A Reuters article byy Susan Schept entitled, "Electronic giving increasing for church collections" says:
Church staff are often the toughest sell, said Vijay Jeste, product manager for electronic giving for Our Sunday Visitor, a Huntington, Indiana-based maker of donation envelopes for Catholic churches, which started offering electronic payment processing in 2009.
Reluctance to pay a fee to process collections melts away as parishes "realize that this is the way to go," Jeste said.
"This is not an option they can put off for too long," he said.Just because the Jones' are doing it is not a reason for Mormons to do it. It's also not a valid reason to not do it.
LDS Philanthropies has automated donations. They even take credit cards. Something tells me that credit cards will never be allowed for paying tithing. But, there shouldn't be any problem with debit cards.
Paying tithing has always been a confidential hand-off between members and leaders. We try to remove it from open view, unlike the collection plates in other religions. Automating it would make record keeping a lot easier for everyone and eliminate the *float in the current system.
I'm also confident the Church could handle the technicalities itself. We don't need the services of an outside company.
Well, just remember you heard it here first. I have no doubt this idea will cause me to be labeled a heretic -- until the Church actually implements my suggestion of course. I can wait until then.
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