Features

Everything a church office and a classroom need

One application, two ministries: the finance team and the education team, each with its own tools and permissions.

Accounting

  • Double-entry general ledger with splits and memos
  • Funds with and without donor restrictions
  • Ministry tagging for income and expenses
  • Cash or accrual basis, applied consistently
  • Opening balances, transfers, reversals
  • Monthly periods with controlled closing and reopening

Contributions

  • Individual, household and organization donors
  • Envelope numbers, anonymous gifts, member flags
  • Offering batches with count sheets and approval
  • Gifts split across funds; noncash gifts described, never valued
  • Returned checks, refunds, processor payouts and fees
  • Pledges, acknowledgments and annual giving statements

Banking & payables

  • Checking, savings, credit-card and cash registers
  • CSV, OFX and QFX import with duplicate detection
  • Transaction matching and monthly reconciliation
  • Vendors, bills, partial payments, recurring templates
  • Approval thresholds and private attachments
  • Check printing with layouts, alignment, voids and reissues

Budgets & reports

  • Annual and monthly budgets with revisions
  • Statement of financial position and of activities
  • Fund activity, trial balance, general ledger
  • Budget vs. actual, AP aging, check register
  • Contribution summaries and pledge progress
  • PDF and CSV export with drill-down to transactions

Education

  • Programs, courses, classes and terms
  • Teachers, assistants and enrollment
  • Attendance, assignments and assessments
  • Completion requirements and progress tracking
  • Announcements, printable rosters and attendance sheets
  • Guardian-managed child profiles

Curriculum & certificates

  • Units and lessons with a rich lesson-plan editor
  • Private teacher notes and answer keys
  • Draft, review, published and archived states
  • Version history and scheduled publication
  • Branded certificates, manual or automatic
  • Revocation, correction and QR verification

Honest about limits

The Church Books records payroll and contractor payments for your books, but it does not calculate payroll taxes, file returns, make direct deposits, or produce W-2/1099 forms. Those require a dedicated payroll provider. Giving-statement wording is configurable; review current IRS guidance with your advisor.