church tech

How do you go from "I will not do this" to "I will work here"?



Zach was at an event for Elevation in one moment and in the next, he ended up working there and attending. He is now serving the church with Skylark Integration.



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 3:35: Toby's trip to Elevation church 
• 6:00 Zach Kimrey joins us
• 16:30 Working at Elevation Church 
• 21:30 Hard conversations and saying “No” 
• 32:30 Producing Elevation Sunday Services 
• 35:30 Audio Competition: Zach vs. Blake
• 43:30 Tech Takeaway on self induced burnout

Plugs: Hangout with him on Instagram!



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Blessing Mpofu has a conversation with Jono Hesp, who has extensive experience working data, church management and other database solutions. They talk about how to move from no data to understanding your church’s trends.

You Might Also Find This Useful

• Why You Should Use A Church Management System
• The Case for Church Management Software: Membership 
• Complexity – What You Should Know About Church Tech
• The Art of Making Church Admin Disappear

Let’s Talk About It

What is your church currently doing around the area of data and Church Management Systems? Thoughts on anything you heard in this episode?

Whatever it is, let us know — @ChurchMag using #cmagcast on Twitter — or contact us here and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

Yes, we know, we know. Apple's WWDC 2021 happened a while ago. But guess what? Somewhere in the mine conversation post that event there were some gems we just had to share. In this episode Blessing Mpofu and Chris Wilson unpack  two big themes––privacy and sharing, that came out of the event.

How do they impact evangelism and discipleship? They also contextualise them for churches and organisations, as they explore what they could mean for media, content creation and communication.

Mentioned In The Episode

• WWDC 2021
• The Alpha Course
• Church Online Platform
• The Marriage Courses
• YouVersion For Churches / Events
• The ChurchMag Covid Survey [Results]

Let's Talk About It

Have you noticed any changes in how your congregation or people your organization serves when it comes to privacy? What do you think about the idea of sharing and privacy? Any other thoughts?

Whatever it is, let us know — @ChurchMag using #cmagcast on Twitter — or contact us here and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

In this ChurchMag Podcast episode Blessing Mpofu has a conversation with Chris Wilson about creating helpful how-to-guides and documentation. This insightful conversation has many principles and ideas that can be used in church and organizational life. Oh! we've also got the-yet-to-be-named segment with two noteworthy items.

Mentioned In This Episode

• Document It: Why We Must Document
• Document It: Best Documenting Practices
• Document It: Debunking Myths of Documenting
• Document It: How To Document
• Book: Anything You Want by Derek Sivers Amazon | Apple Books 
• How To Make A Linktree Replacement In WordPress
• Loom––Record quick videos of your screen and cam

Noteworthy

• The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill hosted by Mike Cosper
• Saved By The City hosted by Roxanne Stone and Katelyn Beaty

Let's Talk About It

Do you have any system for creating useful guides and documentation? How do you and your team / church / organization currently manage this? What are some of your most notable take aways from this episode?

Whatever it is, let us know — @ChurchMag using #cmagcast on Twitter — or contact us here and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

Chris Wilson and Blessing Mpofu are back in the episode, talking about collaboration platforms and solutions. They talk about ones they've used or are using––what they've liked or not liked about them.

Don't think that that it's all about the platforms or tools. Gems of wisdom on teamwork, communication and productivity abound and are there for the taking. Level up your collaboration, productivity and teamwork.

Mentioned In The Episode

• Miro
• Google Docs
• Evernote
• Notion
• Jesse Gruber
• Asana
• Basecamp
• Slack
• ‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport [Review]
  • Get Deep Work Book on Amazon | Apple Books | IndieBound
  • Get Digital Minimalism on Amazon | Apple Books | IndieBound
  • Get A World Without Email  on Amazon | Apple Books | IndieBound
• Microsoft Teams
• P2

Noteworthy From Episode

• Notion Review
• Bible Tracking Reading Tracking Using Notion
• Tracking Your Sermons With Notion
• How To Prepare A Sermon Using Notion
• Notion Backlinks For Better Digital Bible Notes
• Evernote on ChurchMag

Let’s Talk About It

What collaboration platforms or solutions do you use? Anything to add to the conversation? Would love to know what you think.

Whatever it is, let us know — @ChurchMag using #cmagcast on Twitter — or contact us here and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

The State of Social In Social

With social media as ubiquitous as it is, talking about it, though sometimes exhausting, is still worthwhile. In this episode Blessing Mpofu and Chris Wilson have the first of two conversations, about making social (media) more social. We also debut the first of a new segment, where we highlight something noteworthy.

Noteworthy:

• Check out Mary DeMuth's website here and her podcast, "Pray Every Day" here.
• See Mental Health Church Plan: Awareness to Action, is the blog post mentioned and check out ChurchAndMentalHealth.com here

Let's talk:

How would you describe the state of social media at the moment? What did you think of the noteworthy resources?

Let us know — @ChurchMag using #cmagcast — contact us here or by email at podcast@churchm.ag — and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

After an unusually long ChurchMag Podcast hiatus Blessing does an editor's drop to say hello and shed a little light on the impact of 2020. He says what's been happening and announces a little of what's happening with the ChurchMag Podcast and maybe not enough of what's coming but give it a listen anyway.

What would you like us to cover. Let us know on Twitter — @ChurchMag using #cmagcast — contact us here or by email at podcast@churchm.ag

Does one size really fit all?

Is it a good idea to use a "Swiss Army knife" tech solution?

The answer may surprise you -- but probably not. ;)

What are some of your favorite all-in-one solutions? Why do you like or dislike all-in-one solutions? Tell us on Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

Does one size really fit all?

Is it a good idea to use a "Swiss Army knife" tech solution?

The answer may surprise you -- but probably not. ;)

What are some of your favorite all-in-one solutions? Why do you like or dislike all-in-one solutions? Tell us on Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

The website is finished.

The Facebook page has been set up.

You've been running the soundboard for years.

Now what? How do you find inspiration? What do you do next? How do you move forward?

Tell us on Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

Now, let's talk about it!

The website is finished.

The Facebook page has been set up.

You've been running the soundboard for years.

Now what? How do you find inspiration? What do you do next? How do you move forward?

Tell us on Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

Now, let's talk about it!

This week on the podcast we talk with DJ Soto, a VR Church Planter that leads VR Church.

Believing that faith is renewed as people engage with the good news of God’s love on new technology platforms, D.J. Soto began preaching in the world of virtual reality in 2016. He is now the lead pastor of Virtual Reality Church, a church that is intended to be radically inclusive and consistent with Christianity’s long history of adapting to new forms of media. VR Church is the first church to exist entirely in virtual reality.

What do you think about VR church? Tell us on Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

This week on the podcast we talk with DJ Soto, a VR Church Planter that leads VR Church.

Believing that faith is renewed as people engage with the good news of God’s love on new technology platforms, D.J. Soto began preaching in the world of virtual reality in 2016. He is now the lead pastor of Virtual Reality Church, a church that is intended to be radically inclusive and consistent with Christianity’s long history of adapting to new forms of media. VR Church is the first church to exist entirely in virtual reality.

What do you think about VR church? Tell us on Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

If you're not running regular backups and running an antivirus -- than you are doing wrong.

This week we talk on the podcast about the importance of having these on your church and ministry computers. Not something that requires a lot of attention, but can run without the user really taking notice. An automated system is certainly the way to go.

Here are a few services we mentioned on the podcast: Dropbox, Backblaze, and Bitdefender.

Tell us some of your favorite backup and antivirus apps and services via Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

If you're not running regular backups and running an antivirus -- than you are doing wrong.

This week we talk on the podcast about the importance of having these on your church and ministry computers. Not something that requires a lot of attention, but can run without the user really taking notice. An automated system is certainly the way to go.

Here are a few services we mentioned on the podcast: Dropbox, Backblaze, and Bitdefender.

Tell us some of your favorite backup and antivirus apps and services via Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

There are many services -- from web hosting to membership management CMS' -- that refer to themselves as, "Christian."

But what does that mean?

A business can't be a Christian -- and does that kind of label even matter when approaching technology?

We dive into this with both feet as we survey the church tech world and the "Christian" services that are marketed as such.

Share your thoughts on "Christian" services or ask any questions you may have via Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast, by email at podcast@churchm.ag, or say something here and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

How are you doing with adopting new technology?

The struggle is real -- we know -- since the very nature of technology is changing and moving forward. So how do you manage that tension?

This podcast isn't geared for the church board member who is always dragging their feet, but more towards those of us that get a little over-excited about new technology.

Share your thoughts on adopting new technology or ask any questions you may have via Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast, by email at podcast@churchm.ag, or say something here and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

Is your church, ministry, or nonprofit organization meeting tech-pectations?

What kind of tech is being leveraged and how? What can followers, donors, and potential followers expect?

Never in the history of the world have we had such a large technology gap between generations. Technology is growing faster than ever before and how we use it, view it, and engage with it is critically relevant.

Share your thoughts or ask any questions you may have via Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast, by email at podcast@churchm.ag, or say something here and we'll share it on an upcoming episode.

Where do you find inspiration?

Creating content online -- blog posts, newsletters, social media and more -- can have moments of "running dry" on ideas.

So where do you find your inspiration? Have you figured out creative ways to reuse previous content?

We talk about this -- and more!

Be sure to share with us where you find your inspiration and if you've ever had a hard time creating content.

Message us via Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast, by email at podcast@churchm.ag, or say something here and we'll share your thoughts or answer your questions on an upcoming episode.

Where do you find inspiration?

Creating content online -- blog posts, newsletters, social media and more -- can have moments of "running dry" on ideas.

So where do you find your inspiration? Have you figured out creative ways to reuse previous content?

We talk about this -- and more!

Be sure to share with us where you find your inspiration and if you've ever had a hard time creating content.

Message us via Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast, by email at podcast@churchm.ag, or say something here and we'll share your thoughts or answer your questions on an upcoming episode.