Management (ChMS)

Every church needs a tool for tracking its finances.  There are many accounting software packages to choose from and a subset of those are specifically geared towards churches or nonprofit organizations.  This review highlights the functionality of ShelbyNext Financials, part of the Ministry Brands family of products.  Churches can leverage the integration between FellowshipOne or Elexio and ShelbyNext Financials for a complete ChMS and accounting suite.

Natural disasters happen. Being prepared for disasters requires proactive leadership from the pastor and church leadership. Here are five crucial tips your church can take to maximize effectiveness and minimize problems before, during, and after an emergency situation.

Elexio Community Church Management Software is one branch of the Elexio suite of products. They also provide accounting software (via Shelby Systems), websites, online giving, a church app, and live streaming services.

It's not clear why church leaders consider the word 'business' negative when discussing operational, financial, or staff decisions. In reality, churches have staff, payroll, expenses, communication campaigns, and even loans for buildings. Sounds a lot like a 'church business.'

When it comes to church management software (ChMS), church leaders have a wide variety of options available. If you're in the market for a new ChMS tool, one of the tools you've likely heard of is FellowshipOne. In this review, I'd like to provide you with a brief history of the company along with an overview of its features.

As a church leader, you know that each person in your worship services or small groups is valuable. You hope that each person will want to grow spiritually as a part of your church family. But you realize that people come and go. Every church will have losses. People move away or graduate to heaven. And it’s inevitable that some folks will leave the church despite its best efforts to help them belong. Sometimes God wants to replant them somewhere else. Sometimes it’s a matter of “fit.”

Fairly soon in the life of any congregation, it becomes obvious that spreadsheets aren’t sufficient for keeping track of who completed the new member class, whether anyone followed up with last week’s visitors, or who’s signed up to serve this week. That’s where a church management system (ChMS) comes into play. There’s a wide variety of systems to choose from; each with its own specialties and functions. In this review of Planning Center, my goal is to introduce you to it’s features and offer a few suggestions as you decide whether this could be the best ChMS fit for your church.

Church Base, a leader in custom church software, recently released a completely free full-featured new church management software (ChMS), Church Base Community, to complete the “three pillars of church management; engagement, financial, and community...”, as Church Base’ mission states.