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Church payroll and the minister's W-2: which products can produce one A minister is an employee for income tax and self-employed for Social Security. The four gates a payroll product has to pass, prices read 29 July 2026, and the vendors that refused. -
Church fund accounting in QuickBooks Online The plan classes start on, the 40-class and 250-account caps, the report that ties funds to the bank, and a 95-account chart of accounts CSV to import. -
Church email platforms priced at 300, 800, and 2,000 contacts Prices read 29 July 2026 for Mailchimp, Flocknote, MailerLite, Brevo, beehiiv, Ghost, Tithe.ly and Planning Center, plus SPF and DMARC looked up on 209 real church domains. -
Church website checklist, from 203 real sites, worst item first 203 church websites crawled 30 July 2026. 195 print a service time and 30 publish hours a machine can read. The checklist, ordered by how often each item fails. -
Church file storage, priced: ten years of sermon video and the egress bill Backblaze, Cloudflare, Wasabi, Amazon, Google and Resi storage and egress rates, read 29 July 2026 and worked into the real cost of a ten-year sermon archive. -
What church software costs at 80, 200, 500, and 1,200 people A full annual cost model built from prices read off fifteen vendor pricing pages on 29 July 2026, with the hidden costs, a calculator, and the price book as a CSV. -
Church event planning software that stops the double-booked fellowship hall Room booking, volunteer rotas, public calendar embedding, and approvals, with prices read off vendor pages on 29 July 2026 for Planning Center, Breeze, ChurchTrac, Elvanto, Skedda, and more. -
Why your church live stream sounds bad, what camera to buy, and the CCLI license The audio fix first, then camera specs and prices checked 29 July 2026 for capture, switchers and PTZ, the upload number that sets your ceiling, and whether the CCLI Streaming License is required. -
Church accounting software that keeps designated funds straight Prices checked 29 July 2026 for Aplos, PowerChurch, ChurchTrac, Wave, and Xero, the balance sheet a fund ledger has to produce, the $2,000 1099 threshold, and when a spreadsheet is right. -
Free church management software, and the exact point each free tier stops Which church management systems have a permanent free plan, which offer only a 30-day trial, which will not publish a price, and the member count where each free plan ends. Checked 29 July 2026. -
Church texting services priced at 120, 300, 900, and 3,000 people Prices checked 29 July 2026 for Clearstream, Text In Church, EZ Texting, SimpleTexting, Flocknote, Twilio and Tithe.ly, worked out at four congregation sizes, plus the 10DLC registration. -
Average attendance hides whether your church is growing or shrinking Why the mean lies, how to count the same way every week, and a rolling eight week method that reports real attenders and the frequency ratio instead of a flattering number. -
A church social media strategy that survives the volunteer What the account is for, a three post week, who owns the login, the consent rule for a child's photo, what to do when a member dies, and scheduler prices checked 29 July 2026. -
Choosing church management software without regretting it in a year The three jobs a ChMS has to do, the export test that predicts your exit, Breeze, Planning Center, Tithely and Rock RMS prices read on 29 July 2026, and a migration order that keeps the office open. -
What giving platforms actually cost your church Fees read off the Planning Center, Tithely, Givelify, Subsplash, and Stripe pricing pages on 29 July 2026, worked into dollars per year, plus the IRS receipting rules and the ACH question. -
Best camera for church live streaming: five builds, priced 29 July 2026 Real models with prices read off manufacturer pages on 29 July 2026, why a camcorder beats a mirrorless body for a two-hour service, the balcony lens arithmetic, and when a phone is the right answer. -
Church directory software: who can see your address, and who should not Verified pricing for the tools that ship a member directory, a permissions matrix you can adopt, what a directory app leaks, and how to leave an at-risk household out safely. -
Training a church social media volunteer: the first four weeks A four week onboarding for someone who has never run an account: what they learn each week, the access they get and when, the eight shot capture card, the approval rule, and the handover document. -
A guest follow-up system one volunteer can run How to capture guest information without a clipboard ambush, what to send on day 1, day 3, and day 10, the CAN-SPAM and texting consent rules, and the two numbers that tell you whether it works. -
Church social media policy: the full text, the photo rules, and who holds the login A complete policy a board can adopt, a decision tree for whether you may post a photo, the minor consent statutes quoted, the offboarding rule, and the procedure for 11pm on a Saturday. -
Your church database holds more than a retailer's and is guarded worse Addresses, giving, children's allergies, and confessed sin. Four tiers of member data, who sees what, where counseling notes must never live, and the breach plan an elder board can write in an hour. -
Church calendar software, printed or online Room and login prices read off vendor pages on 29 July 2026 for Planning Center, Teamup, Skedda, CalendarWiz and Breeze, plus a printable month and year template to hand out. -
What church direct mail costs: $0.26 at retail, $0.136 with the nonprofit permit EDDM and nonprofit bulk rates read off USPS Notice 123 on 29 July 2026, the two $390 fees, the 3,145-piece break-even, the size rule that disqualifies a 6 by 9 postcard, and when to mail nothing. -
The church social media checklist: 71 minutes a week and four checks before you post The weekly, monthly, and quarterly lists with a minute budget on every item, plus the four checks that catch a minor's face, a wrong service time, an unattributed image, and a dead link.
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