ChMS Questions Small Churches Ask
Having pastored in a rural church of less than 100 for the past eight years, I have a pretty good sense of the struggles of small churches. I have also learned a lot about the tools available to small churches during that time. One of the more complicated tools that is available to churches today is a church management system. These vary greatly in terms of price and feature set, but the ultimate purpose is pretty much the...
Encouraging Summer Giving
Guest post by Reagan Lynn Summer is here! Vacations, missions trips, vacation Bible schools and summer camps are just a few of the popular summer activities that will fill schedules during these months. While vacation Bible schools often draw large numbers, overall attendance and giving during the summer generally declines. How can we come alongside our members to help them remain faithful in their generosity during this season? Come...
From Visitor to Member: Part 2
Last week, we took started looking at using your church management system to move people from visitor to member. Your ChMS is a great tool for doing this when used in conjunction with your programs and services. Let’s take a look at a few more ways you can use your ChMS for this purpose. Engage with content While sharing access to your content is important, creating and properly delivering content that can be engaged with is equally...
Creating a Virtual Newsletter through Email
If you create a newsletter for your church each week, you are not alone. Providing updates on upcoming events, prayer requests and other church information can be beneficial to those attending your services, but in the digital world of ministry it may be time to take this a step further. Let’s go over how to create a virtual newsletter for better visibility and interaction. Repurpose Your Content We live in a busy world where...
From Visitor to Member: How a ChMS Helps You Move Them – Part One
In Luke 5, Jesus was being crowded by the people as he was teaching. He stepped into the boat of Simon Peter and asked him to set out just a little from shore. Jesus used Peter’s boat as a tool to teach the people. He also used it as a tool to move Peter from casual bystander to personally involved. Today, we have a multitude of tools available to us at a moment’s notice. These tools help us teach the people, but they...
Twitter 101: What Your Ministry Should Know
In previous posts, we’ve discussed social media and how ministries can engage with their congregation and even grow their church membership, especially through Facebook. Twitter is my favorite social media channel because I prefer the quick take nature of the network. If you follow all the online sites you frequently visit, you’ve essentially created a curated internet experience without opening a browser. However, for ministries a...
