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Church software developer RDS Advantage announces new system features and inter-company relationships.

Website Development and Hosting:
RDS Advantage announces its support for the powerful SkyCMS church website system. This web-based set of tools includes all the features needed to build and manage websites with advanced features such as blog, video, photo gallery, form builder, SEO, RSS, cross-browser compatibility, hosting, calendars, image editor, FTP access, podcasts, donations, file management, website search, statistics, secure private content and more. There is no programming or HTML needed.

When using SkyCMS for your website, the events in your RDS Advantage Scheduler can be exported directly into the SkyCMS calendar(s).

SkyCMS websites are available in five sizes from free for smaller churches to only $199.00 per month for mega-size churches. All options include all features and free hosting on a Tier IV Data Center.

RDS Advantage Blog:
The RDS Advantage blog offers unlimited exchange of comments and ideas for users of the system and those interested in upgrading their church management system, and those looking for new ideas to support the ministries of their church.

Remote Deposit Capture:
Electronic deposit of check contributions and receipts is the leading edge of ACH Banking. RDS Advantage offers check imagers that integrate with its accounting systems. As checks are scanned, the payee and the check number are entered into the data entry window, encrypted images of the front and back of each check are stored on your computer, the deposit endorsement is automatically printed on the back of each check, and when entries are complete the deposit can be sent to your bank electronically. This combines both data entry and remote deposit into one process and one step. This is new enough that some banks are not yet supporting this technology.

Departmental Financial Reporting:
Heads of ministries and departments want to see the financial statements for their areas of ministry. For security reasons this usually means the accounting department must print each financial statement for each ministry head. In RDS Advantage ministry leaders can now print their own departmental financial statements without having access to other sensitive accounting information. There are choices for Revenue and Expense, Balance Sheet, Supporting Schedules, Statement of Changes and Variance Reports. Reports can be selected in many comparative options and for any time periods.

USPS NCOAList Management:
The U.S. Postal Service has announced that effective November 23^rd, bulk mailers must process their addresses through the USPS NCOAList. RDS Advantage now supports this process so you can benefit from discounted mailing through pre-sort labels.

Advanced Reporting Selections:
RDS Advantage has included the ability to store report selection criteria with user-defined names. Unlimited stored report selections can be accessed from each report window. A new feature allows users to see in one place ALL stored report selections by all users. By clicking on a column header the lists of stored reports can be sorted by description, user’ name, date stored, date modified, system, program name, version of the system, or by user’s initials.

More Than Seventy-Five New Features:
More than 75 new features and enhancements are included in the latest version of RDS Advantage, Version 9.14.11. The Company continues its pace of adding 300 or more new features and enhancements each year.