The best way to get started is to contact us at (308) 641-4127. We will then discuss your current financial accounting system and what we need to do to transfer it to FASTChurch Bookkeeping.
Our approach to bookkeeping for churches is to make it as affordable and efficient as possible. To accomplish this, we streamline, automate, and scan (digitize) everything that can be so that the time necessary to complete tasks is minimized. To facilitate this, the following are important:
- Someone on site who can regularly scan deposit information, bills, and manual checks and/or stubs to FASTChurch in PDF format.
- Access to the organization's online banking website so that bill payments can be initiated and monthly statements can be downloaded. (Different banks have different requirements for this access: some will grant access to us at the account owner's request; others require that I be put on signature cards.)
- The freedom to automate the payments of regularly recurring bills and payroll. The most recent copy of these should be scanned to us as soon as possible.
- A bank balance with sufficient cash-flow to facilitate this automation without risking overdrafts.
- A list of your regular contributors in Excel or CSV format so that we can import it into our system. If you don't know how to do this, we can probably guide you through it.
Much of the account structure can be customized for the organization's needs. We want the accounting system to work for you and give you the kind of information you need to make good ministry decisions. But we also want to keep the price affordable for you. To do that, we have to maintain a certain amount of standardization in how we do things. This allows us to do them as quickly and efficiently as possible, which enables us to keep our rates low and to train others to work with us.
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