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4 Reasons QuickBooks Isn’t Enough For Churches

QuickBooks is a marketing leader for small business finances. Churches often gravitate to this option because it’s recommended by other nonprofits. But because of most church’s unique financial management needs, QuickBooks for churches is rarely the optimal choice. Researchers predict worldwide church financial fraud to reach $80 billion by 2025. That is an increase at […]

Introducing MINISTRYID!

MinistryID is a single sign-on solution to connect the Shelby products churches use every day. It will give access to multiple applications using only one credential. This allows the same login for your giving platform, church management software, and other systems where you see the MinistryID icon. This one account (that’s consistent across multiple systems), will save your […]

Why Recurring Giving is a Game-Changer for Churches

Today’s post is written by Valerie Russell, Content Specialist for Ministry Brands. It’s no surprise that churches are affected by lulls in generosity, spurring a need for them to find ways to encourage recurring giving. Roughly 86% don’t meet their annual budget goals. When you boil it down, that means 43 out of 50 churches […]

Best Practices – Using Background Checks

This financial news is brought to you by the Alfred Johnson blog. I had the privilege of hearing Josh Weis give a presentation on the best ways to use background checks. I learned a lot from his presentation, and he permitted me to share his: Background Check Blueprint Step-By-Step Guide with you. Click here to […]

Employee Spotlight: JOE YORK

Today’s spotlight shines on Shelby Systems’ Education and Production/Media Manager: JOE YORK. Joe York is Shelby Systems’ longest tenured employee with almost three and a half decades of continual service. In the early days of Shelby (with only a handful of employees), everyone was required to be proficient at many tasks. For several years, Joe trained, […]

4 Ways to Welcome and Follow-up with First Time Guests

Today’s blog post is written by Scott Goodger, General Manager for one of our Ministry Brands partners. Welcoming and connecting first-time guests to church is essential if you want to grow your ministry. According to Pew Research Center, 79% of people said feeling welcomed played an important role in choosing a new place of worship. Creating […]

U.S. Church Background Check Trends

Ministry Brands, the leading provider of church management software solutions, recently released data showing mainline Protestant and Evangelical churches are utilizing background checks at an increasing rate. Of the over 30,000 churches that have partnered with Protect My Ministry, a Ministry Brands company, a church background check on employees and volunteers has increased by 12% […]

7 ONLINE GIVING FEATURES YOUR CHURCH ISN’T USING (BUT SHOULD BE)

Are you stuck in the same old routine when it comes to managing your online giving? It happens. Once you’ve found what works for getting daily tasks completed efficiently, you may never step outside your comfort zone. By not exploring the features available to you, you could be missing out. New developments are released often, […]

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