About Us 1 PowerChurch Software has been serving churches and nonprofits since 1984... Products PowerChurch Plus, PowerChurch Online, and the optional PowerChurch Check In system... 2 Product Features 3 PowerChurch Plus includes Membership, Contributions, Accounting, Events Calendar, and more...
Since 1984, PowerChurch Software has been serving churches and nonprofits by providing affordable and easy to use software that helps streamline your day-to-day tasks as a busy church administrator. The modern church office is a beehive of activity on most days and specialized tools are needed to keep up with it all. Gone are the days when an Excel spreadsheet or two can keep it all organized. We have continually developed our software products over the years, changing with the times, adding features that our users and new prospects have requested. PowerChurch Software products are easily affordable and an excellent value for the amount of features that they offer. Not only that, but you will find straightforward pricing and no high pressure sales tactics. Our friendly and knowledgable technical support staff are available by phone or e-mail to help with any setup or day-to-day questions you might have. With a user base of over 35,000 churches and nonprofits, we understand the importance of providing your office the tools necessary to stay as productive as possible with the resources that you have. PowerChurch Plus has received the highly regarded Campbell Award for User Satisfaction twice in recent years. It s reassuring to us that our users trust and value our products and continue to recommend us to others. 1
ONLINE PowerChurch Plus is one of the top selling church management software packages available today. It helps organize Membership, Contributions, Accounting, and an Events Calendar into one complete software package. Features are explained in detail on the following pages. PowerChurch Plus is licensed to the church or organization. There are no hidden fees if the size of your church or staff grows in the future. If your office is networked, all users can work in the program at the same time for no additional cost. PowerChurch Online is an installation of PowerChurch Plus which resides on our servers. This allows you to connect and run the program from virtually any computer with access to the internet. Two users can access the shared information at a time. There is no limit to the number of users or computers that you set up with access. It s PC, Mac, and Linux compatible! PowerChurch Online is ideal if you have staff or volunteers who work from home or are a new church plant and do not have an office at all. Available as an add-on for PowerChurch Plus or Online. The PowerChurch Check In system is designed to provide both stand-alone and manned check in stations for your nursery, children and youth areas. It integrates with PowerChurch Plus or PowerChurch Online to provide child security, attendance tracking, and reporting. Child security is at the heart of the design of the Check In system. Many security features have been included, from those employees or volunteers that can access the Check In system, to who is able to pick up and drop off children. With either option, your church is fully protected by our 60 Day No Risk Guarantee. If you are not completely satisfied, contact Customer Service for a return authorization to receive a full refund of your purchase price. Visit us online at www.powerchurch.com 2
Membership PowerChurch Plus simplifies the tasks of adding new members and maintaining existing information. This frees you up to go about the more important task of getting to know and serving them. Contact information Keeping up-to-date information allows you to communicate more efficiently, increasing participation in the church. PowerChurch features integration with Constant Contact, allowing you to easily send professional looking e-mail communications. Talents and activities PowerChurch provides a quick and easy way to collect information about your members unique talents and small group participation. Use this information to develop ministries, plan programming, and enhance services or other outreach. Tracking attendance Capturing attendance is about more than keeping an accurate count. PowerChurch makes it possible for you to track attendance at church services, Sunday school classes and any other activity you choose. Produce reports and graphs to identify attendance patterns, plan sermons, and understand your growth. Visitation history Church leadership follows up with members and visitors in order to reach out and serve thoughtfully. Recording notes in PowerChurch allows you to track the details of these visits. Upon future visits, important information can be gained by referring back to these notes. Ministry services PowerChurch allows you to track baptisms, marriages, funerals and any other services important to the life of your church. Analyze the number of services of each type to track the growth of the church over time. 3 For more product information and pricing, visit www.powerchurch.com
Contributions PowerChurch Plus makes the process of maintaining contributions data easy and safe, helping you to be better organized and a more efficient steward of the funds you receive. Secure and private Using PowerChurch you can securely record contributions, including recurring gifts. To protect the privacy of each giver, access to giving information can be restricted on a per-user basis. Insure accuracy and save time PowerChurch can utilize a MICR check reader that inputs the numbers from the bottom of the check and automatically finds the contributor in your records. This will increase the speed of data entry as well as improve data entry accuracy. Save paper and postage Generate electronic Contribution Statements easily then automatically e-mail them to each of your contributors. This not only saves money on paper and postage, it can expedite requests for giving updates. Keep track With PowerChurch, you can track pledges and faith promises, print statements and produce a variety of reports and graphs. This allows you to view snapshots as well as long-term trends and the status of your organization s primary source of income. Canadian tax receipts PowerChurch creates individually numbered, auditable tax receipts for Canadian churches and organizations. These receipts meet all published CRA requirements. Accounting While there are features available for those with more advanced needs, PowerChurch Plus helps you keep accurate books with only a basic understanding of accounting concepts. General ledger PowerChurch uses principles of fund accounting to balance all of your accounts and produce reliable, clear audit trails. Track restricted gifts, manage and balance all of your funds, generate month-end reporting and track budgets. Pay your bills on time Protect your church s credit status by keeping accurate records of all invoices and payments due. PowerChurch stores each vendor s payment history, manages recurring payments like mortgages, and allows you to record handwritten checks or print computer checks. The result is an easy way to stay on top of all of your Accounts Payable with a minimum of effort. Manage income While the Contributions module tracks donations and tithes, Accounts Receivable allows you to accept payments for invoiced income, such as day care tuitions or room rental fees. Produce Account Statements for your customers, track past due invoices, and even issue credit memos when necessary. Payroll simplified Calculating payroll taxes and keeping up with the necessary tax reporting can get overwhelming. This is a cinch with PowerChurch. Enter your specific requirements for payroll, like Social Security exemptions or pre-tax deductions, and calculate withholding amounts automatically. We ve made it easy for you to modify the tax tables as changes are issued by the federal, state, or local governments. I have reduced my hours from 40 to 30 because of all the amazing upgrades and shortcuts that PowerChurch has. Jessica, La Crosse, WI I am an ardent fan of PowerChurch; it is very easy to use and covers all aspects of church management. I intend to use it for many years to come. Dan, Panama City, FL 4
Events Calendar With so many activities happening at once, you need a way to manage your time and resources, handling all facets of event planning and management. Manage your space With PowerChurch, you can easily reserve the appropriate space for each event on your schedule. This way, you won t double-book and find yourself scrambling to move people to a different room at the last moment. Schedule necessary equipment Prevent scheduling conflicts, having specific resources available for each event. Reserve equipment from chairs to church vans to video projectors. Coordinate all tasks Assign tasks to people and send automatic e-mail reminders. Whether the scheduled task is to write an announcement in the bulletin, pick up donuts, or set up the video projector in a classroom, you can make sure everyone knows in advance what is required. Communicate about events Send e-mail announcements to inform members about events happening in the groups they are involved. Parents can also receive notification of their children s events. Events can be synced with Google Calendar, which provides an easy way to keep your web site up-to-date. Record Keeping From equipment purchased by the church to books in the library, PowerChurch Plus is the one central place to keep track of all of your church s information. Equipment inventory Compile information on your church s assets, such as office equipment and musical instruments. Integrates with the Events module for reserving equipment for events. Music Library Organize your church s music by recording title, composer, media, date last used and other relevant information. Education Library Track all the titles in your library, print card catalogs, and maintain borrower information. Sermon Filer Maintain a library of past sermons and the pastors who delivered them, including a link to the location of related files. 5 5 Technical Support and Training resources are available at www.powerchurch.com