Online Giving - Easy Tithe

A great feature that you could add to your website is the ability to give online.  Any user in the world can log on to your site, give, and money can be directly deposited into YOUR account.
Now, how do you do it?
There are 2 easy options I will tell you about: Paypal and Easy Tithe.
First, Paypal.  Paypal is pretty much [...]

Jott.com

One of my favorite tools.  A free one.  Are you ever somewhere, think of something, but don’t have a good place to write it down to remember it??  Do you use email and have a cell phone?  Then Jott is for you.
Here is how you use it.  

Call Jott. (after you set up your account)
It will [...]

Backup and Sync Contacts - Plaxo

Plaxo is actually a full-fledged social networking site now, but one of the greatest features of it is the ability to backup your address book from your Mac or PC for free.
Any address that you have on your volatile computer is safe on Plaxo because it automatically syncs without you even noticing it.
Also, if anyone in your [...]

Find Music - Rhapsody, iTunes

Today I am working all day on finding special music, scheduling, and planning.  That means I am making full use of Ministry Tools.  Putting the whole schedule on Airset, looking through my library on iTunes, and listening to music on Rhapsody.  
So, I thought I would give a few more tools to help with music for your church. [...]

Skype - Video conferencing with Missionaries

There are much more applications that you could use Skype for, but this seems to be the most popular for churches.  
Skype is great because it is free, can be on any platform (Mac or Windows), and can do audio, video, or instant messaging.
Here is an idea to use it to stay in contact with [...]

Gcast - free Podcast enabler

Pretty much every pastor I have ever talked to about a website has mentioned the desire for having their sermons available online.  Well, there are a lot of ways to do that, but it can get expensive pretty quick if you are not careful.  Hosting space is one of the major costs when talking about [...]

Email Mailing Lists

Simply one single email address (ex. staff@baptistchurch.com) that is received by multiple recipients.   It is like everyone is in the room hearing what others are saying.  There are basically 2 ways you can set them up: 
1. Everyone sees the email, but all replies are directed to the original sender of the email
2. The whole [...]

Airset

Airset is one of the ways to keep groups organized and informed.   Most likely you have many different groups in your church, all with different plans and agendas.  Sometimes it is difficult to keep them all under one umbrella to keep a handle on what is going on.  Enter Airset.
It has some great features [...]