’s not good for… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Finance Tagged With: church accounting software, church management software, church payroll, church reviews, online security

What is Fund Accounting & How Does It Help Churches?

September 8, 2020 by Jay Leave a Comment

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Sounds like a simple question, right? But it’s not. If a nonprofit organization doesn’t know what to look for, they could choose an accounting system that fails them when they need it. The goal of this post is to briefly go over what government regulations say about fund accounting, the main ideas of fund accounting,… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Finance Tagged With: church accounting software, church management software, church reviews, fund accounting

The Best Church Finance Software in 2020 – 7 Rules!

July 7, 2020 by Jay 1 Comment

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The year is 2007 and the iPhone was just released and churches are still getting use to their online church finances programs. Thirteen years later, online is the only way to go. So what does the church look for in getting the best church finance software in 2020? To have the best church finance software… ⪼ Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Finance Tagged With: church accounting software, church management software, church reports, church reviews, donations, fasb compliant software, irs compliant software

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