Church Accounting Software | Online Electronic Tithing - Giving Churches Options

Here is an alternative to the traditional Church Accounting Software . . .

More and more people make their everyday household bill payments online. Why send the electric company that cute check with the kitty-cats on it when you can make your payment with a couple of clicks at their website? Raise your hand if you have made a payment online in the past 30 days. (My hand is up over here. . .) Many churches are turning to this new way of taking care of business and offering their congregation an online electronic way to make tithes, offering, and donations.

Programs for accepting tithes and offerings online range from a full-service financial accounting “we only take payments online” set-up to a voluntary option for each member to decide. If you have a website, a simple click-here button can direct your members to a secure page where they can type in their information to make their tithe. Or another option allows your members to setup automatic donations that will come out of their account and into yours on a regular schedule. Even when they wake up late and don’t make it to church. Even when they go on vacation for a month or go south for the winter. See the advantage? There is even a company that will put an ATM-like Kiosk in the lobby of your church so that your members can make their offering with their debit card. Some churches just use PayPal! The cost of Online Electronic Tithing Collections is relative to the amount of financial accounting the company you choose does for you.

There are drawbacks to consider. I would imagine this would work better with a younger congregation. I can’t see my elderly parents tithing online . . . I hate the idea that someone would tithe on credit . . . Somehow that just doesn’t seem to be following God’s plan … Many churches agree and do not accept credit cards for tithes. Good for them. Having an ATM machine in your vestibule may put off some- visitors and old members alike. And Change is Hard! Some of your congregation just won’t like it.

The advantages are pretty obvious. Someone else is taking care of your church’s tithing and offering accounting. You can redirect the efforts of those who’s job it was to open envelopes and enter donations in the computer. And according to people who know, you can pick up 10-30% more tithes with automatic scheduled offering collections.

Please do your own homework on this one. Below we have links to some companies we found that offer online electronic tithing and giving accounting. We are not recommending any of them —-just listing them here in one place for you.

If you have any experience with any of these companies, know of any additional companies not listed, or have any opinions on this method of tithing collection, please post a comment below. We would love to hear what you think!

Smart Payment Solutions
http://www.smartpaymentsolutions.com/ex-churches.html

Easy Tithe
http://www.easytithe.com/

e-Give
http://www.egive-usa.com/

Holy Processing
http://www.holyprocessing.com/automatic-tithing.html

e-Tithes
http://www.e-tithes.com/

SecureGive — Giving Kiosks for ATM-like payments in the Church Lobby
http://securegive.com/

My Church Donations
http://www.mychurchdonations.com/

Fellowship Technologies
http://www.fellowshiptech.com/

PayPal (Sometimes simple is the answer!)
http://www.paypal.com

Pay Simple
http://www.paysimple.com/