COVID-19’s Impact on

CHURCH AND PARISH GIVING

How does your church-giving experience since March 2020 compare with other churches within your Faith? And across denominations?

ACS Technologies, Villanova University’s Center for Church Management, and Wheaton College have partnered to examine the lasting effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on church giving across multiple denominations, including Catholic, Methodist, SBC, Episcopalian, Lutheran, and many more.

These studies are based on data from thousands of churches and are designed to help leaders in the church who are wondering how they will move forward, increase the number of donors and strengthen their overall financial health

Catholic

Methodist

SBC

Episcopal

Other Denominations are Available

How has giving in your denomination fared since March 2020?

Is attendance by denomination down across all U.S. regions?
How has attendance impacted giving? Or has it?
How has church size impacted giving?
Where has giving increased? And is it really up?
What’s behind all these numbers and more.

Download the Study of COVID-19 Impact on Church and Parish Giving Today

Catholic

Methodist

SBC

Episcopal

Baptist

Non-Denominational

Presbyterian - PCUSA

Assemblies of God

Protestant

Generosity and its overall decline, its need for communication, and its important stewardship role are one of the acute issues facing the church today.

To help your church in this area, here are some key resources:

For over 45 years, ACS Technologies has been helping churches overcome the obstacles they face as they strive to Build the Kingdom, from staff administration to broader community engagement. Today we’re helping with the urgent issue of cultural intelligence. People have left the church, there is a decline in generosity, and generational attitudes toward the church differ immensely.

Through understanding the data and in-depth research, our expertise reveals and empowers churches of all sizes to validate their efforts today and secure their place for tomorrow.

There are lots of people in your
community who need you.

We can help you find them.

They’re called the unchurched… the de-churched… the disengaged. They live right there in your neighborhood. But they don’t come to church. How do you reach them?

They’re not irreverent.
They just think church is irrelevant.

Often people don’t disagree with the life-giving message of Christianity. They just believe their local church is not pertinent to their lives. ACST can help you become culturally in tune again.

We can help you learn:

1. Where the new people in your community live.

2. Key attitudes, objections, and motivations in your neighborhood.

3. Why people left. But more importantly, how to bring them back.

4. How to reach the younger generations.

5. What needs your neighbors have, and how you can serve them better.

6. How to match them with the ministry they want.

7. New ways to invite them.

8. How to Improve communications.

9. Next steps and follow-up. For optimum assimilation!

Let's Talk

We can help you find
more people to serve.

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Giving Resources

We’ve built these free resources to help you go from setting up and launching eGiving to your congregation to growing a culture of generosity within your ministry.

Blogs

Effective Donor Engagement for Churches

Considering a Capital Campaign in an Uncertain Economy

How To Pay Tithes Online Using Realm

Toolkits

Ministry Guides

conducting the silent phase of your capital campaign

Testimonials

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ACS Technologies’ mission is to enable the Church with personalized ministry solutions to make God-honoring decisions in actionable ways. Our goal is to build the Kingdom by being a trusted ministry partner in the daily life of every Church.

ACS Technologies offers solutions and services for all areas of your ministry including people management, communications, finances, operations, missions management, IT services, and more! We’re committed to continuous innovation and improvement to ensure our solutions and services continue to provide value as needs and opportunities evolve and grow. We serve with intention and put our ministry partners first, providing expertise and guidance every step of the way and offering unparalleled support to all of our ministry partners.

Support your ministries and operations with church management functions, customization capabilities, communication and engagement tools, powerful reporting, and APIs and integrations. MinistryPlatform provides churches with a solution that can meet their individual, unique needs.

Unify your pastors, staff, volunteers, and congregants with a single system for church management, communications, events, discipleship, giving, and finances. Realm is a cloud-based, out-of-the-box solution that includes an integrated website, as well as integrated giving, accounting, background checks, email, and texting.

Allow your church to learn about, visualize, and cultivate current and prospective members with this web-based analytics tool. MissionInsite is powered by multiple sources such as Experian and ACS Technologies’ proprietary American Beliefs Study, providing demographic and socioeconomic information about your congregation and community to help you build and shape your ministries.

Automate your missions, camps, and retreats with an integrated, due-date based event management solution. Go Method will take your events to the next level with management tools including personal fundraising, applications and registrations, document tracking, reporting, and more.

Manage and automate essential ministry processes, communications, and assimilation tracks to help you pastor people better. With Growth Method, you can capture key information about visitors and congregants, provide personalized and automated communications, manage daily tasks, and analyze ministry engagement.

Managed IT services include consulting, security, and management services for all of your technology needs. Services include assessments, hardware and software recommendations, and management of your IT stack. Our complete suite of options gives you peace of mind knowing that your IT devices, users, and data are secure and operating efficiently.

As your ministry partner, we will be with you every step of the way. Onboarding assistance, training, and live support are available for all of our solutions.

For more information, visit https://www.acstechnologies.com/

Meet Your
Account Manager

My name is Forrest Snipes and I’m your account manager at ACS Technologies (ACST). I specialize in helping large churches across the country use technology to meet their full potential in every aspect of their ministry. Here are some of the ways I can help you:

Consult on how to achieve your ministry goals or overcome challenges
Provide resources to help you and your church
Share information about products and services ACS Technologies offers

Here’s a little bit about me:

I’d love the opportunity to get to know you and your church to see if I could assist you in any way. Click the button below if you’d like to set up a time to meet.

Meet Your
Account Manager

My name is Lauren Wint and I’m your account manager at ACS Technologies (ACST). I specialize in helping large churches across the country use technology to meet their full potential in every aspect of their ministry. Here are some of the ways I can help you:

Consult on how to achieve your ministry goals or overcome challenges
Provide resources to help you and your church
Share information about products and services ACS Technologies offers

Here’s a little bit about me:

I’d love the opportunity to get to know you and your church to see if I could assist you in any way. Click the button below if you’d like to set up a time to meet.

Increase Your Ministry Effectiveness

Growth is a data and people management suite that helps churches and non-profits improve member assimilation, membership growth, measure impact, and automate administrative tasks.

Improve Church Engagement

Research shows that there are 3 foundational aspects of ministry health in every church. Growth helps with all 3!

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Pastor Insights & 360° Reporting

With Growth, reporting is based on user right and roles. Track health of all levels of your organization including campuses, departments, ministry staff, attendees, visitors, & members

Growth Fits Right into Your Current Systems.

No more entering data twice! Just connect Growth to your favorite ChMS.

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Your organization needs
a ministry engagement hub.

Growth is a ministry engagement hub that facilitates communication tracks for visitors, members, ministries, services, and volunteers by providing your staff with communication methods, task tracking, and processes to engage with your community.

Here’s what Growth can do for YOUR church!

Visitor & Member Engagement

Scan Visitor Cards
Connect intake Forms
Upload spreadsheets
Keyword texts

Automated and conversational texts
Automated and conversational email
Phone calls
Schedule meetings

Assign tasks to ministry staff & volunteers for follow-up engagement
Build relationships with visitors
Plug visitors into your community

Visitor attendance
Visitor engagement from the organization
Visitor to member conversion
Visitor to member conversion timeline
Member attendance
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Member involvement and churn

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Growth cost?

Growth Method pricing is based on the number of campuses and mobile numbers that you set up in the system. For an exact quote please contact our sales team.

How many cards can Growth process?

Unlimited! We do not have a max number of cards that you are able to process.

How does Growth read my handwritten card?

Our product utilizes OCR Optical Character Recognition, which is a technology that converts scanned images of text into electronic text.

What are fields?

Refers to the data areas you match to your ChMS. To be more technical, it is the column header for your database/CSV files.

How does Growth deal with duplicates?

Our product name, address, email, phone, household, and other such communication values to determine to a high level of certainty that it is either a match or not a match.

How do I connect the fields to my ChMS?

In the form creation or handwritten card template, you will connect the fields to the corresponding ChMS value.

How accurate is Growth?

Our tool is 99.5% accurate, using AI/Machine Learning our system will get more accurate the more it is used.

What are conditional workflows?

Conditionals are like IFTTT (if this then that). Our product allows you to create custom workflows from the field values of your CSV or written responses. These workflows can correspond to existing ones in your ChMS that you have already established.

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referral program

Our Ministry Partners are great advocates for our products and we have an exciting new way to express our appreciation!

ACST is offering a win/win opportunity for you and any church you refer to Realm, the #1 rated church software. If the referred church purchases, you will receive an Amazon Gift card!

Here's How It Works

If you refer a new church/parish and they sign up for Realm Connect, you’ll receive $50 Amazon Gift Card!

If you refer a new church/parish and they sign up for Realm Connect and Realm Accounting, you’ll receive a $100 Amazon Gift Card!

If you refer a new church/parish and they sign up for Realm Connect, Realm Accounting, and eGiving, you’ll receive a $150 Amazon Gift Card!

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Phone

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An App Platform Built For Churches

PocketPlatform was built from the ground up to provide a rich and engaging app experience for congregations.

A Custom Branded App Providing a Truly Integrated Experience

PocketPlatform provides a truly integrated experience allowing churches to share information such as sermon notes, volunteer opportunities, events, group information, & giving campaigns.

PocketPlatform is also a content hub enabling churches to target content to specific audiences giving congregants a personalized experience to increase overall engagement

Streamlined Content Management

Keeping your website, app, & other communications up to date is time-consuming, especially when your church has a lot going on. PocketPlatform eases the burden by pulling information directly from MinistryPlatform. You can post events, serving opportunities, groups, sermon notes, and so much more directly to your app.

Engaging, Dynamic Content

Your job is to make your congregation aware of everything your
church has to offer, but each individual wants to interact with your church in their own way. PocketPlatform allows you to create a personalized experience for each person in your church by providing content based on groupings as well as their location. Congregants will see information that is most relevant to them, and your church will have higher engagement.

Group Management

Group leaders can schedule meetings, take attendance, & manage & communicate with their group members. Groups can engage in multiple chats, allowing group members to communicate with each other and the group leader.

Analytics

Understand how many people are accessing your content, what devices they’re using, & what content they’re engaging with to better create & tailor content to your audience.

Lead Your Churches with Confidence

See how it works, take a tour today.

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PocketPlatform was created by a team of designers and coders with decades of experience serving the church community. Your app was created to not only have the best and most unique features but also beautiful design that creates rich user experiences.

PocketPlatform is essential for keeping your church engaged with minimal effort from your staff. Plus, you'll have insights that will aid in your communication strategy.

For more information, click the button below to get in contact with our team!

COVID-19’s Impact on

CHURCH AND PARISH GIVING

How does your church-giving experience since March 2020 compare with other churches within your Faith? And across denominations?

Catholic

Methodist

SBC

Episcopal

Other Denominations are Available

Download the Study of COVID-19 Impact on Church and Parish Giving Today

Catholic

Methodist

SBC

Episcopal

Baptist

Non-Denominational

Presbyterian - PCUSA

Assemblies of God

Protestant

Generosity and its overall decline, its need for communication, and its important stewardship role are one of the acute issues facing the church today.

To help your church in this area, here are some key resources:

There are lots of people in yourcommunity who need you.

We can help you find them.

They’re not irreverent.They just think church is irrelevant.

1.

Where the new people in your community live.

2.

Key attitudes, objections, and motivations in your neighborhood.

3.

Why people left. But more importantly, how to bring them back.

4.

How to reach the younger generations.

5.

What needs your neighbors have, and how you can serve them better.

6.

How to match them with the ministry they want.

7.

New ways to invite them.

8.

How to Improve communications.

9.

Next steps and follow-up. For optimum assimilation!

Let's Talk

We can help you findmore people to serve.

Thanks for visiting! Our site has moved.

To learn about automated, due-date based mission trip and event management, click here

To find out more aboutfacilitating andautomating engagement,click here

Giving Resources

Blogs

Effective Donor Engagement for Churches

Considering a Capital Campaign in an Uncertain Economy

How To Pay Tithes Online Using Realm

Toolkits

Ministry Guides

Testimonials

Share this information with others

Florida UMC

Meet YourAccount Manager

Meet YourAccount Manager

Increase Your Ministry Effectiveness

Improve Church Engagement

Instantly Improve Your Church's Engagement

Pastor Insights & 360° Reporting

Growth Fits Right into Your Current Systems.

Lead Your Churches with Confidence

See how it works, schedule a demo today!

Growth Method Overview

Call 1-877-230-3212

Your organization needsa ministry engagement hub.

Here’s what Growth can do for YOUR church!

Visitor & Member Engagement

Identify Connection Points

Automate Communication

Turn Visitors into Members

Seamlessly Connect All Your Data

Trusted by

- Faith Assembly

- Newlife Church

Frequently Asked Questions

Schedule Your Live Demo Today!

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There are lots of people in your
community who need you.

They’re not irreverent.
They just think church is irrelevant.

We can help you find
more people to serve.

To find out more about
facilitating and
automating engagement,
click here

Meet Your
Account Manager

Meet Your
Account Manager

Your organization needs
a ministry engagement hub.

Get started by completing
the information below.

See how it works, take a tour today.