Do you need a Church Management Software?

In short, no.

You NEED God’s Word and strong visionary leader.

You need a core group of people committed to driving the church forward no matter what phase you’re in – launch team, elders, core staff.

You need to be committed to prayer.

You don’t need a church management software.

But a good church management software will help you in several areas.

• Organize volunteers and schedules.
• Integrate with your web site and/or other external calendars. Data entry takes place once and with one click, the information appears in multiple locations.
• Track financial giving and offer online giving options.
• Event registration and check-in.
• Nursery/children’s check-in with the option to print security labels.
• Group management options that allow you to move communications into the hands of small group leaders.
• Input attendance on large gatherings (Sunday morning worship service) to track growth metrics.
• Church-wide and group-specific messaging.
• Keep all church-data in one single, secure location.
• Track visitors and guests as they assimilate into the life and culture of your church.
• Track attendance to know when to follow up with people who haven’t been at church for awhile.
• Keep Pastoral or staff notes in a custom notes field.
• Set reminders to follow up with individuals  or assign follow ups to other key staff members or volunteers.
• Keep track of prayer requests.

There are many other features a good church management software will provide. So, while it’s not a NEED, it is definitely something you should want.

Tomorrow we’ll look into the question:  what do you want in a church management software?