Programs FAQ
Yes, your list of Programs to reflect real-life ministry efforts. You may need additional Programs to collect funds for registrations or Donations to specific accounts. All of these types of Programs often result in many Programs in the system.
No. To turn an Event into recurring Series, open the Event and click the Copy button. A single program like Main Campus Worship Services may contain as many recurring series of Events as there are worship services each week. So, a church doing three-weekend worship services might have three Series of 52 events that all belong to the same Program.
Yes, a Program serves the same purpose that a fund or purpose code serves in another system. You can distribute Donations to Programs and the Program stores the correct General Ledger information so that the system creates the appropriate debits and credits when you transmit money to the accounting system.
Yes. Some Programs only have Events, Milestones, and Feedback but not Donations. However, you might take Donations for a Program like College Activities to provide scholarships for people who can't afford to pay their own way on those activities.
Yes. Some Programs exist primarily to specially designate funds. However, even a Program like the Capital Campaign might have banquets and other events as part of this effort.
- A SPoC can go to .
- Search for BMT, PrependAccountNumber.
- Open this record, and set the Value field to Yes.
- Click Save.
Now, the Programs sort by the Account Number value, which you can change and control for each Program. You can make a code out of these to make it easy to find them.
The Programs page displays in both the Church Structure section and the Contributions section. This is intentional, as both sections heavily use the page.
Yes, often ministries have a general Program and specific Programs for their various Ministry efforts (for example, AWANA, camps, Sunday school, Vacation Bible school, and so on). Ensure that you have a Program for each Ministry effort that tracks money separately. For example, you should have two different Programs if you have a morning study and an evening study and you separate the money.
You only need to create the Programs in MinistryPlatform that income goes to.