Check printing for a church treasurer on one Windows PC

One computer, one treasurer

The usual setup is a single Windows PC in the church office. The treasurer adds the operating account, the payees the church pays more than once, and the next check number from the stock on the shelf. A logo can go on the check. A signature image can go on it too, which you should only do if the church has already decided that an electronic signature is acceptable. Many churches still want a wet signature. Leave the line blank and sign the paper.

Your checks, payees and register stay on your PC. Nothing is uploaded. That matters when the payee is a person receiving help and you do not want that name in a cloud check-printing account. The backup is a file the treasurer downloads and can hand to the finance committee, or store with the other offline records. There is no multi-user portal and no role called “elder.”

Two signers on the account is a bank and policy question, not a feature checkbox. OwnChecks can print a note such as a second-signature line if you add that wording. It cannot enforce that two people were in the room.

What it will not run

It will not take online gifts, print giving statements, or file a Form 990. It will not tell you whether a benevolence payment fits the church’s own rules. Those decisions stay with the people who already make them. The software prints the check and lists it.

Print a free test page to check alignment. Confirm acceptance with your bank before you rely on a check. A test page does not prove bank acceptance. OwnChecks is not affiliated with any bank, and it does not move money. $50 is the first computer, the office PC. A home PC for the treasurer is another $15 if it also needs to print. Email support only. Later versions are included for as long as we sell it.