Digital offering plate helps people avoid awkward plate passing

Our take: GivingKIOSK is a way for churches to enable believers to pay their tithing without having to face potentially uncomfortable situations that may arise with the tradition of passing the plate. GivingKIOSK was also created to help churches keep up with a generation that is used to using debit cards over cash or checks.

Tithing, the act of giving a portion typically 10 percent of ones income to churches and the like, is commonplace in Christian communities. While the monies collected are needed to ensure that churches continue to operate, the process of fund collection can sometimes be intrusive or unpleasant.

So, a technology company, recognizing the awkwardness that sometimes comes with tithing, has created a simpler and easier way for congregants to donate to their churches. Computer programmers in New Carolina have come together to create GivingKIOSK, a company devoted to producing touch-screen software that allows churches to abandon, or simply add to, the traditional practice of passing an offering plate around the pews.

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