Comments on: Credit Card + Church = Hell?

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By: Punch Debt In The Face

Punch Debt In The Face — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:22:17 +0000

Yeah it's a couple thousand member church in an affluent area.

By: Hank

Hank — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:05:13 +0000

If the average credit card merchant fee is 2% and the church lost out on about $50,000, then its total tithe revenue from credit cards alone was almost $2.5 million!?!? That must be one huge church.

By: Punch Debt In The Face

Punch Debt In The Face — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:18:39 +0000

@Donnie- Never really thought about that option. I have my school loan auto-debited out of my checking account each month I will have to call my bank and the church to see how I can set up a transfer between the two.

@ Tara- I agree with you it's always better to give something than give nothing. Maybe less people would tithe or donate if they couldn't use their credit card?

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:38:00 +0000

I don't tithe but this is something I think about when I give donations. Generally I try to use an electronic check if it's important to me, or more than a certain amount of money. If it's a case where I'm only giving a little and the convenience of it would make the difference between giving some or giving none at all, I'll go ahead and use paypal or whatever's most convenient and consider it still a net boon. Finally, when it's fundraising for a friend – something that I want to support but equally for the friend's sake as for the cause's, it makes it a bit easier if I give myself a little kickback with my rewards credit card.

By: Donnie

Donnie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:32:19 +0000

Just set up an automatic payment through your online bank. You put in the church address (or their bank account information if you have it), and the bank will either send it via ACH, or cut a physical check and mail it to them.

I hate writing out checks in case you didn't realize. I even send my mom money this way.

You could also educate the other people at your church about it.