The ChurchTrac Blog
The Best Small Church Accounting Software
When searching for "church accounting software", you'll be served up with ads from half a dozen companies that feature nonprofit accounting or fund accounting software. The problem? Most accounting tools are NOT designed for small and mid-sized churche...
What is Member Status?
The Member Status Field is one of the many built-in fields found in your People Screen church database. Surprisingly, we get asked quite a few questions about it. We'll talk about what it is, and the best ways to use it. What is Member Status? Simply pu...
Alternative to Google Forms for Churches
If you're creating your church forms with Google Forms, then you know how important it is to have an easy way to gather information from your church people and view it on a spreadsheet later. What if we told you that there's an alternative to Google Forms...
Password Detected in Data Leak?
If you're receiving a message on your phone or computer saying that your password was detected in a data leak, you should change your ChurchTrac password immediately. We'll show you how to change it, how often you should change it, and give you a couple o...
How To Make A VBS Registration Form
A big part of the preparation for VBS is knowing how just how many students and volunteers will be attending. The best way to do that is to create a Form Card in Church Connect (the unified web page and app for churches). Check out this video walkthrough ...
Schedule Church Volunteers? Do This One Thing
One of the biggest challenges of scheduling church volunteers is working around so many schedules. Getting a text back from a drummer or a children's ministry worker saying they can't serve that day it is the WORST. Well... maybe not the worst, but it's...
Software Update June 2021
We've launched two software updates to Church Connect. Here's what they are: Connect Card Preview As you build your Connect Cards, you can see what they look like in real-time. This preview makes it easy to see what your page/app looks like without havi...
Saving Churches Money: Online Giving
Here at ChurchTrac, we ❤️ saving churches money. The more money your ministry can save, the more ministry you can do. We thought it fitting that the first area of saving money we talked about would be Online Giving. When it comes to saving money with ...
June Webinars
The month of June is stacked with webinars every week geared towards specific areas of ministry. Unlike our typical webinars that are feature-specific, each of these webinars will focus on the best aspects of the software and how they apply uniquely to yo...