Core Docs - Church Management - Pledges

Rock Version: v19.0
Last Modified: 2026-02-19 11:34 AM

While most of Rock's financial tools are designed to be multi-purpose, the concept of pledges is closely tied to the nonprofit world of donations. Pledges allow your members and guests to commit to an amount that they will be giving over a stated period of time.

Pledges predict the level of donations you can expect in a given timeframe. Some organizations use them to plan for their yearly budgets. Others use them to track what has been committed to a specific building or capital campaign. Either way, Rock can help you easily track these commitments.

Manage Pledges

Pledges are frequently given via paper commitment cards. When this occurs, someone within the organization will need to hand-enter the pledges into the system. This can be done under Finance > Pledges. From this screen you'll see a list of all pledges currently in the system. You can use the grid filters to help limit which pledges are shown.

To see the 'Total Results' of pledges, edit the block settings and toggle Show Account Summary to 'Yes'

Ready for the Spotlight
The Pledge List block has several block settings to show/hide columns and filter settings. This makes it a powerful block for your external website.

From this pledge list page, you can update or add new pledges. The figure below shows this screen with the various options available.

Pledges Self-Entry

When possible, it's a great idea for members to enter their own pledges online. This not only allows you to reduce the amount of data entry, it also allows them to create a recurring giving profile to match their pledge. The sample external website that comes with Rock already has a pledge entry screen configured for you to use. You can find this page under Give > Pledge.

This pledge block on the external site has several block settings to make it very flexible for you to use.

More On Block Settings
Be sure to read Websites guide for more information on changing block settings.  

Once a person enters their pledge on-line you can still view and manage it using the same pages as described in the Managing Pledges section above.

Pledge Frequency

In several of the screens above, we mention picking pledge frequencies for determining how often someone will be giving towards their pledge. Rock comes pre-configured with several frequency values, but you can add to or edit them under Admin Tools > Settings > Defined Types > Recurring Transaction Frequency.

Pledge Analytics

Being able to track the status of pledges and report on pledge progress is critical for most capital campaigns. The pledge analytics block (Finance > Pledge Analytics) helps to answer these questions. Let's see what it's capable of.