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Many churches are linked to other nonprofit organizations and regularly seek donations to further the church’s mission. Traditionally churches rely on in-church collections but by having a donation page on your church’s site will allow individuals to make donations online. Some people may be self-conscious about delivering the money in-person and would prefer to donate online. Having this functionality would greatly boost your donation efforts by giving your congregation another channel to donate from.

60% are willing to give to their church digitally. Tithers make up only 10-25 percent of a normal congregation. Churches that accept tithing online increase overall donations by 32%. Only 5% tithe, and 80% of Americans only give 2% of their income.

eChurch is a Android mobile application powered by Firebase built for Church organizations to communicate with their congregation in a modern way. The app features push notification services, unlimited sermons that are dynamically added and edited through a powerful Admin Panel, a modern design, events page with features that allow you to add events dynamically through the dashboard, this includes the ability to set calendar events as well as the map locations dynamically through the admin panel. Pretty powerful stuff!

The elearning industry has grown a staggering 900% since 2000. Flexibility, better value for money, and customized experiences are a few reasons why elearning has been gaining popularity. Apart from schools and universities, corporates also extensively use elearning for employee training. The elearning website features most critical to improving conversion has also changed over the years. Today there is a constant growing number of websites offering elearning options. The global eLearning Market size is expected to reach USD 300 billion by 2025, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. And you can place your church slightly ahead of the curve. Get your elearning software development by Standard American Web™ today for your Sunday school classes.

Crowdfunding, as the name suggests is all about raising funds from a large number of people to co-fund a project or a cause. The idea is to engage and raise funds with a collective effort of friends, family, community, or investors.

Initially used to scale-up investments for a for-profit organization, crowdfunding soon became a powerful method for nonprofits and charities to raise funds. Today, crowdfunding is being successfully put to use by churches and religious organizations as well. The execution has become far easier, thanks to the plethora of crowdfunding tools available in the market.

Churches can be largely dependent on its members for financing its day-to-day activities. From paying various bills, maintaining and renovating the church building to funding religious gatherings, churches resort to funds raised from its own community. However, these funds often fail to sustain the financial requirements.

As a church, you may decide to raise funds from a larger audience beyond your congregation and community. Crowdfunding campaigns are a perfect way to do so. It allows you to collect small donations from a larger pool of people. But the benefits of crowdfunding extend beyond raising funds. Running these kinds of campaigns, that have the potential to reach a large audience, is also an effective way to raise awareness about your ministry and mission. You are able to do all of this "in-house" because the software belongs completely to your ministry.

With our innovative Text Directions feature, families can have directions to your church or church events sent directly to their phones. Simply set up service details on your website like normal — this handy feature is included automatically, so you don’t have to lift a finger.

eSermon adds media to your sermons including audio, self-hosted video, Youtube video, or Vimeo videos along with bulletin and notes PDF files. It allows your website visitors to download the attached documents with the sermons including audio, bulletin, and notes PDF files. And last it can translate. No worries, eSermon comes with a fully translatable .pot file translatable with Loco Translate.

Churchbook is a Social Network Platform similar with Facebook, allowing users to interact with each other by live chatting, sending messages, comments, like, share photos, life events and so much more. If Facebook can do it then Churchbook can do it better. Listed below are a few of the user features:

• * NEWS FEED – The News Feed page keeps you up to date with the latest status updates of your friends, birthdays and activities, shows friends suggestions and more.
• * PROFILES – The Profile page features cover and profile images, information about the user, friends list, liked messages, visited locations as well as the user’s timeline.
• * GROUPS – With Groups you can create and manage communities, stay in touch with the members, share statuses, get notifications when something is posted.
• * PAGES – With pages you can create pages to promote your brand, community, company, etc. as well as keeping your fan base up to date with your activity.
• * MESSAGES – Share your life moments, photos, music, videos, movies, places, visited locations, with the public, your friends or privately.
• * LIVE CHAT – Communicate with your friends in real-time with our multi-windows chat, share your thoughts, photos, emojis, take camera shots and more.
• * SEARCH – Instant search allows searching for People, #Hashtags, @Pages and !Groups, the results can be filtered using various parameters to match your needs.
• * NOTIFICATIONS – The advanced notifications system keeps you up to date with the activity of your friends, get notified on Likes, Comments, Shares, Group Invites, and more.
• * CONNECT – Your users can easily register and log-in on your website with a simplified registered form. Facebook integration also allows to quickly connect with just two clicks.

A movie or sermon database would enable your congregation the ability to go back and view past sermons that may have addressed or answered some of the questions they may have today. It also gives you a way to educate your congregation as well as your sick and shut-ins.

Features:

15+ Clean Widgets To Monitor Church Activites (Financial Charts & Counters) Manage Frontend Website (Basic Info, Menus, Pages, Sections, Slider & Gallery) Manage Finance Section (Tithes/Offerings/Funds, Donation, Assets) Manage Sermons Manage Events Manage Prayer Requests Manage Notice Board Manage Speech/Testimonial Manage Church Family & Organize or link With Individual Person Manage Church Department & Organize or link With Individual Person Manage Committee Manage Members Manage Pastor/Ministry Profile Manage Clan, Chorus, Staffs, School Students & Users Manage Seminar and Seminar’s Applicants Profile Manage Individual Person’s Attendance (2 Way) Manage Attendance Type View Attendance Dynamic Data Chart in Individual’s Profile View Attendance in Each Profile Page Monthly Base Communicate With Your Church Members & Other (SMS & Email)

A quality website is clean, well-organized, easy to navigate, clear/concise, modern (in terms of style and layout), functional, branded, and motivates the visitor to do business with you. Looking good is important because your website is often your first impression the public or potential members will have of your organization. If someone find you through a search or through a link a giving by a friend or member, your website is always your first point of contact with them. Information such as hours of events and services, location, and contact info should be extremely easy to find. If you have social media profiles, buttons linked to these profiles should be present. People want a quick solution to their problem and a quick answer to their question. Your website can make it easy for them. Give your future potential members something that is visually appealing, functional with features that are easy to navigate.

All of our websites are mobile-friendly, and our use of HTML5 video means your visitors won’t need to install Flash or other extra plugins to view your video content.

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