Your church management system (ChMS) may be the most foundational piece of software and technology you possess. It centralizes your database that captures and contains the most precious intelligence church leaders want about the members of their church. Ideally, your church management system will help you do more ministry effectively and efficiently. But what happens when your ChMS isn’t meeting all your needs?

It’s probably more likely that you’ll forget your offering envelope and checkbook before you’ll forget your phone. And when you leave Sunday morning worship, you have the best of intentions of going home immediately, writing out your tithe, and placing it in a special place (your Bible?) so you’ll be sure to have it for next week. The only problem is that there is a lot of life that happens between the end of Worship and when you arrive at home.

Giving doesn’t have to be complicated. Consider these five reasons to implement mobile giving:

Let’s face it. Vacation Bible School registration can be a circus. If you’re still using the paper and pencil method, that means you’re dealing with long lines of overly excited children, impatient parents, and overwhelmed volunteers.

Nothing about ministry is simple. Those called to serve in local church ministry often underestimate the amount of administration involved in the managing of ministry. Little preparation is conducted at the seminary level, which leaves much of the learning to what some used to call “OJT”...on-the-job...training.

The exciting news is that technology is taking the drudge out of ministry and reclaiming time to do more ministry. With the right technology, church leaders are able to: