The Member Portal is one of the most useful resources available for church members and staff. And the best part is, there’s no additional cost! It’s already included in your subscription to IconCMO. If you aren’t familiar with the member portal module, it’s a secure self-service login where It’s even mobile-friendly so members can sign… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Church Management Software Blog
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…
What to do when two members of the church get married
You know how to add a new member into IconCMO. But what happens when two members of the church get married? You already have both of them in your membership database, so you need to merge the two records together. And what happens if they’ve given donations? Let’s say John Anderson and Mary Smith got married on… ⪼ Continue Reading…