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The 7 Most Pressing Issues Facing Pastors Today
Why should you care about all the issues facing other pastors? You've already got enough on your plate. Sure, you may be experiencing a little bit of pastor burnout. But who isn't? As for church attendance... you take those with a grain of salt. How do y...
Getting Your Church to Come Back in 2023
The past three years have been exceptional, forcing church leaders to adapt to a rapidly changing ministry landscape. Many face a decline in church attendance, as prior means of worship and community building have been overturned by the pandemic and other...
The Key To Church Text Message Success: Opt-In
Are you tired of sending mass texts to your church members and getting more crickets than replies? Do you feel like you're sending messages into a black hole, never to be seen or heard from again? Your text messaging problems are like trying to find a ne...
The Best Church Texting Service?
You don't need me to tell you how powerful and necessary texting is for the modern church. This is why you're wanting to step up your game and find the best texting software to reach your congregation. This guide will show you how messaging services work...
How Can Churches Use AI Technology?
The next big innovation in artificial intelligence has just been released. But unless you spend a lot of time on social media, you may not have heard about it. ChatGPT › is a neural network learning model that's been trained to generate nearly any type...
Excel Templates for Churches
Excel and churches seem like a match made in heaven - after all, what's more divine than a perfectly organized spreadsheet? ...okay, lots of things. But they're still pretty great! But just because you can find templates for things like church directorie...
ACH For Churches: What You Need To Know
Credit cards and digital wallet payments like cash app are convenient for church donations... but they come at a cost. That cost comes in the form of transaction fees, processing fees, and other hidden fees that are frequently added by financial instituti...
Switching to ChurchTrac Online Giving
Switching to another online giving platform isn't hard. What's hard is getting your donors to make that switch! This is why I see churches settling for church-giving software that's overpriced, hard to use, and missing important features (like recurring ...
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Church Admins
The new year is a chance to evaluate habits and consider new ones. We know you're already a Church Admin rockstar! However, the 7 habits below, gathered through the collective wisdom of the many church admins I've spoken with, can provide a little extra i...