Credit-card kiosks ease donations at area churches

Some churchgoers are swiping their bank cards at machines that look a bit like ATMs.

Places of worship have provided more options for tithing and offerings in the past decade. Some install links on their websites for worshippers to give online. Some provide options for automatic deductions from checking accounts. Now comes a new twist: Machines rolling into churches - called giving kiosk units.

SecureGive has been selling them since 2007, but sales have taken off only in the past year. Now about 325 churches nationwide use them.