It wouldn’t feel like a Friday — even if it’s late — if I didn’t assemble a ChurchMag Church Tech Snack Pack!
Enough is enough. You probably have stuff to do.
Let’s jump into the mix:
The #1 Resource for Church Technology Creativity & New Thinking
by Eric Dye
It wouldn’t feel like a Friday — even if it’s late — if I didn’t assemble a ChurchMag Church Tech Snack Pack!
Enough is enough. You probably have stuff to do.
Let’s jump into the mix:
by Eric Dye
There are many reasons why your church, ministry, or nonprofit organization needs mobile giving.
The statistics and behaviors surrounding mobile and e-giving have evolved quickly with high adoption rates and more familiarity with the platform. Fears and concerns from only a few years ago have been erased as we simply have to look at the raw data to realize that we are using mobile devices and e-commerce far more than using cash and writing checks.
[Read more…] about The Real Reason Your Church Needs Mobile Giving
This article is part of a series that came straight from The Social Christian ebook which you can get now at ChurchMagPress. along with the PowerPoint slides and audio presentations Phil actually used.
The business of social media is still a bit undefined. Social media platforms are being valued at billions of dollars, but their worth is transitory and unconnected to reality. Yahoo, though not a social media platform in the current sense, was a predecessor to some of the platforms you see today. Years ago, Yahoo was king of the heap and had a theoretical price tag of $125 billion, only to watch it all fade away. Recently, Verizon agreed to buy Yahoo for over $4 billion. That’s a 96% loss of value. What we can take from this is the ephemeral and fickle nature of online properties and platforms. Let’s not kid ourselves: the social media landscape we see today will be different in a decade. Facebook looks stable, but Twitter is beginning to sway—RIP Vine—and Google Plus has all but toppled over. Nothing in social media is assured as everything about social media, including the technology and business behind it, is rapidly changing.
[Read more…] about The Social Christian: It’s About Business
by Eric Dye
We’ve found that it is hard to compare church software. The pricing can be hidden. And the features can seem more like comparing apples to watermelons rather than apples to apples.
ChurchMag is looking to change that by surveying both church software companies and the customers that use them. If you represent a church that uses church software, please take a moment to complete this quick and easy survey.
We’re gathering data on full-service church management software solutions as well as more niche solutions for planning, accounting, online giving, communications, events, community, learning, and more.
Your answers will help us make a list that makes comparing church software much, much easier! Thanks for participating!
Note: If your church uses multiple church software products, please complete one survey for each product. If you are a software company representative, please fill-out our Church Software Company Survey.
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Please share this with other churches. The more data we can collect, the more we will all benefit. Thank you!
by Eric Dye
If you are running an antivirus program, you don’t need to worry about viruses and malware, right?
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Right?
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[Read more…] about How Do Viruses and Malware Affect Your Computer? [Video]
Should pastors use the Internet any differently?
What should they be thinking about?
Does it even matter?
Phil brings up the topic and Jeremy and Eric jump in as we talk about pastors and technology — but more specifically — pastors using the Internet.
[Read more…] about Pastors Using the Internet [Podcast #174]