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Trinity Provides Two Methods of Electronic Giving.
- Online through the My Trinity (Church Community Builder) portal. See more information below.
- Text Giving (Kindrid) from your phone. See more information on the Text Giving page.
What Payment Methods Can I Use?
Trinity provides two methods of eletronic giving.
Can I Set Up Recurring Contributions?
Yes, you may set up regular contributions for weekly, every two weeks, monthly, or quarterly gifts. Using your ID and password, you will be able to log in to your account and change the amount, the frequency, or cancel your contributions.
Is Online Giving Secure?
Due to an increase in identity theft the credit card associations (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express) have developed a security standard to protect cardholder data. It is called the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Our system uses secure technology provided by the Bluepay gateway and Nations Transaction Service. The system is PCI DSS compliant with website identity assurance through Comodo.
What Does it Cost For Me to Use This Feature?
There is no cost to you to use online giving. However, the church does incur costs associated with it. When you use automatic transfers, the transaction fees are low, about what it costs for us to process a check. When you use a credit card or debit card, the church pays a percentage of approximately 2%. In effect, the church will be paying for any benefits (e.g., cash back, airline miles) you receive.
Why Should I Consider Giving Online?
God wants us to learn to excel in the grace of giving as in every other spiritual endeavor:
“But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us—see that you also excel in this grace of giving”
One of the ways we do that is through the discipline of regular giving:
“Now about the collection for God’s people. . . . On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income”
Paul’s guideline includes giving that is regular and proportional. One method that can help you do this is automatic giving online. Our church uses a system where you can set up regular gifts weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc. It is an easy way to become “disciplined” in the matter of giving.
Benefits to the Giver
- It helps you to become a regular giver
- It makes you disciplined, automatically
- It’s easy, doesn’t require as much work—no more writing checks
- It remembers when you forget
- You can still give when you are not physically present (vacation)
- You can start small and work your way up as you get used to it
- You can still have an attitude of worship when passing the offering plate: dedicate the gift you have already given online
Benefits to the Church
- It levels out our income, reducing the seasonal swings and making it easier to plan
- It increases giving; people don’t forget to give
- It requires less bookkeeping
- It enables us to see how the congregation (as a whole) is maturing through regular giving
How Do I Set Up Online Giving?
First, you will need to obtain an ID and password for our online system called My Trinity (Church Community Builder). From the church web site home page, click “My Trinity” in menu at the very top. On the My Trinity page, click the “Sign Up” button, supply the requested info and you will receive a login and password via e-mail.
Log in and click on the GIVE tab at the top of your profile.
To set up regular contributions, on the “Repeating Gift” bar, click “Checking Account” or “Bank/Credit Card.” You will be taken to a page for scheduling transactions. Note: We prefer that you use your checking account because it avoids the 2% transaction fee to the church associated with credit cards.
Give: (Enter the amount you want to give) to (Select “Tithes”). Next choose (Weekly, Every two weeks, Monthly, Quarterly, or Annually) starting (Enter the start date). Then enter if the transactions will continue until you manually change the instructions or after a certain number of transactions (e.g., 12 monthly transactions would be one year).
Enter the billing information associated with your checking account or credit card:
Enter the routing number, account number, for your checking account.
Supply the credit card number, expiration date, and card code for a credit card.