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A build-to-order ERPNext application for churches, mosques,

and faith-based organizations to manage member and family records, tithes and offerings, ministries, and donation statements.

ECOSIRE scopes, builds, installs, and supports it for you.

What is Church & Faith Organization Management?

A build-to-order ERPNext application for churches, mosques, and faith-based organizations to manage member and family records, tithes and offerings, ministries, and donation statements. ECOSIRE scopes, builds, installs, and supports it for you. Built to order by ECOSIRE for ERPNext v15, v16 — indicative price from $999.00 USD; request a quote for a scoped proposal.

Key Features

`Member` and `Family Unit` DocTypes with household linkage, membership lifecycle status (visitor/regular/member/inactive), and pastoral-care fields
`Giving Record` DocType that posts each contribution to the correct fund account via a real ERPNext `Payment Entry` or `Journal Entry` — ledger-accurate, not a side ledger
Fund/restricted-giving accounting so tithes, building fund, and mission offerings map to distinct GL accounts and report separately
Automated annual contribution (giving) statements generated per household via scheduler events, rendered through native ERPNext print formats and emailed as PDF
Sequential, tamper-resistant donation receipt numbering enforced in a `hooks.py` `on_submit` server script
`Ministry` and `Small Group` DocTypes with leader assignment, member rosters, and meeting cadence
`Service Event` scheduling for services, classes, and programs, integrated with ERPNext's calendar and reminder emails
Attendance capture with a scheduler-driven lapsed-attendance report that flags members inactive beyond a configurable threshold
Whitelisted REST API endpoints for a public online giving form and an attendance check-in kiosk, secured against the Frappe permission layer
Role profiles and permission rules (Pastor, Finance Officer, Ministry Leader, Volunteer) with field-level control over contribution amounts and fund accounts
Client scripts for in-form UX: auto-populate family members, duplicate-household warnings, and fund-account defaulting
Query reports and dashboard charts for giving trends, fund balances, pledge fulfillment, and attendance by ministry
Pledge/commitment tracking that reconciles expected versus received giving per member and per campaign
Multi-currency and multi-branch support for organizations with several congregations or campuses, built on ERPNext-native company/branch structures
Targets Frappe/ERPNext v15 and v16, packaged as a versioned Frappe app installable via `bench get-app` / `bench install-app`

Built to order, done for you

No DIY setup — a working app, built, installed and supported by ECOSIRE.

  1. 1

    You order

    Start with a one-time build price. We scope it with you at kickoff.

  2. 2

    We build & install

    ECOSIRE builds, configures and installs it on your ERPNext.

  3. 3

    Go live + support

    You go live in about one working week, with two weeks of go-live support. Defects in the code we deliver are fixed free of charge.

Technical Specifications

ERPNext Compatibility
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License
Licence confirmation required
Python Requirement
Python 3.10+
Database
MariaDB 10.6+

About this Product

Most faith organizations run on a patchwork of spreadsheets, a payment app, and one volunteer's memory. Membership lives in a Google Sheet, giving is reconciled by hand at year-end, and nobody can answer "which families haven't attended in three months?" without a manual audit. ERPNext gives you a genuinely strong financial and CRM core — the General Ledger, Payment Entry, Contact, and the reporting engine are exactly what a church needs — but out of the box it speaks the language of customers and sales invoices, not members, tithes, and ministries. There is no Member DocType, no fund-restricted giving, no annual contribution statement, and no ministry roster. That is the gap this build closes.

ECOSIRE builds a proper Frappe application (a versioned app installed on your bench, not a pile of manual customizations) that adds the DocTypes a faith community actually thinks in: Member, Family Unit, Ministry, Small Group, Service Event, and Giving Record. Member and family records link households together, track membership status and lifecycle (visitor, regular, member, inactive), and store the pastoral-care fields your team needs. Giving is modeled against ERPNext's real accounting: each contribution posts a Payment Entry or Journal Entry to the correct fund account, so tithes, building funds, and mission offerings stay ledger-accurate and audit-clean instead of living in a side spreadsheet.

Technically, the app is wired the Frappe-native way. Contribution posting and receipt numbering run through hooks.py document events (on_submit, validate) and server scripts so totals and GL entries can never drift from the underlying Giving Record. Scheduler events generate scheduled work — monthly giving summaries, lapsed-attendance flags, and the year-end statement run — without anyone clicking a button. Whitelisted server methods and the Frappe REST API expose clean endpoints for a public giving form, a check-in kiosk, or a member self-service portal, and client scripts handle in-form UX like auto-filling a family's members or warning on a duplicate household. Role profiles and permission rules (Pastor, Finance Officer, Ministry Leader, Volunteer) enforce that a small-group leader sees their roster while only the finance role touches contribution amounts and fund accounts. The app targets Frappe/ERPNext v15 and v16 and rides ERPNext's native multi-currency, print formats, and email so donation receipts and statements go out branded and correct.

Because this is build-to-order, nothing is a pre-canned download you install blind. We start with a short scoping call to map your funds, membership lifecycle, and reporting needs, then build your version, test it on a staging bench with your real DocType structure, and hand over installable source plus a git repository. Typical delivery is one working week from confirmed scope, and every engagement includes a UAT sign-off on staging with a rollback plan before we touch production.

What you get

  • Installable source code for your version of the app, packaged as a proper Frappe app (`bench get-app` / `bench install-app` ready)
  • Installation and configuration on your ERPNext v15 or v16 bench, including fund/chart-of-accounts mapping and role-profile setup
  • Technical documentation: DocType schema reference, hooks and server-script logic, REST endpoints, and scheduler jobs
  • End-user guide plus a live training session for your finance team and ministry leaders
  • UAT on a staging bench against your real data structure, with a documented rollback plan before production cutover
  • Post-go-live support window for defect fixes and configuration adjustments
  • Git repository handover with full commit history and tagged release
  • Data-migration assist for importing existing member and giving records from spreadsheets

Who this is for

Church Administrator / Operations Pastor

Owns membership data, service scheduling, and the volunteer roster. Needs one system where family records, ministry assignments, and attendance live together instead of scattered across spreadsheets and messaging apps, with clear reports on who is engaged and who has lapsed.

Finance Officer / Treasurer

Responsible for accurate, auditable giving. Needs every tithe and offering posted to the right fund in the ERPNext General Ledger, sequential receipts, pledge reconciliation, and one-click year-end contribution statements that satisfy donors and auditors.

Ministry or Small-Group Leader

Runs a specific group or program and needs a scoped view of their roster, attendance, and events — without access to contribution amounts or other ministries' data, enforced by role-based permissions.

Multi-Campus / Denominational Operations Lead

Coordinates several congregations under one organization. Needs multi-branch and multi-currency support so each campus keeps its own giving and membership while leadership sees consolidated reporting across all sites.

How Church & Faith Organization Management Compares

CriterionECOSIRECustom BuildCompetitorERPNext Native
Faith-specific model (Member, Family, Ministry, Giving)Purpose-built DocTypes for members, families, ministries, and fundsPossible, but you design and maintain the whole schema yourselfGeneric membership fields, often no fund-accounting modelNone — only Customer, Contact, and Sales Invoice concepts
Fund-restricted, ledger-accurate givingEach gift posts to the right fund via native Payment/Journal EntryAchievable with significant accounting-integration effortOften a standalone giving log disconnected from the GLManual journal entries with no giving abstraction
Annual contribution statementsAutomated per-household PDF statements via scheduler + print formatsMust be built and scheduled from scratchSometimes included, formatting rarely configurableNot available — would be assembled by hand
Online giving & check-inWhitelisted REST endpoints wired to permissions and validationEndpoints and security are entirely your responsibilityMay exist but locked to the vendor's hostingNo church-facing forms out of the box
Role-based access for leaders vs. financePre-configured role profiles with field-level restrictionsYou define every role and permission rule manuallyCoarse roles, limited field-level controlGeneric ERPNext roles, no ministry scoping
Ownership of source & dataFull git repo + installable source on your own instanceYou own it, but you also carry all the build riskOften closed-source and vendor-hosted (SaaS lock-in)You own ERPNext, but there is no church app to own
Version support (v15/v16) & maintainabilityPackaged Frappe app targeting v15/v16 with clean upgrade pathMaintainability depends on your team's Frappe disciplineUpgrade cadence tied to the vendor's release scheduleFully supported, but lacks the church functionality
Time to a working solutionone working week build-to-order from confirmed scopeMonths of in-house design, build, and testingFast to install, slow to fit your actual processesImmediate, but leaves the core church needs unmet

Frequently Asked Questions about Church & Faith Organization Management

Is this a download I can install from the Frappe marketplace today?

No. This is a build-to-order application. ECOSIRE scopes your requirements, builds your version, tests it on a staging bench, and installs it on your ERPNext site. You receive installable source code and a git repository — but it is built for you, not an off-the-shelf download.

How long does delivery take?

Typical delivery is one working week from confirmed scope. Timeline depends on how many custom funds, membership fields, integrations (online giving, kiosk), and reports you need. We confirm the exact timeline in writing after the scoping call, before any build work begins.

Does it work with our existing ERPNext accounting, or does it run separately?

It integrates directly with ERPNext's native accounting. Every contribution posts a real `Payment Entry` or `Journal Entry` to the fund account you designate, so giving flows into the same General Ledger and financial reports you already use. There is no separate, disconnected giving database to reconcile.

Which versions of ERPNext do you support?

The app targets Frappe/ERPNext v15 and v16. If you are on an older version we will discuss an upgrade path during scoping, since the app relies on current DocType, server-script, and scheduler APIs.

What happens after go-live — do you provide support and updates?

Every engagement includes a post-go-live support window for defect fixes and configuration adjustments. Because you receive the full git repository and source, your team can maintain it independently, or you can retain ECOSIRE on a support agreement for ongoing enhancements and version upgrades.

Can members give online and check in without staff entering everything by hand?

Yes. We expose whitelisted Frappe REST endpoints for a public online giving form and an attendance check-in kiosk. Submissions post through the same validation and permission layer as internal entries, so online gifts land in the ledger correctly and check-ins update attendance automatically.

Is our members' and donors' data kept private and access-controlled?

Yes. Access is governed by ERPNext role profiles and permission rules. Ministry leaders see only their roster, finance roles control contribution and fund data, and sensitive fields are restricted at the field level. Because it runs on your own ERPNext instance, your data stays under your control.

Request a quote

Church & Faith Organization Management

A build-to-order ERPNext application for churches, mosques, and faith-based organizations to manage member and family records, tithes and offerings, ministries, and donation statements. ECOSIRE scopes, builds, installs, and supports it for you.

  • `Member` and `Family Unit` DocTypes with household linkage, membership lifecycle status (visitor/regular/member/inactive), and pastoral-care fields
  • `Giving Record` DocType that posts each contribution to the correct fund account via a real ERPNext `Payment Entry` or `Journal Entry` — ledger-accurate, not a side ledger
  • Fund/restricted-giving accounting so tithes, building fund, and mission offerings map to distinct GL accounts and report separately
  • Automated annual contribution (giving) statements generated per household via scheduler events, rendered through native ERPNext print formats and emailed as PDF

Request a Quotation

Tell us about your Church & Faith Organization Management requirements and we'll send pricing, licensing options and a tailored proposal — usually within one business day.

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