Online Donations

Planting a church is hard work. In the early stages, a small group of people handles the brunt of the workload. Sunday set-up, child care, budgets, communications, you name it. Resources may be low, but solutions are still necessary. Thankfully, technology can help ease some of the burdens.

After a summer sprint packed with mission trips, VBS, and camp outings, another busy school year will soon begin with its marathon programs. Now is the perfect time to reflect on last year’s programs and honestly evaluate how you can make things even better this coming year.

As the director of business development for an online and mobile giving platform, I’ve had the privilege of a front row seat to the many new tools and technologies introduced in recent years. Tools that make it easier, faster, safer, and cheaper for churchgoers to give to their churches.

Online giving, text giving, mobile apps, crowd-funding pages, kiosks, widgets, gizmos, gadgets, you name it! It seems like every month there is a new “game changing” technology that is poised to “redefine church giving as we know it.”

In this rapidly changing environment, I’ve often felt the same frustration that many pastors and church leaders wrestle with: Where do I even start?

Marked as one of the most desired giving options for 2015, Elexio church software has just added text-to-give to their line-up of integrated features...

After a summer sprint packed with mission trips, VBS, and camp outings, another busy school year will soon begin with its marathon programs. Now is...

Each week, as I talk with pastors, administrators and elder boards about the impact that online giving can have in their churches, there is...

Amazon has recently rolled out a new charitable foundation called AmazonSmile that offers charitable rewards for those who sign up and link their Amazon...

Churches depend almost 100% on their members as well as outside donors to give generously to the church in order to keep it running...