church management

Your church database is more than just a place to store contact information. It’s a tool that can help you shepherd your people better. Here are five best practices for…

When Aplos launched 10 years ago to serve nonprofits and churches, our heart was to make operating your organization simple so you could focus on your mission. In those early…

Taking charge of the church’s financial health and managing your church’s financial resources can be a challenging and intimidating assignment. If you are reading this article, there is a good…

What do your donors typically like to see at the end of each year? It’s customary for churches to review past gifts for tax purposes, and letters are a way to…

The mere thought of putting together a church annual report can cause church staff members to feel intimidated and overwhelmed by such a foreign task. Fear not! Completing this exercise…

To ensure that your ministry is protected in the event of an audit, tax returns and other important records may be needed to quickly provide evidence that your church is…

To prepare your church or ministry for financial health, you need a plan, also known as a budget. Having faith that God will provide everything your church or ministry needs…

Planning Center Online (PCO) is a great software for churches. It’s versatile, it contains many different features churches need, and you only pay for the products you use. You can…

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been extended for additional loans by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for eligible organizations as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA).   The…

QuickBooks® is a very popular accounting software, but can a nonprofit or church use it to manage their bookkeeping? If you need to do fund accounting in QuickBooks®, you’ll need…