5 Cool Church Tools
It is nice living in an age with innovative, cool tools being created every week. In case you have missed them, here are 5 new church tools that you should know about.
- ChurchMetrics
Just released from beta testing, this new free web-based application helps you keep tabs on attendance, giving, salvations, and baptisms at your church. - Donor Tools
Donor Tools is simple, inexpensive, and online donor management software for non-profits. - Jarbyco
Jarbyco is a customizable mobile application built around text messaging that lets your church (1) quiz, poll, and survey the congregation, (2) message people, (3) create audience interaction, (4) leverage your website, and even more. - Unifyer
Unifyer is a web-based application that unites online communication, online networking, and dynamic media content for your church community. In other words, it is like having a custom social network for your church. - AspireOne Media Player
Granger Community Church (Granger, IN) and AspireOne teamed up to offer a very innovate church website media player.
What are some new cool church tools that you would add to the list?
josh Said,
November 3, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
Is there anything that allows me to track people, attendance, addresses, and generate lists of who is missing, who is new, and things like this?
Kent Shaffer Said,
November 3, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
@Josh
I recommend Fellowship One church management software.
See: http://www.fellowshiptech.com
Dan Lacher Said,
November 3, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
I will have to give Jarbyco a look, we have been looking at methods of being able to:
* txt “hello” to “12345″ if you are here today… and then tie that into fellowshipone… (for the fellowship one guys listening in)
* txt in prayer requests
* txt out prayer request to our prayer team
Alonso Said,
November 3, 2008 @ 10:42 pm
Planning Center ha ayudado mucho en mi iglesia… es gratis…
http://www.planningcenteronline.com/
Curtis Harris Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 7:05 am
@Dan Lacher - interesting idea and a good test project for our new restful API we are working on. Ideally this would feed into our contact system?
-”Fellowship One guy listening”
Ryan Heneise Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Thanks for the link to Donor Tools!
If you’d like to take it for a spin, go to https://demo.donortools.com/admin, and use the username “demo” and password “demo”.
Ryan Heneise Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 2:21 pm
Another notable project is Church Director, a project by a friend of mine: http://www.churchdirector.com/
Rob Overton Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 8:43 pm
If you are really interested in finding out who is missing from groups and want to have a good method of followup, then ConnectionPower would be a good choice. They can be found at http://www.connectionpower.com
Scott in Vegas Said,
November 5, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
thanks - good stuff - posted it at http://www.newchurchreport.com - along with a bunch of other helpful stuff
Colin Rowley Said,
November 6, 2008 @ 9:19 am
Wow.. see two important SaaS apps missing from this list…
1. SermonPlayer.com (FREE online media player for churches). To see it in action, go to http://www.bethelipc.org/sermons. Not only can you stream audio/video/pdf, but it also allows download/podcasting. It also has it’s own Bible (3+ versions available) and embeddable audio/video mini players for those occasions you don’t want to display the entire player in once place on the site. Stats rock too!!!
2. ChurchCommunityBuilder.com - While FellowshipOne is a nice app, I’ve found CCB to be better in many ways. First, the UI is fantastic and easy to navigate (imagine Facebook for your members). Embeddable group-specific calendars via javascript is nice, too. Don’t make a decision on a CMS until you’ve truly looked into them.
Kevin Cooley Said,
November 7, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
We just started using CCB (Church Community Builder.) So far so good. REALLY liking it!
Good stuff: Thanks for the post.
KC
Winter Horsley Said,
November 19, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
If you want to track and followup with visitors in your church, and also members within particular church ministries and groups, I would go with ConnectionPower.
They offer a plethora of features, along with web, giving, and a great kiosk check-in system.
They are also very reasonably priced.
http://www.connectionpower.com
Greg Gackle Said,
December 30, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
Wufoo - (wysiwyg) build online forms
http://www.wufoo.com
Basecamp - online project collaboration
http://www.basecamphq.com
Managed over 1000 projects in 2008 with 40 volunteers and over a dozen ministry groups with ease!
Greg Gackle Said,
December 30, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
Wufoo - (wysiwyg) build online forms
http://www.wufoo.com
Basecamp - online project collaboration
http://www.basecamphq.com
Managed over 1000 projects in 2008 with 40 volunteers and over a dozen ministry groups with ease!
blog link fix: http://greggackle.wordpress.com
Volunteer Scheduling Said,
January 20, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
A great collection of tools!! Here is another one for volunteer scheduling:
http://www.ministryschedulerpro.com
It allows scheduling around peoples preferences and availability, which is key. It also has a web-based portion for accessing and updating the scheduling once it has been produced. If you are managing a lot of volunteers it is definitely worth a look.