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Increase Donations with Digital Giving

As more and more church-goers use debit and credit cards as their primary payment methods, churches are scrambling to offer new ways to give. Here are three methods that can help your card-wielding members support your church: Let Them Give Online Set up an online giving page. Having an online option for offerings will […]

Church Survey Questions to Boost Attendance

One great way to find out what your congregation and visitors are looking for is to distribute surveys, polling them on what they enjoy about your church, what they feel is lacking, and whatever is on their mind about their church experience in general. Here are a few tips on crafting church survey questions: […]

Year-End Check List

This end of the year financials checklist comes to us via Alfred Johnson’s blog. We hope you find it useful. Federal Reports Make sure you have blank forms for all IRS needed filings. NELCO has what you need. Click Here to order forms Deadline for filings now is January 31, 2018, for most reports General Ledger […]

5 Reasons Why People Give

What motivates you may not motivate others. As you teach people to give, it helps to understand their reasons. Some give because of relationship. People will give money to an organization because they have a relationship with the people there. Some give because of vision. A compelling vision inspires people to give (Proverbs 29:18, KJV). […]

What? You’re Not Using Facebook Live?

Facebook has a feature called Facebook Live that can effectively help you communicate. Facebook Live is built right into the Facebook app. So if you are a pastor with a church Facebook page and a smartphone you can easily take advantage of this service. First, we will talk about some things you can do with […]

How Tax Reform May Impact Your Church Ministry

ECFA is presenting a free Webinar on January 11, 2018, at 1:00 PM EST. Webinar Details: Date: Thursday, January 11 Duration: 60-Minute Webinar Time: 1:00pm EST ~ 12:00pm CST ~ 11:00am MST ~ 10:00am PST Join us for the How Tax Reform May Impact Churches and Ministries Webinar with Dan Busby, president of ECFA, Vonna Laue, executive vice president of ECFA, Michael Martin, […]

10 Compelling Tips to Boost Giving in Your Church

There are best practices when it comes to increasing giving and the following ten points could have a positive impact on giving in your church. Share a Compelling Vision It is the responsibility of church leadership to help members understand the mission (why we exist) and vision (where we are going) of the ministry. This […]

Simplify Your Year-End Reporting with Nelco (Part 2)

It seems like fraud is everywhere today. You can’t go more than a month without hearing about security breaches or someone trying to steal data or scam people. The IRS is not immune from such fraudulent activities, so in the past few years we have seen them do their best to shore up efforts to […]

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