Contact: Bryce Collman, Ardent Giving Solutions, 817-520-2019

MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 2, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- "At Ardent Giving Solutions, our goal is to make giving convenient for churches, church members and missions while lowering overall giving expense. Our proven software was developed to resolve the obstacles that we most commonly hear from our church partners: cost, debt-free giving options, reporting, recurrent giving features, and event registration." Bryce Collman, CEO/Ardent Giving Solutions

Cost:
AGS Online Giving & Event Registration Software lowers cost by providing a $55.00 fixed monthly software fee for unlimited users/unlimited fund categories. "Interchange pricing" ensures that each transaction qualifies for the lowest rate available.

"We believe that as your membership grows, your software expense shouldn't. Our unlimited users feature guarantees that, regardless of church size, the cost for the software remains the same. 'Interchange pricing' ensures that each transaction is priced by card type and transaction type. This pricing philosophy has saved our customers an average of 35% over other providers."

Debt-Free Giving Options:
Ministries are empowered with a choice to accept Credit & Debit Card, ACH or "Debit Card Only" online offerings.

"We launched optional 'Debit Card Only Online Giving' in June, 2010 at the request of ministries who wanted to engage in online giving but block credit cards from being accepted. Not only does this form of giving significantly reduce overall giving expense, it also provides a debt-free option to align with financial teachings or programs within the church."

Administrative Reports:
The AGS Software Control Panel provides custom reports. View giving by person, transaction, fund and specific date ranges. Administrators can view monthly trends, current automatic giving, forecasting and more. Administrators can request free, customized import/export data files which will import giving information into their current church management system or QuickBooks.

Member Reports:
Members receive automated receipts for each online offering and/or event registration. Giving history can be viewed by fund, date and printed for tax preparation.

Recurrent Giving:
Members can setup recurrent online offerings to stabilize giving trends caused by inconsistent weekly attendance.

Online Event Registration:
Online Event Registration empowers churches to customize event pages and promote offerings through social media and online newsletters. Members can easily register and pay for events online. Automated receipts are provided for each registration and administrators can view participants via their AGS Software Control Panel.

Ardent Giving Solutions also offers free tools to communicate that online giving is now available at your church.

"We want to be good stewards to our customers and their members. For this reason we developed free tools to help promote your online giving solution. Our online giving video can be played during weekly services, added to church website or emailed to members. Church staff can download and customize church bulletin inserts and collection plate slips from our website."

Ardent Giving Solutions (www.ardentgivingsolutions.com) is solely focused on providing low-cost online giving solutions to churches, nonprofits and schools.

Ardent Giving Solutions is a registered ISO/MSP of Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, OH.