Do Those Giving Kiosks Really Work?
Posted by Todd Rhoades in Money on Mar 23rd, 2010 | 5 commentsYou may have seen them advertised, or thought they were only for larger churches. But do those automated, ATM-like giving kiosks really work? Tim Stevens reports that giving is up around 3% at Granger Community Church since they’ve added the kiosks…
Here’s some other things that Tim shares that Granger has learned in their first months of utilizing the kiosks:
- Between September 11 and December 31, we took in almost 1,250 donations on the kiosks. The average donation was $80, and the gifts totaled around $25,000 per month. (We have around 5,000 attending each week–so you can scale this up or down for your situation.)
- Kiosk donations accounted for 4% of our overall donations in the last four months of 2009.
- We have 3 machines. 2 at our Granger Campus and 1 at our Elkhart Campus.
- Prior to September, we averaged 42 new givers/month to our General Fund. Between September and December we averaged 67 new givers/month to our General Fund.
- Average monthly giving increased 3% in the last four months of 2009.
- During this time, we had 69 people give for the first time on the kiosks. In total, those 69 people subsequently gave $15,225 through the end of the year.
Is YOUR church using kiosks? What have your results been?
Have you been thinking about utilizing giving kiosks? If you’ve been thinking about it… what’s held you back?
I’d love to hear your input…
Todd
5 Responses to “ “Do Those Giving Kiosks Really Work?”
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I’m curious to hear what people say. We’re at the stage of considering using EFT (Electronic Fund Transfers) as a means of giving. We haven’t gotten to the level of contemplating a kiosk yet (and being a small traditional church in a small town) probably won’t in the near future.
Todd … thanks for the post about the SecureGive donation kiosks. As you know we installed donation kiosks at Stevens Creek several years ago. We have seen the giving on the kiosks increase every year…100K…202K…317K…425K…493K. It works… well, it works for those congregations who have lead pastors who are in favor of contemporary methods of stewardship. If the pastor endorses it, then the congregation embraces it. If the pastor is embarrassed by it, then it typically does not produce the results.
From Tim Stevens numbers, it is apparent that Pastor Mark at Granger has embraced the concept wholeheartedly.
Marty Baker
Stevens Creek Church
Augusta, Georgia
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7
People who never tithed before? Did they start tithing because it was more convenient or did they feel they were being put under compulsion by the church?
Most people this day and age prefer using a credit card over writing a check, which is growing obsolete. I think the kiosk is a good idea and more convenient for most.With that said,religous people are always resistant to change and tend to be offended at any change. Spiritual people want to give and look for opportunities to give but they want options.
Michelle Brimm
Crosspoint Church
Nashville, Tn
We’re getting one for our newly planted church. Thanks for the research and the vision of helping people see the opportunities of how we can make a difference for Jesus!
Pastor Jack