You may be tempted to include the payments in with the regular offerings, but there’s just one little problem with that. You put an IRS disclosure on your donation statements saying something along the lines of “No goods or services were provided by the church in return for the donation.” Which poses another question: Can… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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Don’t Rely on Luck to Turn Your Pledges Into Donations
Are you hoping for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow or are you planning to catch the elusive leprechaun? If you aren’t feeling lucky, a sure way to turn pledges into donations is to provide quarterly giving statements to your members. Let’s face it, your members do not wake up thinking about what… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Skeptics vs. Cynics: Web-Based Church Software Security
I subscribe to a newsletter called Great Work Provocations. Every weekday morning, I get an email with a short yet inspirational, thought-provoking message. This morning’s email brought me this little gem: Invite the skeptics in. They’re desperate to be proven wrong. But avoid the cynics. They’ve already made their minds up. –Great Work Provocations Reflecting… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Help! Why are checks/labels/reports printing funny in CMO?
We’ve been getting that question a lot this week! Here is the answer The new version of Firefox (version 19) includes its own PDF viewer. So your checks are now showing in that instead of Adobe Reader like they normally would. If you’re using another browser such as Safari, Chrome, or Internet Explorer you can… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Church Software and Data Conversions Part II
In the first part of the series, we discussed exporting and importing data and the worth of the data. If you missed it, read the first part here. In this final series we will discuss the remaining three topics for church data conversions. This can pose problems when the new database doesn’t have the fields… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Church Software and Data Conversions Part I
There are many reasons for churches to change the software they use to track membership and financial records. Software companies can go out of business, or their views of technology trends may not match the church’s views. Also, changes in church leadership can have a powerful effect on what software is used. These matters are… ⪼ Continue Reading…