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I’m trying to do this for my church currently. Any suggestions?

I've just broached the subject with the leadership but it's difficult. I still set aside BTC in my personal wallet for tithing so that when they are ready I can send to them

I’m early stage working on this. Will let you know (post on NOSTR) when progress is made on a solution.

if you have any suggestions I'm open to it as well. i wrote an article on the reads section, I sent the leadership a version of that and why they should consider it. they dont have to convert their fiat to BTC, just be able to accept it in case someone in the congregation is willing to tithe in BTC.

Jeffy and nostr:npub1ee45xteqwgea4hn3slulwdrdhppp9079wr9xk3tamq9ntsruuqsqrn6twl there is a lot of nuance to this as each church and corresponding denomination can be different on this. Meaning, the more progressive denominations are going to consider it sooner than a more conservative one. Now, generally speaking the church as a whole is usually about 5-10 years behind when it comes to technology adoption. They are late majority at best and laggards at worse. So, getting them to accept BTC or any other crypto as a donation is typically not going to go smooth as they similar don’t think that way. There often needs to be stepping stones AND they pay their staff and bills in fiat…so there has to be clear off-ramp process for them. This complicates their internal processes which depending on size of church and staff doing the finances etc, they will most likely opt for status quo. Now, as a stepping stone you might try attaching (introducing BTC) to a capital campaign or other short duration fundraising campaign such as a missions trip or youth camp scholarships. This way they can see it in action and develop the process on a small scale. It also may be a thing of 1% of the members would use this option so it’s. It worth it to them. Board and elders would need approve ongoing acceptance and so the best path would be to begin to Orange pull decisions makers and key people. For example use the Microstrayegy and Bitcoin Standard use cases as proof. The reality is you have to connect BTC to what they are passionate about or focused on as a congregation. I’m willing to chat further if you want.

Nostriches does your Church, or Religious Organization Accept Bitcoin, or Other Cryptos, if so let us know what convinced them? nostr:nevent1qqs8w3uv32kkfewl05sn6kgt0ygh9wrcj6re5mnw645hnzdjf8plyqqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsvdr3pwele29rr4e479raxxu3hu4udsxt7qlpezqwsp5dhgsu7dncrqsqqqqqp09mjkt

The angle I am approaching this is that every church should accommodate the medium in how a congregant desires to tithe. many churches already do this (i.e. company matching, stock giving, etc). Typically there's rarely any issues to accommodate the above so why should BTC be any different? I don't think it should. I believe there can be a case regardless of denomination, theology, philosophy of ministry, country, for every church to be equipped to a accept BTC.

I’m not arguing they shouldn’t be accepting it or capable of; I’m simply explaining why it’s a hurdle. Usually the non-fiat giving are one time or special use cases such as for larger donations for specific campaigns or bequeaths. I know churches who still don’t do text to tithe…so if we can’t get them to do that it’s going to be harder to get them to accept BTC that has custody processes and conversion steps. Now…a simple strategy would be to put some BTC on a multi-sig wallet and give it to them…say, I’m donating this to the church to be used as needed. I’d recommend utilizing it in ABC fashion (ie keep some BTC on the books) And btw, I’m more than willing to help train a few of the key staff on how to manage it. Etc… They most likely won’t turn down “money”. 😎 But you have to set them up for success. Meaning you can’t expect them to figure it out, you have to demonstrate and lead it for them

Seems obvious that churches would, by default, accept Bitcoin. They existed before the government's and the fiat currencies. But maybe their interested are not aligned?

The angle I’m taking is to help them accept the donation with no strings on what they do with it. Most churches and nonprofits can’t even simply accept the donation and immediately convert to cash. The don’t have the plumbing. It reduces both donation size and the size of the pool of donors.

Maybe you can adapt https://github.com/MyFirstBitcoin (Bitcoin Diploma) https://github.com/MyFirstBitcoin/Bitcoin-Diploma-2025 I'll add it to my to-do list, as I plan to integrate it into our homeschooling, and as I do so I'll keep in mind churches and NPO adoption to see if I can adapt it (or if it needs adapating)