If the thought of hiring a full-service bookkeeping team seems excessive for your church but you still want to do something to get your financials more organized and secure, we offer a self-service bookkeeping plan at just $39.95/month!
Bellwether Church Solutions launched our passion project, GoodBooks, to provide the platform, the knowledge, and the resources for churches of every size to maintain “good books”! Our system is powered by modern technology. It takes away the pain, stress, and confusion of bookkeeping, so you can get back to what you love.
Our motto is to provide good stewardship for churches. Lee Ann and the team have a passion for helping people and giving back to The Church and we want to help you too. Ultimately, our goal is to provide simple, efficient solutions as experts in church bookkeeping.
When you join GoodBooks we help you:
At GoodBooks, we help small churches maintain clean, accurate and up-to-date financial records. Our founder, Lee Ann Crockett, has worked with many churches of varying sizes and has seen just how hard it is to keep “good books”! We will train you to steward, manage and understand your finances and the picture they’re painting. We love church bookkeeping!
Our system is powered by Xero’s cloud accounting platform which we have found to work beautifully for small churches. Whether you have no books, use QuickBooks, or other bookkeeping software, we can get you transferred to Xero in no time. Xero simplifies your church bookkeeping, improves your efficiency, adds security and results in excellent financial information.
When it comes to church finances, there are unique tax, reporting, and compliance issues that need to be addressed. Many chucrh leaders, volunteers and church staff don’t have the financial expertise and background to manage these small church bookkeeping issues with confidence. That’s where GoodBooks comes in. We’ll teach you how to manage your church bookkeeping using the TripleR System – Record, Reconcile, Report. This process keeps your church bookkeeping squeaky clean and allows you to see what’s really going on.
Through GoodBooks you can access our full service payroll partner, Gusto. This means you will never have to worry about IRS compliance or paying your employees on time. GoodBooks and Gusto offer you full-service payroll with dedicated and certified HR professionals and Concierge Service all for just $39/month + $6/employee. You can run payroll as many times as you need during the month and corrections are easy! Gusto offers the best church payroll services.
Lee Ann Crockett has worked with many churches to deal with and deter theft and embezzlement. Unfortunately, one-third of churches in the US will experience embezzlement. You can read more about this in Lee Ann’s book titled Preventing Fraud in Church Accounting. The important part to note here is that it can and does happen, but you can implement internal systems and controls to help prevent it. We’ll work with you to keep your financials clear, accurate and transparent.
We will help you streamline your admin and accounting processes and provide you with a Xero subscription for $39.95/month with free onboarding. You’ll also have access to church bookkeeping experts and can add-on payroll or other services if needed.
Xero is perfect for the church on a cash basis that is running their bookkeeping out of their check register and/or a spreadsheet. If you want better internal controls, a budgeting, and access from any computer or smartphone choose this package.
Having a third party prepare your bank reconciliations can help keep your team on task and accountable. If you want the GoodBooks team to reconcile your bank statements monthly please inquire about this package so we can give you a custom quote.
If you are still running payroll by hand and mailing in 941’s, it’s time for an upgrade! You will be amazed at how much time you save by switching to an online payroll software — not to mention a 99% reduction in payroll related headaches!