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Trends in Digital Giving

The following is an excerpt from a class that Leeann Buttram (Shelby Systems’ Giving Customer Success Specialist) will be presenting at the MPower Conference this summer. MPower User Conference is a Ministry Technology Conference for Dynamic Churches – Houston, TX – June 5 – 7, 2019. Lifeway Research from 2018 revealed the following ideologies: 98% […]

4 WAYS AMAZON.COM WILL IMPACT THE FUTURE OF CHURCHES

Amazon’s net sales for 2016 total $136 billion. Yes, you read that correctly. That’s billion with a “b.” A majority of their sales are generated through e-retail sales of electronics and other products. They have more than 310 million active customer accounts worldwide. Many people will walk through a mall these days and then find […]

Ten Critical Trends

Take a look at these ten major trends carefully, and see how God would have your church respond. The audio revolution. The e-book has not proved to be nearly as popular as we thought it would be. Many blog writers are reporting declines in readership. But audio books are rising in popularity. Listeners are moving to […]

What is this “Multi-site” movement?

Today’s post is by guest blogger, Ron Chandler. Ron is the Director of Customer Development at Shelby Systems, and has served on church staffs of both large and small congregations. He is also a consultant in church administration and author of the website www.churchadminpro.com. This past weekend our pastor explained his leadership position on the […]

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