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Dave Bair on how Northland utilized CCB to achieve maximum results: Part 1

December 27, 2011 in ChMS, communications, community, leadership, metrics, ministry, spiritual formation, technology, volunteers with 2 Comments

Today I want to highlight how one church with a focused approach utilized Church Community Builder to achieve maximum results.

In January 2011, Northland Church launched a Stewardship project in conjunction with Dave Ramsey’s Momentum and Financial Peace University (FPU). In April 2010, a full eight months before the launch, Northland Church invested in a new technology solution, Church Community Builder (CCB). This investment was very intentional as this new software tool was aligned with their strategy and mission as a church. This FPU project, and the CCB Implementation had three major aspects: Leadership Alignment, Process Development and Tactical Launch. I’d like to focus on the first two aspects in today’s post.

Leadership Alignment is the critical first step in a project of this magnitude. That alignment must include conversations about… Continue Reading…

Church Technology 101: The purpose of your ChMS

September 22, 2011 in ChMS, community, leadership, ministry, technology with 0 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to guest post for my friends Bryan and Shannon Miles who own a company called Miles Advisory Group. They asked me to record a quick video answering the question: What is a ChMS?

It made me think about how many times I’ve been asked that question. It usually isn’t a direct question. It comes hidden within questions like:

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Church Community Matters – Proximity

June 21, 2011 in community, leadership, ministry with 0 Comments

It’s always interesting to observe urban neighborhoods undergoing revitalization efforts. One thing that always catches my eye is that few of these “new and improved” homes have the wrap around front porches that many of the older homes do. Those porches represent a time when regular, neighborly interaction was expected.

Today many live in suburban neighborhoods, void of any knowledge of the people who live around them. I know people who have lived in the same home for years and don’t even know the names of the people next door. Continue Reading…

Church Community Matters – Relational Intimacy

June 18, 2011 in community, leadership, ministry with 7 Comments

Relationships are the currency of any community. The degree to which we feel connected is in direct relationship to the level of disclosure we share with others. The greater the level of disclosure, the closer and more connected we feel about another person.

Community is built on trust and intimacy (or connectedness) born out of shared experiences and openness about ones feelings, thoughts, and ideas. The intimacy part only comes when we are willing to be real and vulnerable. We have to be willing to share our warts along with our dreams, our aspirations along with our strengths. Continue Reading…

Church Community Matters – Why?

June 14, 2011 in community, leadership, ministry with 7 Comments

I recently finished reading The Next Christians by Gabe Lyons. It’s one of those books that moves you in multiple directions. For me, the book gave me a vocabulary for some of the very same observations I’m making about life and what it means to be a Christ-follower today. It’s also representative of a changing environment where our assumptions can’t stay the same if we are going to expect to continue to engage with the world around us.

Things like denominational imperialism or Christian ghettos designed to predict, prompt, and protect from the “evil outside world” simply aren’t attractive or even consistent with what the next Christians desire, are passionate about, or even dream to become. That’s a completely new paradigm. Continue Reading…

Guest Post: What makes CCB different

June 7, 2011 in ChMS, community, leadership, ministry, technology with 8 Comments

Sean Buchanan

(Note: This is a guest post from Sean Buchanan, a key member of our sales team. He recently shared with me some observations he’s been thinking through in light of the seismic changes taking place within the church software marketplace and what impact it should have or not have on CCB.)

Two things made me want to be part of CCB. One, the culture of the organization was about merging two worlds I’m deeply passionate about: technology and ministry. Two, the approach to software was not about making churches reformat their process to fit our solution but making our solution flexible enough to accelerate how churches were already doing ministry.

I’m proud to be part of CCB, proud of who we are and what we are becoming. But I have to admit that the recent changes in the marketplace have certainly given reason for thoughtful reflection. It is not unusual to see mergers and acquisitions take place coming out of a recession. That’s expected. What’s unusual though is the amount of that kind of activity taking place in our niche, church software. Continue Reading…

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