Financial Management

Ecclesia provides a unified payment system for recording all financial transactions within a parish.

Payment Model

All payments flow through the unified Payment model, which supports multiple purposes and methods.

Payment Purposes

Payment Methods

Recording Payments

Standard Payment

// Record an offering
await createPayment({
  amount: 5000,
  purpose: "OFFERING",
  month: 1, // January
  paymentMethod: "CASH",
  payerName: "John Doe",
  organizationId: session.user.organizationId,
});

Payment on Behalf

Record a payment made by someone on behalf of another person:

await createPayment({
  amount: 10000,
  purpose: "TITHE",
  paymentMethod: "BANK_TRANSFER",
  payerName: "Jane Smith",
  onBehalfOf: "Mary Johnson",
  organizationId: session.user.organizationId,
});

Mass Intention Payment

Link a payment to a mass intention:

await createPayment({
  amount: 2000,
  purpose: "MASS_INTENTION",
  massIntentionId: "intention-uuid",
  paymentMethod: "CASH",
  payerName: "Peter Brown",
  organizationId: session.user.organizationId,
});

Receipt Generation

Every payment automatically receives a unique receipt number. Receipts can be:

• Viewed on the payment detail page
• Downloaded as PDF
• Printed directly

Donation Campaigns

Create targeted fundraising campaigns with:

• Target amount and deadline
• Progress tracking
• Public contribution pages
• Per-campaign donation recording

Custom Payment Types

Organizations can define custom payment types beyond the built-in purposes. These are managed through the PaymentType model and are organization-scoped.

Access Control