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Free Church Accounting Software

Wouldn’t it be great if there was some free church accounting software out there to help you manage your church’s funds and taxes? Well, as always, there are several websites out there claiming to give away church accounting software. To hopefully save you some time, we’ve put together this list of supposedly free church software. And to save you some money, we have identified what the true cost of the software is.

As is always our policy, we do not endorse one church software system over another. We simply want to provide you information.

  • Sunday Software

First of all, if you started the journey for your church’s accounting system by typing into google “free church accounting software” then you likely ended up on a sub-domain of sundaysoftware.com. SundaySoftware does not make accounting software; however, they do provide links to other sites that do.

  • Churchtrac.com

The good new about churchtrac is that they actually do offer free church accounting software. The bad news is that the software is only for small churches. After some investigation we learned that small churches means less than 100 people.

  • Churchradius.com

Church radius also offers free church management software. There is no size limit to your congregation, but the management system is supported by advertisements (they are hoping you will click on them). As we all know advertisements can be slightly annoying.

Synopsis
If the church that your managing has less than 100 people or if you don’t mind having some advertisements floating around the screen then you just may be able to find some free church accounting software. Otherwise, it appears you will have to fork out the cash to get the software.

**** Update June 19, 2009 ****

After thinking more about this topic, I have a few other recommendations if you are looking to save some money. If your church’s accounting systems is relatively simple then you could probably get away with using Microsoft Excel. Although most thoroughbred accountants will scoff at you for not using some sort of specialized software. And if you want to go completely free, then why not try Open Office. I know a lot of Non-Profits actually use this software and it does a decent job. Although it might take you a while to get over some of the annoying little quirks.

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8 Responses to “Free Church Accounting Software”

  1. Paula on December 1st, 2008 4:19 am

    ChurchTrac’s accounting software is completely free, regardless of your church size. The only cost involved is when entering more than 100 names, otherwise that is completely free too. I’ve found it priced very reasonably compared to others, and the pricing is tiered based on the number of names you need to enter.

  2. Vickey Boatright on June 30th, 2009 8:38 am

    This site offers free financial software for churches. It is only single entry spreadsheets, but it is great for small and start up churches. The best thing is all the spreadsheets are free!

  3. Joseph McCain on September 14th, 2009 4:54 pm

    I just started a church and I am looking for an accounting program to assist us in our record keeping.

  4. Dela Agbetor on September 19th, 2009 7:11 pm

    Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jsus.

    We are a church in Ghana in West Africa – GLOBAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Bubuashie Assembly. Currently, we still keep manual accounting records, which is time consuming with church accounts delaying for almost one year. The Finance committee (of which I am a member)recently agreed we obtain a software and I believe you will be of help to us.

    God Bless You

  5. Lall Mohabul on November 11th, 2009 3:01 am

    Would be very grateful if an Accounting programe could be provided for our church please.
    Thank you.

    Regards,

    Lall

  6. Lall Mohabul on November 11th, 2009 3:39 am

    I believe it will be helpful

  7. Dan Kelly on January 9th, 2010 2:41 pm

    Aplos Software has a free trial. If purchased it is only $229 no matter how big your church grows and it includes auto-giving statements and a people database.

    Dan
    http://www.aplossoftware.com

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