Assistance with Contribution Fund Setup

[ndonov01]

Hello,

I am new to Power Church. I need help setting up my Fund for Tithes and Offering. Can someone walk me through setting up the fund. I went to the contributions menu to the main list of contributions and selected the general checking account to be debited when making the journal entry for the Tithes. I need help finding out what to select for my credit it? Will I chose unrestricted fund for my credit to make the journal entry? I am also curious why there are so many accounts to chose from but only a few of them can actually be selected because they won't allow you to click them?? Can someone please help me so I can begin my journey of learning power church

Thanks,

[NeilZ]

Hello,

I am new to Power Church. I need help setting up my Fund for Tithes and Offering. Can someone walk me through setting up the fund. I went to the contributions menu to the main list of contributions and selected the general checking account to be debited when making the journal entry for the Tithes. I need help finding out what to select for my credit it? Will I chose unrestricted fund for my credit to make the journal entry? I am also curious why there are so many accounts to chose from but only a few of them can actually be selected because they won't allow you to click them?? Can someone please help me so I can begin my journey of learning power church

Thanks,

First off, I'm going to suggest a few things to help you learn, as a message forum is not very conducive to learning the intricacies of the Contribution Module. One, locate the copy of the PCPlus manual that came with the program. It does provide a lot of information, and can help you with the setup. The other things is that you may want to consider purchasing the Contributions video tutorial that's available here: https://www.powerchurch.com/training/vi ... l.php?id=3

Setting up a contribution fund for your operating fund contributions is fairly straightforward, and if the Treasurer (or whomever is concerned with Funds Accounting) is using the standard Funds Accounting setup, you have the accounts needed setup in Funds Accounting.

As you mentioned, you would use the checking account as the Debit (bank) Account. The other account needed is the Credit (Income) Account. Again, you will find that Funds Accounting should have a 4000- level Income account setup as an unrestricted funds account. I think its setup as 4010 (or around there).

The other accounts that you can see are Fund Accounts that are asset, release or transfer accounts that should not be referenced by a Contribution Fund.