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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Owing to the complexity of our ministries –
church, pre-school, academy, college, and mission board – we went with
Microsoft’s Great Plains Dynamics for our Accounts Payable, Payroll, and
General Ledger. We currently use SchoolMinder for both the Academy and
College, but are in the process of implementing Blackbaud for the College by
next Fall. We use ACS for some church people functions and for contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dan Barber<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 15, 2008
8:43 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">IT
Discussion Forum</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [itdiscuss] Church
Accounting Solutions</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Just
a research question: how does your church manage its financials? <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Shelby</st1:place></st1:City>? ACS? Microsoft
Dynamics? We have been slightly unhappy with our current system…we are
investigating any alternatives and would love input. For reference our size is
the 500-1000 person range.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dan
Barber<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Network
Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kirk
of the Hills, PCA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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