Need some help managing your Church’s finances? The tough economy has many churches looking for ways to save money. To save money, it helps to track where the money is going. Your church can save money by finding some free church accounting software.
Many Internet sites offer free church management software. However, these offers can be misleading. The following is a list of web pages that offer free church software along with any potential hidden costs.
The author has no vested interest in any of the following sites. The author is trying to save the reader’s time by creating a synopsis of the offers for free church accounting software.
Churchradius.com
Church Radius offers some free, web based church accounting software. This software requires connection to the Internet.
This is a great deal; a major drawback, however, is the fact that having all of your church’s information stored on the Internet can be dangerous. Another drawback is that web-based software is frequently plagued with annoying banner ads. A necessary evil to provide the software for free.
Sunday Software
Sunday Software is a useful page, but they don’t actually make any church accounting software. The site does have some useful links and is well established. This site has some great resources for children.
Churchtrac.com
Churchtrac’s software appears very user friendly. They also offer free software for small churches. In other words, if your church has less than 100 members the software is free. After 100 members the software is no longer free.
Churchbizonline
Churchbizonline is actually what shows up first if you type in “free church accounting software” into Google (at least it was the day in which this article was written). The site actually only contains a link to Open Office. Open Office is the free version of Microsoft Office. It has nothing to do with church accounting software.
Useful church accounting software will probably cost you some money. Some free options exist, but they definitely have their limitations. Best of luck managing your church in these economically difficult times.
