app What Our Partners Are Saying About the App FaithStreet is a valuable tool for organizations that would like to provide their growing congregants easier access to make their charitable donations. The website makes the donation process whether online or by mobile a simple, easy and speedy task.
mission Action We’re hearing from pastors and church leaders across the country that now is a time for action.
online giving FaithStreet Giving vs. Paypal Why FaithStreet is a slam dunk win over Paypal for congregations and other ministries.
Giving Giving to your church with your bank account just got a lot easier FaithStreet just made it a whole lot easier to give with your bank account – maybe even easier than giving with a card.
Giving Rock RMS + FaithStreet Integration Rock RMS is a free, open-source relationship management software designed for churches and other organizations. FaithStreet integrates closely with Rock to allow giving on FaithStreet to seamlessly be transported to
Giving Planning Center Online + FaithStreet Integration FaithStreet is excited to launch an integration with Planning Center Online.Not everyone needs access to everything. Use the best tool for the job. FaithStreet Giving takes singular, focused approach
Giving Online Pledging FaithStreet has created a free, online tool to help you increase pledge participation. It’s called Pledges, and you can find it under the Goals tab in your FaithStreet dashboard.
Giving FaithStreet Giving Featured By The New York Post FaithStreet was recently featured by the New York Post. Here are a few selections. FaithStreet co-founder and CTO Glenn Ericksen on FaithStreet's future “I would say the next [evolution] is
Giving Giving Is Hard For Me Giving is hard for me. I struggle with it, but I'm just beginning to unpack why. Some of the reasons listed below are close to the surface (I like to
Giving Should my whole tithe go to my local church? Pastors hold differing views. We recently shared an article by Pastor John Piper, in which he argues that “There’s no clear biblical mandate that your generosity has to be in a certain proportion to your church and to other ministries.” We were pretty blown away by your
Giving Transaction Fees: Why it’s totally fine to ask givers to cover them When it comes to online giving and text giving in the church, the biggest deterrent is cost. Why should the church have to pay transaction fees? Doesn’t it seem like nickel-and-diming our congregants to ask them to cover the fee? Is it worth
Church The 5 Best Ways to Keep in Touch With External Givers In today’s changing society, you may find that some of your committed supporters are external, meaning anybody who wants to support your church but is not a member. This could be anyone from a former member who has moved away – say, for college
Giving What's The Best Way To Thank Givers? Do your church members feel that their financial gifts are valued? Penelope Burk, author of Donor-Centered Fundraising, found that 93 percent of respondents to her study said they would give again if they were thanked promptly and in a personal manner, and 64 percent
church growth Greg Gibbs on Creating a Culture of Generosity How can you foster a culture of generosity in your church? Greg Gibbs, Director of Strategic Planning at Kensington Community Church, has worked with about one hundred churches to raise $100 million dollars. He shared his story and best practices to help you change
Giving 8 Tips For a Successful Offering The offering time is often one of the most overlooked parts of the church service. Many pastors feel awkward about that time or go into autopilot as they rush to get through it. Yet, the offering time should be an occasion to worship God
Giving Your People Don't Give. Is It Your Fault? An interesting question, one posed (and eventually answered by) Chris Willard over on his blog. It must be something every church leader asks themselves: “Other churches seem to be doing well, but we’re not reaching our goals. Did we just get a bad
Giving 4 Little Problems Solved by Online Giving Often times when we talk about online giving here at FaithStreet, we speak in broad strokes. You know, “online giving increases giving overall” (it does), or “online giving is affordable no matter how small your church” (it is). That’s what our customers want
Giving 3 Keys for Successful Fundraisers We talk a lot about online giving here at Faithstreet (seriously, we’re the best at it), but churches just as often turn to more “traditional” fundraisers for specific needs in causes. What’s your go-to? A car wash? A bake sale? Sure, those
Giving People Give More When They Have Options You know non-profit giving has reached the big time when the “paper of record,” the New York Times, has one of its top economic consultants on the case. In this week’s column, Robert J. Shiller examines what motivates people to not only give,
Giving No Church is too Small for Online Giving Think back to college or secondary school sociology class. The instructor would perform an exercise where students would be asked to write down whether they considered their family lower, middle, or upper class. At the end, the instructor would plot out the distribution on
Giving Have Online Giving? Great - Now Ask People to Use it! Online giving is slowly catching on among churches, and that’s a good thing (FaithStreet is certainly happy about it). Having it is one thing, but we hear all the time from churches that it seems slow to catch on. Fortunately, that’s a
Giving 3 Ways to Maximize Your Offerings this Easter ******Making the most of your Easter offering**Does your church see its biggest attendance of the year on Easter? While preparing for the service, consider three things to make giving easy and accessible on
Giving Landmark Roman Church Looks to Online Giving for Support Interesting piece in the New York Times about what’s become one of Rome’s biggest tourist attractions – the 800-Year-Old Church of St. Francis at Ripa. It just so happens that the church includes a room where St. Francis of Assisi is said to
Giving The Top 5 Benefits of Online Giving FaithStreet members and their followers might be aware of our new online giving platform, which is the fastest, safest way for church members to support their parishes. Still not sold on the idea? There are about a million reasons why it’s worth considering,
