Many churches out there still just resort to giving money or checks in a church service as their only form of giving. Just paper? Yuck, I know.
We’re currently using the regular method, but want to transition to receiving online giving asap. Churches that allow an option for online giving report that up to 15-20% of their giving comes from people who give online. Those are people that ordinarily would not have given. In other words, if you don’t add an online option, you’re leaving money on the table…err…i mean in the wallets still.
So what’s the moral? Set up a system for online giving on your website or at your church.
ChurchCrunch.com recently posted a great article here on some of the best tools and sites that facilitate online giving. Make sure to check it out if you’re going to make the transition. And make sure to check out the responses as well. They’re golden and give much extra info as well.
So if I could jump in as well for the readers of Modern Ekklesia, what is your church using to facilitate online donations? In the next few weeks I hope to have an option in place for us. I’ll let you know as soon as it’s in place.
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We started Adventist Giving with our church over a year ago and have had lots of positive response from members. The fees are absorbed by our conference and union, but I happen to know that our auditor personally dislikes the service as it takes away a few percent from the giving total, and if members are only paying tithe, then it ends up not being the full 10%. There's pros and cons to everything.
Yeah, I know my church treasurer is not too into it either because it only sends out the payments once a month, or something like that, as opposed to weekly. So from a cash flow standpoint, it's a little more difficult……how've you guys dealt with that?