SIM (Serving in Mission)

SIM USA is a Christian organization whose goal is to help churches and missionaries from the USA establish cross-cultural ministries. SIM does this by planting, strengthening and partnering with churches around the world. SIM’s missionaries evangelize, minister to human need, disciple believers into churches and equip churches.

SIM USA was struggling with systems that did not communicate well with each other and customizations that were unsupported or not meeting their needs. They decided to replace their MPower fundraising database and Solomon GL application with Blackbaud's The Raiser’s Edge® and The Financial Edge® to facilitate the previously lacking electronic integration. In order to streamline processes, while reducing their dependence on paper they also elected to implement PaperSave, an imaging system that integrates with both The Raiser’s Edge® and The Financial Edge®.

They turned to JCA to implement and help integrate The Raiser’s Edge®. As part of our work with SIM, we designed the new system and operational processes to align SIM's use of The Raiser's Edge® with their stated strategic goals. We performed the MPower data conversion, building customized programming and conducting user training. We also functioned as the overall project manager, coordinating efforts of the PaperSave team and the implementation specialist for The Financial Edge®. The project culminated with a successful implementation of all three products. All three products were successfully implemented and integrated with each other, allowing SIM staff to easily centralize and access data from all systems.