Deciding which church accounting software to purchase is a difficult decision to make. Selecting the financial team that carries out the day-to-day operations of the church is equally as difficult. Both need to be reliable to ensure the church has the best available information to make financial decisions. Accurate financial statements reflect assets, liabilities, and… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Finance
3 Reasons For-profit Financial Software Doesn’t Work
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…
Fund Accounting Software for Churches
Accounting software that’s fund based versus non-fund based — at its core are two different animals. It would be like comparing a lion to a mountain cat. These big cats are similar but at their core, they are different in everything from habitat to how they hunt. Lions hunt in a pride where hunting is… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Church Bookkeeping — Please Help!
Let’s first say, church bookkeeping is not just keeping a checkbook register. If this describes your current church, please keep reading. There are many reasons why just having a checkbook register is inadequate. We will get into that later. Having accurate church bookkeeping practices, as well as, the right people in place is very important.… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Small Church Accounting Software — Included or NOT?
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…
Simple Church Financial Software That Works
What makes up simple church financial software? This will be a little different for each organization but there are common traits that all good church financial software has. Most of the time financial software means the accounting software for the church. But should it include more than the accounting software? What does donation and membership… ⪼ Continue Reading…