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should make a call for volunteers to help you in this area of
ministry.

12. ON LINE GIVING & ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS

You must create the avenue for online & electronic giving
for your church /ministry.
Online and electronic giving is a convenient way for
people to make financial contributions to your church/
ministry. Making online giving available on your church/
ministry website provides your parishioners and visitors
the opportunity to make donations, payments and pledges
electronically without having to come to the physical
location of the church/ ministry.
Opening up your church/ ministry to online & electronic
giving will increase your tithes & offerings as this makes it
simple for people to pay and also make donate from the
comfort of their home, office and indeed from anywhere in
the world.
Tickets for different fund raisers and other activities
organized by your church/ministry can also be paid
through your website.

Secure website needed

You need a secure website if you are going to be getting
funds on line . In section 2 above on Domains we talked
about the importance of paying for an SSL (Secured Sockets
Layer) certificate for your church/ ministry website. This
will give a great deal of comfort and confidence to people to
give donations and also purchase any of the

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