Cost & Savings Report: Steward Your Text Ministry Budget Wisely Every text you send costs a fraction of a penny—but at scale, those fractions add up. If your church sends 10,000 texts a month, that’s real money. Weekly reminders, event announcements, prayer chain updates, and gospel invitations all

ings report (at /admin/textmessagingreports/costs) estimates your text messaging spend. It breaks down costs by campaign, list, message type, and segment. You can see per-subscriber cost, monthly trends, and projected annual spend. The AI panel provides stewardship tips and savings recommendations.

Church leaders are urged to review contracts as inflation impacts church finances. OnlineGiving.org offers a no-contract, cost-saving alternative, potentially saving churches up to $12,000 annually by lowering fees and promoting ACH donations. Unlike other providers, OnlineGiving.org charges monthly

TL;DR Churches face growing financial pressures and shrinking staff bandwidth. OnlineGiving.org helps solve both challenges with no contracts, zero hidden fees, streamlined onboarding, industry-low processing rates, integrated tools, AI built for ministry, and responsive support. The result? Thousan

ineGiving.org provides reporting tools to help track how many donors choose to cover fees and how much this contributes back to your church. Sharing this with your congregation—“You helped us retain $500 this quarter for ministry”—reinforces the value and encourages continued participation. Real-Wor

You have probably heard the saying that there are only two commodities, time and money. At OnlineGiving.org, we are committed to saving our church partners both money and time. Here is how. First, since our founding, we have been adamant that churches should not be overcharged for processing fees. O

TL;DR Digital payment processing fees reduce the amount churches can put toward ministry. However, churches can reduce these fees by encouraging cost-efficient methods like recurring ACH giving and offering a “cover the fee” option. These small changes can lead to significant savings—allowing more m

etimes include a revenue-share for the ChMS vendor, which can make the effective rate higher than going directly through a specialist. Many giving providers routinely match or beat in-house ChMS rates, because payments are their core business, not a side feature. The real cost is not just the rate.

TL;DR Year-end is a prime stewardship window to review any service contracts while budgets, reports, and donor data are fresh. Look for savings and flexibility by checking exit terms, feature gaps, and support quality. Quick wins this month: enable donor cover-the-fee, promote ACH, turn on first-tim

ng via ACH, we provide features to promote ACH gently and highlight the cost savings for the church. We make it easy for donors to set up text giving with ACH and even allow for multiple checking accounts to be linked to a donor profile. Imagine what a 1% savings could mean for your church budget. O

he fee options with your donors. One of our partners said, “Working with OG on migrating our donors to the new system, we saw that 62% of our recurring givers checked to cover the processing fees for their online gift!” This is a regularly featured option we provide to help you save more money. Whil