Church Management Software

The Features of Church Management Software

Although some church management suites may have more functionalities than others, there are features that are common to all such as:

• Membership management. Keeps updated information on members, volunteers and visitors such as contact numbers, addresses and activity involvement.
• Contributions/donor management. Provide secure collection and management of individual and major donations as well as pledges and upcoming donations.
• Financial accounting. Enables managing, tracking and reporting of finances like revenues and expenditures.
• Communication tools. Facilitates community-wide communication and outreach activities to increase member participation.
• Events management. Organizes and manages event activity and planning, payment process support, event listing search, tracking and reporting, and prevents double booking.
• Volunteer management. Helps organize volunteer contact information, availability, scheduling and history, among others.
• Check-in and child security management. Tracks member and visitor attendance at events such as seminars, camps and retreats. Many ChMS provide child check-in functionality to keep track of children in specific church locations and events.