A commitment made on a stewardship Sunday is a promise the church carries for a year — or, for a building fund, for several. Track every commitment, send gentle reminders, and celebrate when it's met. The full lifecycle, managed automatically.
One-time, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual installments — each commitment has its own timeline and due dates. Givers and staff both see the schedule clearly.
When a giver makes a payment toward a commitment, record it right from the commitment detail — and gifts made online match to the commitment automatically. No separate screens, no spreadsheet.
Upcoming and overdue installments are detected automatically, and gentle email nudges go out on a schedule — pastoral in tone, never a collections notice. Staff get alerts too, so no commitment falls through the cracks.
A visual progress bar shows how much of each commitment has been given — visible to staff on the dashboard and to givers in their My Giving portal. When payments stop, lapse detection flags the commitment early, while a kind word can still bring it back.
Where commitments live
The autumn commitment initiative, from late October through Christ the King Sunday: digital commitment cards alongside printed bulletin inserts, an initiative total the elders can watch week by week, and every commitment feeding next year's budget planning. See initiatives →
Capital campaigns run on promises kept over years. Multi-year commitments with installment schedules, reminders timed to each due date, and fulfillment progress per giver — so a three-year commitment made in faith is shepherded all the way to the ribbon cutting.
