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  • Congregational Patterns are the Key for ERP

    Congregational Patterns are the Key for ERP

    Churches and middle governing bodies need to think of technology in the context of  “Enterprise Resource Planning” or better known as ERP. Once cost prohibitive for most churches and even some governing bodies, the technology landscape today is prime. With the advent of cloud-based technology, along with the emerging tools of the fourth industrial revolution,…

  • THE e-CHURCH MODEL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: A call for re-discipleship

    The church is a community of the Spirit giving witness of the Trinity to an alternative and hopeful future of a community of disciples. We must realize we live in the midst of profound social and cultural change driven by the fourth industrial revolution of digital technology and globalization. Churches of all types and denominations…

  • Does your church have a distance problem?

    Physical distance is as much an issue for churches as it is for business. Think of “Extended Reality” (XR) and the role it could have in your church, your missional activities and creating discipleship. If you think about all the ways, we connect with our congregations, and when you look at the core, it is…

  • Data is the new “Oil.​”

    This is a continuation from last week. IT has changed the world more so in the last five years that the previous twenty-five. We live in a world of an always-on, always-connected and that means the old communication models, the early church planting models, the church discipleship models are being disrupted daily. Congregations are expecting…

  • Is your church subject to GDPR and you don’t know it?

    Many churches in the United States and dioceses are subject to the “General Data Protection Regulation” better known as GDPR if they meet specific criteria. The first question to ask is: “Does our congregation have members who are citizens or residents of any country in the European Union (EU)? The members can be short-timers, maybe they…

  • Has your Church been NIST’d?​

    Here is a framework that all churches and religious organizations can work with to better understand and prepare themselves for cyber attacks and protecting their data. The guidance encourages organizations such as churches to secure data from a privacy perspective and maintain security from a cyber perspective. This is called the NIST framework. NIST is…

  • Churches live in a world of continuous compromise

    “All organizations should now assume that they are in a state of continuous compromise.” — GartnerGroup 2016 “Error, indeed is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected.” – St. Irenaeus What does a statement like the two above mean to your church and the various diocese,…

  • Churches, do you know the company your data is keeping?

    “You either know you have been hacked or you don’t know you have been hacked. In either case, you have been hacked.”

  • The art of reinventing your missional plan

    Just because you have a missional strategy and plan does not necessarily mean it will be sufficient to get you to where you will be in three years especially in light of the evolving and changing world of technology and privacy.  Look at your policies from three years ago primarily in technology. Did you have…

  • Is your Operating Model going to change in a New World of Privacy?

    Your Church – What Differentiates It? As the world is changing, and all you have to do is look to our sister churches, organizations and not for profits in the EU to see what is eventually coming to the US. Will your Church be an “e-privacy and Compliance Integrator”?  If you are planning on “surviving”…