There’s a lot of data we store, process and use in church. We don’t always realise just how much we’re working with. And once we realise this, it can be overwhelming making sense of it so that we can serve our church and community more effectively. In this episode Blessing Mpofu has a conversation with Jono Hesp, who has extensive experience working data, church management systems. They talk about getting started with data management in your church. Moving from not having data or database systems to understanding your church’s trends.
[Read more…] about Getting Started With Data Management [Podcast #329]Tracking Spiritual Growth Or Gut Feel?
I’ve been a youth leader, kids ministry leader, involved in church boards and one of the toughest questions I always loved to face was, is what I am leading helping those that attend to grow closer to Jesus or am I just entertaining them. To boil it down, are they growing spiritually? What’s our approach to tracking spiritual growth?
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Since the dawning of time data has mattered. Knowing which way the herds of buffalo would go each year, when is a good time to plant crops, who has the best score on Motorsport Manager (my favourite iOS game) all point to an undeniable fact, data matters. That aside, why data matters in church life makes for an important conversation.
I’ve personally come to this realisation over some time. My early training in marketing definitely helped! However when I took on running children’s ministry, youth groups, helping with my church’s admin and eventually running a non profit the importance of good and accurate data that helped us to make decisions came to the fore.
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