Business Continuity Planning and Ministry 

Manage Your Technology So That Your Ministry Is Not Disrupted

Churches today depend increasingly on technology to enable, support, and streamline ministry activities and operations. Our church partners utilize a growing array of applications, tools, software, and social media platforms to manage ministry and engage with participants and volunteers. They must therefore manage technology assets strategically and intentionally to ensure that they don’t experience disruptions…

Helpful Technology

When Helpful Technology Hinders Ministry

In too many churches, the very technology resources that have so much potential to enable and support ministry may actually be hindering ministry efforts by creating complexity and frustration for the staff.  Why is this so?  And can it be prevented? There are seemingly a thousand and one technology tools available to help you accomplish…

Microsoft 365 vs Other apps

Microsoft 365 Tools vs Other Apps

Utilizing Microsoft 365 Tools to Enable Ministry Simple and clear communication is essential in any organization, and a church is no different. Beyond face-to-face meetings, vital communication occurs in emails, group texts, project planning apps, virtual meeting apps, note-taking platforms, survey tools, etc. With communication options, you name it—it’s out there. Wouldn’t it be great…

Serverless

Six Reasons to Go Serverless

The server is one of your church or organization’s most crucial technology devices. Although, very likely, servers are a vital part of your daily ministry operations, you might not even know they exist. A server is a device that accepts and responds to requests made over a network. For example, imagine you want to print…

3 Easy Fixes for Common Computer Issues

3 Easy Fixes for Common Computer Issues

During a recent conversation with some of our Enable staff, we discussed three common, nagging computer issues that church staff struggle with regularly.   While relatively minor, these issues often cause frustrations and delays that are easily avoided. Below, we provide some quick, simple, and practical ways to help fix these common problems that may…

file management

File Management 101

While these tips are written in the context of Microsoft Teams, the basic principles can be applied to whichever file sharing & storing platform you use, be it Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, etc.   One of the most important aspects of a collaborative work environment is file storing and sharing. Our favorite file management platform…