Growth and engagement are both goals for most parishes. However, you can’t build either without connecting with your parishioners. And you can’t connect with your… Read More »Conduct a Parish Census with PDS Church Office
Many moons ago, we published a blog on the Worst Pastor Appreciation Gifts you could give. I think this should be an annual blog to… Read More »Worst Pastor Appreciation Gifts to Give in 2022
Did you know 85% of Americans go online every day? 31% of Americans would say they are constantly online – and this number is even… Read More »The Power of Targeted Digital Communications
Implementing data analytics takes too many resources “I’m tired…and my knee hurts.” “Which knee?” “(confused pause)…my elbow hurts…” – Conversation between Russell and Carl as… Read More »7 Deadly Myths of Data Analytics in the Church Part 8
Choosing the best way to communicate with your community is vital. Did you know the average American receives over 600 emails a week? Yet, less… Read More »The Power of Targeted Mail Campaigns
Understanding the people you’re ministering to is critical when sharing the Gospel. Few know this better than Jim Goddard. Jim spent several years as a… Read More »Consultant Shares Importance of Using Demographics
Using data analytics is an invasion of privacy As we near the end of our series on myths and misperceptions about using data analytics in… Read More »7 Deadly Myths of Data Analytics in the Church Part 7
Using data analytics depersonalizes people “Numbers are boring. People are interesting.” – Hans Rosling The next (mis)perception to tackle in our series is that using… Read More »7 Deadly Myths of Data Analytics in the Church Part 6
Using data removes God from the equation “There are three kinds of lies: lies, da[r]ned lies, and statistics.” Quote made popular by Mark Twain As… Read More »7 Deadly Myths of Data Analytics in the Church Part 5
In my last article, we discussed how many families today feel as if they have little time available despite declining working and home upkeep hours. … Read More »How To Reach Young Parents with Kids – Part 2
No one ever really uses the analyses anyway… “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one’s there to hear it, does it actually… Read More »7 Deadly Myths of Data Analytics in the Church Part 4
Data Analytics is just about cold, hard numbers Next in this series about common misconceptions regarding data analytics in the church, one of the most… Read More »7 Deadly Myths of Data Analytics in the Church Part 3
