CH-02:  Church Accounting


Church Accounting System
   Byxbe, Ronald B. ASP
   $99
   #7021/2131
is an integrated church accounting package that handles multiple checkbooks and
budgets. It includes a general ledger package that operates on a calendar or
fiscal year basis. This program is menu driven and easy to use. Requires 512k
DOS RAM and two at least two floppies.


Church Contributions System
   Vian Corporation
   $60
   #7021/1868
keeps track of church members names and addresses, pledged and unpledged
donations in up to 240 categories, and member "talent" categories for forming
committees.


Church Treasurer
   Viansoft
   $85
   #7021/1715
is for churches, but could be used by other non-profit organizations. Designed
to meet the unique accounting needs of a church, it allows the church
treasurer to keep track of a budget, income, and expenses as compared to a
traditional accounting system where the main emphasis is profit and loss.
Recording and posting church income or expenses is done in one easy step.
Alternate methods of recording and posting payroll has been included; Budget
vs Expenses Report (date range or year-to-date); Income vs Expenses Report
(Date range or year-to-date); and more. The system allows the inexperienced
bookkeeper and computer user to keep complex records and produce time
consuming reports with ease.


ProDev*Member 3.0 [PDMEMB3A, PDMEMB3B]
   PRO DEV Software ASP
   $55
   #7021/2132 [2 disks] (02-94 CD)
is a church membership and giving system that will allow you to quickly and
easily add and modify Members, Spouses, Children and Visitors to your
Membership data files. You can track all talents and accomplishments. Flexible
attendance tracking and reporting is also included. You can easily print a
variety of Mailing Labels and Reports to help manage your church. Requires 512k
and two drives.


Church Membership Tracking System 3.3 [CMTS]
   Torbert, Bill ASP
   $389
   #7140/2200 [3 disks] (12-93 CD)
is a donation tracking system. Features include tracking of church membership
and donation information, complete audit trail of donations entered, and
storage of family visitation route number. It maintains extensive membership
information, reports on family, a funds file, and membership information. It
contains modules for attendance, visitation, and a fund accounting general
ledger. The program is menu driven, has pop-up help screens and is easy to
use. It also offers two levels of data security. Requires 512K of DOS RAM.

Arthur Wimberly, Madison, TN: " I receive illegal format in loadable file upon
initial startup of the program. I'm using DOS 5.0."

PsL: Bill Torbert, author of CMTS, reports that this error only occurs with DOS
5.0 loaded into high memory, and then only on certain configurations.

Bill is working on a fix. A temporary solution is to start the program by typing
LOADFIX CMTS. LOADFIX is a utility supplied with DOS 5.0 for this very reason.
Make sure your DOS directory is in your path or copy LOADFIX.COM into your CMTS
directory.


Heritage Church System
   Heritage Micro Systems
   $89
   #7140/1046
is a program for churches to keep track of members' pledges and contributions
and print reports.  HCS uses the Btrieve file manager which means that data is
very secure from accidental loss and records can be retrieved instantly
without sorting.  The program uses Lotus-style menus (menu item explanations
appear as you scroll through the options), context-sensitive help screens and
seems easy to run.  Unfortunately, the documentation has Epson printer control
codes embedded throughout, meaning that you cannot print it out on a non-Epson
and can read it on-screen with great difficulty.  We have added a small BASIC
program to the disk that will create a clean copy of the documentation if you
do not have an Epson.


Tithe
   Fairweather, Cedric
   $25
   #7140/2040
is a Church contribution program.  It lets you enter information about members
and call it up quickly.  You can print mailing labels also.  Tithe Requires
a hard disk and 512k.


Mackro Accounting for Church Treasurers
   Mackro Solutions
   $149
   #7627/3987 [4 disks]
is a financial records management software package for Church Treasurers. It
allows you to maintain a name and address database and an account database. You
can process and verify contributions and deposits, produce receipts, distribute
funds, print and post cash disbursements, and post general accounting entries.
Several different financial statements and reports can be printed. A hard disk
and 512K are required.


Church Shareware Budget
   Fairweather, Cedric
   $25
   #3430
helps automate the manual bookkeeping for the church treasurer. It
allows you to keep track of accounts and transactions such as receipts and
reimbursements. You can create financial reports, ledger reports by account
and more. Requires 512K and a hard disk or high density floppy.

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