Inform members about the benefits to the church by using electronic payments, which are integrated with the church accounting. E-checks for recurring and one-time gifts are almost cost-free for the church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAdditional features and capabilities will be added to the App, such as activity and event enrollment
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The goal in designing the Unite App was not to just have another church app. The goal was to provide churches with a tool that accomplishes these initial features: Help members, pastors and staff become better acquainted Make it easy to visit and communicate with each other Enable convenient ways to tithe and make gifts… Continue reading Not Just Another App<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8FugP-iC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1390,"url":"https:\/\/rdsadvantage.com\/v1\/the-early-christian-house-church-and-todays-experience\/","url_meta":{"origin":1154,"position":0},"title":"The Early Christian House Church and Today’s Experience","author":"Mickey Whitlow","date":"07\/31\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Early Christian House Church and Today\u2019s Experience How can our church experience be more like the early church? 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