Congregations give weekly, online and in person, and churches also run cafés, bookstores, camps and mission trips. Roots sets up Square for church cafés, events and simple giving links, and dedicated giving tools for text, kiosk and recurring tithes.
How these solutions work for churches & religious organizations
See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.
Donation Processing
For churches & religious organizations: Organize one-time and recurring contributions, with campaign or program references connected to giving records, event enrollments and campaign totals.
Build giving forms and campaign pages
Set up receipts with the IRS acknowledgment language donors need
Connect gifts to your donor database or accounting
For churches & religious organizations: Bring donations, event registrations and community programs into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around giving records, event enrollments and campaign totals.
Recommend the right Square plan and devices for how churches actually take payments
Build the item library for tithes, offerings, event fees and building campaigns, with taxes, discounts and categories set up correctly
Configure team permissions, receipts and reporting, then train staff and volunteers
For churches & religious organizations: Offer bank-account payments for donations, event registrations and community programs, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow.
Write compliant authorization language for members and visitors
Set up account verification and return monitoring
Help you meet Nacha's 2026 fraud-monitoring requirements
For churches & religious organizations: Share a checkout link for donations, event registrations and community programs through messages, email or your website.
Plan which links churches need (fees, events, donations) and name them clearly
Create print-ready QR codes for flyers, signs and newsletters
Set custom fields and post-payment redirects to capture the details you need
For churches & religious organizations: Build self-service checkout for donations, event registrations and community programs at kiosks, stations or access points that operate without a staffed counter.
For churches & religious organizations: Send itemized invoices for donations, event registrations and community programs and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances.
Design invoice templates and custom fields (terms, policies, account numbers) for churches
Set up recurring schedules and card-on-file or bank-on-file autopay for members and visitors
Palmetto Community Church sent you an invoice for $375.00Due in 14 daysPayment method
Credit or debit card
Cash App Pay
Bank (ACH)
CustomerSkyler Evans
Invoice INV-7570
Tithe × 1$100.00
Retreat Registration × 1$275.00
Total$375.00
Recurring Billing
For churches & religious organizations: Schedule and manage payments for recurring giving and community program fees, including renewals and customer account balances.
Design payment plans (including 10-month or 12-month) for congregants and visitors
Set retry, dunning and late-fee rules
Sync recurring payments to your accounting or management system
For churches & religious organizations: Collect registration charges for donations, event registrations and community programs and connect each payment with its attendee or participant record.
In stock at 2 locations · synced with your POSCheckout
Text to Pay
For churches & religious organizations: Send a payment request for donations, event registrations and community programs by text so customers can pay against a specific order or invoice.
Hi Casey, a payment of $393.00 is due for tithe.Pay Red Rock Community Churchpay.rootspayments.com/gl-2291Paid, thank you!Receipt: $393.00 received. Thank you!
Custom Payment Integration
For churches & religious organizations: Connect the payment flow for donations, event registrations and community programs with your software and the operational records behind giving records, event enrollments and campaign totals.
Magnolia Community Church · IntegrationsConnected apps
Point of sale
Magnolia Community Church
Student information systemPayments & paymentsSynced
AccountingDaily sales & feesSynced
Donor CRMPayments & paymentsSynced
Last reconciled 6:02 AM · 0 mismatchesAdd integration
Multi-Currency Payments
For churches & religious organizations: Collect donations, event registrations and community programs in the currencies your customers use and reconcile them against the original order or invoice.
Sunset Avenue Community Church · GatewayLast 7 days
Live
Volume (7 days)
$32,488
+7.3%
Approval rate
96.8%
Avg ticket
$131.00
MTWTFSS
Tithe
Card on file
$100.00
Retreat Registration
Online checkout
$275.00
Stablecoin Settlement
For churches & religious organizations: Explore stablecoin settlement for amounts owed to community program vendors and guest speakers, with recipient and invoice references retained.
Assess whether stablecoin settlement fits your trading partners
Prairie Wind Community Church · SettlementOrder #A-5521
✓
Payment received
393.00 USDC
✓
Converted
$393.00
Settlement batch
Today, 5:00 PM
Deposited to bank
Pending
Settlement handled by service providers.
Square Kiosk
For churches & religious organizations: Let customers select and pay for community-cafe meals and event refreshments at a self-service ordering station.
Design the kiosk menu and upsell prompts for church cafés and bookstores
Plan device placement and help choose Square hardware
Test ordering, payment and receipt flows before go-live
For churches & religious organizations: Connect community-shop goods, publications and fundraising merchandise to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history.
Clean up and import your SKU catalog, variants and barcodes
Set up vendors, reorder points and purchase-order workflows
Configure house accounts and invoicing for repeat members and guests
For churches & religious organizations: Set roles, permissions and schedules for administrators and program coordinators, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts.
For churches & religious organizations: Create a rewards program around donations, event registrations and community programs, with earning rules tied to how customers shop.
Design reward tiers that fit your margins
Configure enrollment prompts at checkout and train staff
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Square Hardware Setup
For churches & religious organizations: Choose and configure Square checkout equipment for donations, event registrations and community programs, including counter, mobile and staff workflows.
Recommend devices for each station at church cafés and bookstores
Configure devices, printers and cash drawers remotely
Test payments and receipts before your first busy day
For churches & religious organizations: Schedule community appointments and venue consultations, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned.
Map your retreat lodging, camp tuition and group bookings into bookable services, packages and classes
Set cancellation, deposit and no-show policies that match your enrollment terms
Configure instructor calendars, permissions and payroll hand-off
Churches & Religious Organizations payment questions
Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Donation Processing for Churches, Text-to-Pay for Churches, Payment Kiosks for Churches. Roots helps compare the setup, software and processing requirements around how you operate.
Yes. Bring your current POS, checkout or billing tools and recent processing statements. We review invoices, registration payments, recurring collections and reconciliation, then plan the changes your churches & religious organizations business needs.
Request a quote for your business. The review covers your payment mix, locations, software, hardware recommendations and implementation work. Consultations and payment reviews are free.
Bring recent payment statements, the systems you use and a record of how a customer places an order, receives a service or pays a bill. Tell us which churches & religious organizations workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.
Payments for churches & religious organizations, set up right
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