Does Your Church Need the Cloud? Part 1
Part One: Where the “Revolution” Stands Today There’s a lot of hope in cloud technology. And there’s just as much hype, with no end of businesses promising… Read More »Does Your Church Need the Cloud? Part 1
Part One: Where the “Revolution” Stands Today There’s a lot of hope in cloud technology. And there’s just as much hype, with no end of businesses promising… Read More »Does Your Church Need the Cloud? Part 1
How do you talk about money in your church community? Do you only mention it when you suddenly realize that your annual operating budget is short for the next fiscal year? Or when a big storm makes the need for a capital campaign too strong to ignore? If you only talk about money in your times of need, you are missing a prime opportunity to share with your members the results of their giving.
As children and young adults in the church community, we learned early on that God loves us all so much that He sacrificed His Son… Read More »Wow, What Love!
Increasingly we live alone. For many reasons there is an increase in single-person households in the US, reaching 31% of households in 2021. This reality… Read More »What about Single-Person Households?
Community begins with communication. Reaching people at the right time, the right place and with the right message is a powerful experience. As people become… Read More »7 Ways Your Parish, Diocese Can Benefit with ChMS
Help! What can we do to grow our youth ministry? This is my new blog about using MissionInsite™ for community research and church development. Available… Read More »Help! What Can We Do to Grow Your Youth Ministry?
Based on Strategic Thinking: How to Sustain Effective Ministry (Abingdon Press) Effective organizations (both for-profit and non-profit) are switching from strategic planning to strategic thinking.… Read More »Leveraging Change With MissionInsite
With the New Year, your church has the opportunity to focus on new beginnings and set new resolutions and goals for the future of your… Read More »Your Toolkit for Planning Strategically
Giving is crucial to the survival and growth of any church today. This is often not the easiest subject for a pastor to address to… Read More »How to talk about Stewardship with your Members
The single most important resource for a church is the information it has regarding its members, guests and operations. Key decisions can be made, vision… Read More »What your ChMS Data is Telling You
Are You Watching Technology Trends? I’ve asked around, and it seems that a lot of people receive major reports about new technology trends much like… Read More »An Introduction to OnDemand
For a church ministry to grow and fulfill its mission requires consistent giving from the congregation. Church budgets are full of line items from salaries,… Read More »A Pastor’s Role in Giving