{"id":9218,"date":"2021-02-05T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/customer-stories\/grace-church"},"modified":"2025-04-04T09:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:26:58","slug":"grace-church","status":"publish","type":"customer-story","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/customer-stories\/grace-church","title":{"rendered":"Grace Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero hero--customer-story\" id=\"hero--customer-story-block_65178d0afc9653546dbde6c505d984e9\">\n    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container has-image\">\n        <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-diamonds d-none d-md-block\">\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__gradient\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__green\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-9 col-lg\">\n                    <ul class=\"breadcrumbs list-unstyled\">\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"\/customer-stories\">Customer Stories<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-md-5\">\n                    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-content\">\n                        <p><span class=\"green-eyebrow\">Grace Church<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Multi-Campus Church Tracks Finances with Robust Cloud Solution<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-download\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/grace-church-oh-ga-sc-customer-qa-spotlight-story.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-arrow-down-to-bracket\"><\/i> Download PDF<\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            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id=\"lede-quote-block_6fd6f27f49cdd419f3b5176477f58587\">\n                        <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/blackbaud-blocks\/blocks\/acf-longform-lede-quote\/\/img\/quote-rectangle.svg\" alt=\"quotes\">\n                <p class=\"body-medium body-large\"><span class=\"blue-highlight\">Anything that can streamline processes is going to be very useful-<\/span> and if we can do it in a way that\u2019s user-friendly, that\u2019s even better.\u201d<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__name\">\n                Monika Kirbawy            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__organization\">\n                <i>Controller, Grace Church<\/i>            <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n<section class=\"lede-paragraph\" id=\"lede-paragraph-block_dd544dd36e2ab6857f6c798e01b72ef9\">\n    <div class=\"lede-paragraph__heading\">\n        <span class=\"tag\">\n            Overview        <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"body-large\">\n        Fast-growing Grace Church believes in sharing \u201cthe life-changing story of Jesus,\u201d with thousands of\r\nmembers striving to \u201cKnow It, Live It, and Give It Away.\u201d The church expanded from greater Akron,\r\nOhio, where it has six campuses, to launch two campuses in Georgia and one in South Carolina.\r\nWith a dynamic structure and a desire for greater accountability, church leaders were ready to\r\nreplace their legacy accounting system with a cloud-based software solution. Grace Church\r\nController Monika Kirbawy explains why Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT was the right choice.     <\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_c33757506b7516d4c8fa2c75023b0ada\">\n            <h3>Q: Describe Grace Church\u2019s structure and how that relates to the church\u2019s finances.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: We have a parenting model in terms of how we launch new campuses.<br \/>\nOur original two greater Akron locations are the \u201cparents,\u201d and each of<br \/>\nthose campuses has since launched campuses of their own. Each parent<br \/>\ncampus has an accounting manager who oversees the parent campus and<br \/>\nher \u201cchildren.\u201d Each parent campus and some child campuses have a finance<br \/>\nassistant as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">The goal is always for our campuses to be self-sufficient, but campuses will<br \/>\nassist one another. This once again mirrors the parent-child relationship,<br \/>\nwhere the parent continues to help support the child while encouraging<br \/>\nthem to be self-sufficient and capable.<\/p>\n<h3>Q: Does Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT work well with your model?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: Absolutely. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT allows us to produce a variety of<br \/>\nfinancial reports. All these reports can be produced from within the system,<br \/>\nso we are no longer exporting and manipulating information. We can produce<br \/>\nhigh-level, organizational reports for our steering teams and administrative<br \/>\nboard of elders, and then produce the same high-quality reports for specific<br \/>\nministries. Every month, our finance team produces monthly budget reports<br \/>\nfor our individual ministries, such as children\u2019s ministry, student ministry, and<br \/>\ncreative arts ministry<\/p>\n<h3>Q: Clearly, a finance staff of five is doing a lot to keep up with nine campuses.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: We run a lean team. We want to accomplish as many economies of scale<br \/>\nas possible, one of which is the need to only have one accounting software<br \/>\nfor nine campus locations. This was part of why Blackbaud was so intriguing<br \/>\nto us. We felt like it was going to accomplish many of our needs without a lot<br \/>\nof workarounds.<\/p>\n<h3>Q: Did you look around a lot when choosing a replacement for your legacy accounting system?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: We actually first tried to upgrade to the next version of our original system.<br \/>\nWe started the transition, but the cut-over quickly became a nightmare, so<br \/>\nwe went back to square one and decided to continue to use the old system<br \/>\nfor another year and take time to look at other options. I wanted to make sure<br \/>\nwe ended up with the right product, so I probably explored and investigated<br \/>\na dozen different options, then I narrowed it down to three, received quotes,<br \/>\nand went through demos and trials, spoke with referrals, and then<br \/>\nselected Blackbaud.<\/p>\n<h3>Q: What was your implementation experience like<br \/>\nwith Blackbaud?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: The way Blackbaud handled implementation was incredible. I thought<br \/>\nit was so well organized and a seamless transition. It was clear what the expectations were of us as the client and what Blackbaud was going to be<br \/>\nresponsible for. I thought the weekly touch base with our implementation<br \/>\ncoach was a key to success; we knew the goals, we knew the benchmarks,<br \/>\nand we were able to accomplish it within the timeframe we wanted. Our<br \/>\nBlackbaud consultant was a fantastic resource.<\/p>\n<h3>Q: What factors shaped your decision to adopt Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: The biggest factor was our ability to individually track all of our campus<br \/>\nlocations and simultaneously track each campus\u2019 unique projects, mission<br \/>\ntrips, and events from within the system, as opposed to having spreadsheet<br \/>\nupon spreadsheet of information. We were really looking to have all of that<br \/>\nin in one space. Secondly, our decision was driven by our desire to undergo a<br \/>\nfinancial audit.<\/p>\n<h3>\nQ: Talk about your goals for accountability with an audit.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: An external financial audit promotes our interest in being transparent<br \/>\nand accountable. We are looking for a vote of confidence: Do you have<br \/>\nsolid internal controls and are you following those internal controls? Do you<br \/>\nhave solid practices and procedures? Do you have proper documentation,<br \/>\nespecially when we are talking about all these campuses?<\/p>\n<h3>\nQ: How does Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT support your audit goals?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: Blackbaud allowed us to convert from our legacy cash-based accounting<br \/>\nsystem to an accrual system. We were also able to finally produce reliable<br \/>\nfinancial statements for Grace Church of Greater Akron as well as each of her<br \/>\ncampus locations. The sophisticated and professional nature of Blackbaud<br \/>\nprovided us with the confidence to proceed with the implementation of an<br \/>\nannual financial audit.<\/p>\n<h3>Q: How important is your ability to track projects?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">A: This is incredibly important. We are a project-based organization. Anything<br \/>\noutside of the operating budget is tracked as an individual project. I love the<br \/>\nability Blackbaud provides to view project detail. Sometimes we will have<br \/>\ndozens of mission trips, events, and giving campaigns going at one time.<br \/>\nWhen you times this by nine, for each campus, you get a lot of projects.<br \/>\nSome smaller projects may only have a couple charges to them, but it\u2019s the<br \/>\nidea of micro-level control\u2014of how you\u2019re encumbering money and expecting<br \/>\nit to be spent\u2014and your ability to track it in just a robust way.<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n<section class=\"pull-quote pull-quote__top-bottom white-bg\" id=\"pull-quote-block_547fec3f8e5dba85918076271583c0c3\">\n    <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-content\">\n            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-quote\">\n                <h4 class=\"h5\">I love the ability Blackbaud provides to view project detail. Sometimes we will have dozens of mission trips, events, and giving campaigns going at one time. When you times this by nine, for each campus, you get a lot of projects.\u201d<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-name\">\n                Monika Kirbawy            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-role\">\n                    Controller                <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-organization\">\n                    Grace Church                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"customer-story-single__content-download\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/grace-church-oh-ga-sc-customer-qa-spotlight-story.pdf\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-arrow-down-to-bracket\"><\/i> Download PDF<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-md-5 col-lg-4 offset-lg-1\">\n         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