Actually, I'm more concerned about some database information (personal
information of parishiners - not financial in nature though) that for
convenience sake is a prime candidate for access via the Internet. 
However, I want to alleviate the parishiner's fears of identity theft (or
whatever) by providing a secure connection to the database.

I don't anticipate receiving any actual funds any time soon.  The PayPal
route might be viable.  I'll talk to our treasurer.

Thanks,

Jon Moss

> Jon Moss wrote:
>
>> Another thing I've been mulling around . . .
>>
>> Since this will be the church's web server, and we could potentially be
>> accepting donations, tithes or other similar financial transactions, I
>> probably need to get an SSL certificate.
>>
>> Anybody have any recommendations?
>>
>> Please keep in mind that I'd be paying for it, since the church doesn't
>> have an IT budget. (I am the IT budget for the church).
>
> What do you need to encrypt via SSL...credit card info?  Are you also
> going to get setup to do credit-card processing?
>
> You could start out simply side-stepping the entire issue by accepting
> payments via PayPal (or similar) and providing a real-world address for
> donation by check, etc.
>
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> Charles Steinkuehler
> charles@steinkuehler.net
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Thanks very much,

Jon Moss
jon.moss@cnonline.net