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Generosity By Lifeway

Generosity by LifeWay is an online giving solution designed to nurture generous hearts using all six channels of digital giving available to today's giver (Online, Text, App, Crowdfunding, Non-cash, and Events) while leveraging and updating your MinistryPlatform data!

Cost

There is no charge from ACS Technologies for configuring the integration.

Fees from Generosity by LifeWay are assessed as per each church's individual contract agreement.

Giving Through Generosity

Church Members make a gift through a donation page embedded on their website, the mobile app, and text giving.

Generosity Backoffice

Gifts are listed under the Donations Tab in the Digital Giving Platform Back Office.

Support

Support is provided by Generosity by Lifeway. Their Support team can be reached by phone at 1-844-647-4413.

See Also

Integration Configuration

  • You must have an account with Generosity by LifeWay first.
Tip: Best Practice is to create a NEW company contact using the Add/Edit Company tool, then create a NEW user for each integration. Set up your API Client before configuring this integration. Be sure to grant Administrative rights to the new API user!
  1. Go to Administration > API Clients.
  2. Click New.
  3. Enter Generosity for Display Name and Client ID.
  4. Enter a Client Secret. This is the "password" used by Generosity by LifeWay to access your MinistryPlatform database.
    Tip: We recommend using the Password Generator to generate a secure value. Click the magic wand icon wand with surrounding stars beside the field to open the Password Generator and select the options you want.
  5. Select the appropriate Client User.
    Note: The Client User you choose or create must have a Security Role with Administrator rights.
  6. For Authentication Flow, select Authorization Code, Implicit, Hybrid, Client Credentials, or Resource Owner. All other settings can remain the same.
  7. Click Save.

Integration into MinistryPlatform

Donations automatically transfer into MinistryPlatform. However, you must assign the donors using the Assign Donor Tool.
Note: If the Designated Fund Name in Generosity does not match a Statement Header in MinistryPlatform, the iDonate Fund name is listed in the Notes section of the Donation Distribution.
  1. In the navigation menu, click Contributions > Donations.
  2. Change the view to 0. Reassign Donor to find unassigned donors.
  3. Run the Assign Donor Tool.