Is Taking Church Attendance Important?
I remember when my senior pastor said: “I’m not into numbers”. At first I understood it as a statement suggesting priority on spiritual growth over numerical. As a compliant and zealous youth pastor I...
View ArticleCloud Computing and the Church
Introduction to Cloud ComputingLet's say you're an administrative pastor in a new church. One of your responsibilities include making sure that all of the staff have the right hardware and software...
View ArticleHow to Do Church Payroll
Introduction to Church PayrollI challenge you to find a more difficult and frightening task for any church clerk/financial secretary to undertake then that of Payroll. I have seen the best of the best...
View ArticleSeven Guidelines for a Successful Pledge Campaign
Churches have found that when it comes to raising funds for a specific ministry project there is a greater success rate when you do a Pledge/Faith campaign. In fact it is proven that a well run and...
View ArticleGuide to Choosing Church Management Software (ChMS)
Before we get the cart before the horse, let’s first answer the question: “What is Church Management?”Church Management is directing/managing people and programs to accomplish the desired goals and...
View ArticleChurch Management 101 "God's Ways"
It's as old as the first church in Acts but as young as today's culture. It carries with it the challenges of relationships multiplied by their diversity and divided by leadership you and others in...
View ArticleIs Your Ministry Sustainable?
We hear a lot about "sustainability" in the news today. In fact it was on the front page of The Costco Connection, August 2011 edition. No, I don’t advocate that this magazine was written for the...
View Article10 Ways to Reduce Your Church’s Energy Bill
What could your church do with an extra $1,000 or $30,000?When it comes to the subject of saving energy I would automatically assume you would be talking about my personal energy, not the building....
View ArticleIs Online Giving For Your Church?
Churches that have an online giving program are reporting increased numbers of their members using online giving as well as improvement in consistency of giving through the year. While the average...
View ArticleChurch Data Entry Best Practices
For any church or non-profit organization new to Church Office Online (COO), the first step to building a useful, informational, and reliable data base is to establish consistent best practices for...
View ArticleQuickBooks Integration
The following is a guest post by Nancy, Office Administrator - Next Level Church - Yorktown, VA.A Little Bit About Administration...Church administration is sometimes complicated and always busy. To...
View ArticleMarch 2014 Updates
Intuit App Store Requirement ChangesAdded the ability to login using Intuit Credentials.Added the ability to stay connected to QuickBooks Online while on different computer/browsers.The QuickBooks...
View ArticleCall-Em-All Integration
Call-Em-All IntegrationWe are pleased to announce our new integration with Call-Em-All, the best automated calling service around. This new integration will allow you to easily send pre-recorded...
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