February 2012

Every client I serve employs some form of internal church management system - Church Management Software, or ChMS. Some are dedicated to tracking financial information while others do that and much more. From simple systems (Excel spreadsheets - yikes! and/or Quickbooks) to complex models, there are many choices in the landscape from which to choose. 

One of the best I have seen is Church Community Builder (CCB), a web-based solution that offers a vital component that others don’t - the ability for not only staff, but ministry team leaders and volunteers to access the system at any time from any place. To better understand the system and it’s advantages, I recently sat down with my friend Steve Caton, Vice President of Sales and Marketing to discuss what to look for in a ChMS solution.

I see a lot of things happening in the church database arena. What are the advantages of the online system CCB provides?

Now that you have a solid list of reasons to produce an annual report, what does an effective report look like? 

Here are links to three reports that are easily accessible through the church’s respective websites. You will note in all three that the reports are colorful and engaging. They contain images reflecting changed lives, and graphs that reflect a growth in ministry impact. 

Example 1 - Community Christian Church

Example 2 - Elevation Church

Example 3 - New Spring Church