Comments on: Innovative Church Conference – Day 1 http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/09/22/innovative-church-conference-day-1/ Christianity, Orthodoxy and Technology Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Church Management System Selection » anchorite.org http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/09/22/innovative-church-conference-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Church Management System Selection » anchorite.org Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.anchorite.org/blog/2006/09/22/innovative-church-conference-day-1/#comment-138 [...] At the Innovative Church Conference last week, I met several people who asked about how we decided on using Fellowship One for our church management system. In the summer of 2005 we had a great volunteer intern, Philip Meawad, come in and work with us to research and select a new system that would meet our needs. Here is a writeup he did at the end of the summer. Please note that this research is over one year old and some things may have changed since then. While conducting research for a new church management software solution for St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church of Washington, DC, I was very surprised to learn that there are well over 100 software choices. These range from the simplest systems which do little more than just store information about the church’s members in a Microsoft Access database to very complex systems with powerful reporting and statistical analysis tools, as well as high levels of web integration.For those of you not familiar with St. Mark’s, it is one of the largest Coptic Orthodox churches in the country. The software needs of this church extend well beyond simply tracking member information in an Access database. While I will address the specific needs of our church’s management software later, I understand that many churches don’t have the same needs as we do. Therefore, this analysis will include many of the software systems we found insufficient for our needs, because they may well meet all your church’s needs. [...] [...] At the Innovative Church Conference last week, I met several people who asked about how we decided on using Fellowship One for our church management system. In the summer of 2005 we had a great volunteer intern, Philip Meawad, come in and work with us to research and select a new system that would meet our needs. Here is a writeup he did at the end of the summer. Please note that this research is over one year old and some things may have changed since then. While conducting research for a new church management software solution for St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church of Washington, DC, I was very surprised to learn that there are well over 100 software choices. These range from the simplest systems which do little more than just store information about the church’s members in a Microsoft Access database to very complex systems with powerful reporting and statistical analysis tools, as well as high levels of web integration.For those of you not familiar with St. Mark’s, it is one of the largest Coptic Orthodox churches in the country. The software needs of this church extend well beyond simply tracking member information in an Access database. While I will address the specific needs of our church’s management software later, I understand that many churches don’t have the same needs as we do. Therefore, this analysis will include many of the software systems we found insufficient for our needs, because they may well meet all your church’s needs. [...]

]]> By: Andrew Mitry http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/09/22/innovative-church-conference-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Andrew Mitry Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:22:51 +0000 http://www.anchorite.org/blog/2006/09/22/innovative-church-conference-day-1/#comment-136 Hello Mark, I look forward to reading your book, thanks for sharing how Granger puts together such an amzaing experience. Hello Mark,

I look forward to reading your book, thanks for sharing how Granger puts together such an amzaing experience.

]]> By: mark waltz http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/09/22/innovative-church-conference-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-135 mark waltz Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:18:38 +0000 http://www.anchorite.org/blog/2006/09/22/innovative-church-conference-day-1/#comment-135 Hey, Andrew - Thanks for joining us for the ICC! And thanks for the encouraging prop of the book. Really glad you all experienced that you mattered while at GCC! mark Hey, Andrew –

Thanks for joining us for the ICC! And thanks for the encouraging prop of the book. Really glad you all experienced that you mattered while at GCC!

mark

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