Church Financial software

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I am looking for software for managing a small church's finance's. Is
quicken the software we should use?

 

[Jim M.]

I have used Quicken Deluxe for 10+ years for a church with average
attendance of approx. 100 and have had investments in CD's and mutual funds.
It met my every needs. Two years ago I upgraded to H&B only because we
started a building program with pledges (receivables). This adds to the
learning curve.

You might want to consider starting out with the basic program and upgrade
if and when needed.
Jim M.

 

[Jim T.]

I am looking for software for managing a small church's finance's. Is
quicken the software we should use?

We've been using QuickBooks Basic for several years, because we do our
own payroll, etc. It's not perfect for a non-profit but those packages
are very expensive. We have about 1800 members and 20+ on payroll. We
write about 100 checks a month. Budget is in excess of 1M.
We don't track individual membership or contributions with QB.

 

[Kevin Swan]

I've been using the software packages from this company for several years.

http://www.vian.com/

You can download a trial version and try it out. We were using Excel
spreadsheets before we switched. As Financial Secretary I use these packages
since it allows us to track the funds. Our Treasurer keeps the bank accounts
in Quicken though.