One of the things I love about Church Community Builder (CCB) is the ability to build and automate "people processes." You know, like assimilation, serving, spiritual growth and development, etc. I did a post on "Workflow" Process Implementation a while back. In the post, I described the use of "workflow tools" to implement processes and procedures. Here at CCV, we're using two different "tools" for implementing … [Read more...]
Another “People Process”
The "How To" When It Comes To Helping People Make The Decision To Be Baptized
Like many other aspects of our ministry at Christ's Church of the Valley, we are very intentional about helping people make the most important decision of their lives, the decision to be baptized. Yes, we have a formal "process" we've developed over time. The Process ... Planning - We plan to conduct monthly baptism services. Why monthly? We've found this to be a frequency that works for us. Of course, we do … [Read more...]
Infrastructure And Church Management Software
Exploring The Importance Of Good Data In Disciple-Making
The longer I'm in ministry leadership, the more I appreciate the value of great Church Management Software (CMS) as a tool for developing strong infrastructure. Our internal timeline for monthly reporting is the completion of the previous month’s KPMs (Key Performance Measures) by the 2nd Wednesday of the month and completion of the Leadership Team Monthly Report by the 2nd Friday of the month. Right after the … [Read more...]
Donor Retention
Measuring Donor Retention Is A Good First Step In Any Donor Development Strategy
I've said (and written) it many times; "If you're not measuring it, you're probably not managing it." Words to live by, don't you think? I first posted on the topic of Donor Development a long time ago with ... Learning So Much About Church Donor Behavior! I was introducing a new tool I had found that makes "measurement" easy. The tool is a giving Capacity Assessor, and the company is MortarStone. We're still … [Read more...]