EMV Cards: What Churches Need to Know
As a means to limit credit card fraud, United States credit card issuers have begun to the use of chip cards or EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa), which is the type of credit cards that are already being used in almost every other country across the globe. While US credit card issuers have been using the common magnetic strip on the back of the card, which contains unchanging data, the EMV cards are used for transactions via a...
Church Tech in 2025
Back to the Future II was a watershed film for technology predictions. While it had some hits and misses, it still was a valuable exercise in thinking about what’s possible. Where will technology be in another 10 years? And more interestingly, where will church technology be? Well, ladies and gentlemen, you can stop wondering and see what we saw when we drove our Delorian straight…to…the future (2025, to be exact). Technology...
Can Small Churches Rock Tech?
Recently, we have been taking a look at questions small churches ask about various technologies. Many of these posts have been geared toward the low-tech churches, but does small really mean low-tech? Not necessarily. While smaller churches often struggle to stay up on the different technologies because of both budget and personnel, this isn’t always the case. There are definitely some churches out there leading the way in terms...
Questions Small Churches Ask About Social Media
Social media has exploded in the last few years. While it is a very powerful tool for reaching and building your community, it can also be incredibly taxing on your time. Small churches generally have fewer staff members, volunteers and resources (such as a church management system) to help with this workload. Below are some questions small churches ask and answers that will, hopefully, help ease that burden. What networks should we...
Questions Small Churches Ask About Websites
Continuing our look at questions small churches ask, this week we are taking a look at websites. Despite rapid advancements in website technology and design in recent years, the Internet is full of poorly built websites that are in desperate need of an upgrade. Sadly, many of those websites belong to churches. Let’s take a look below at some questions that small churches regularly ask about websites (and maybe make the Internet...
Online Giving Questions Small Churches Ask
Recently, we took a look at questions small churches ask about Church Management Systems. The small church world comes with a variety of challenges and struggles not seen in larger churches, so we wanted to take a look at some questions those churches ask about a variety of tech solutions. This week, let’s take a look at some online giving questions. Do I really need it? The short answer, “yes.” The more nuanced...
