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What Reaction Are You Looking For?

You spend all day organizing events, managing finances, recording membership data… and all for what? For your church’s success, of course. For growth, for better community outreach, for better organization. What you do each day is important to so many people, and the way to stay relevant with those people is to keep them involved […]

My Opinion on Harry Potter

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock for the past few months, the final movie in the Harry Potter series came out last weekend. I don’t have the statistics on the number of people who are still opposed to the franchise, but I want to take today’s post and highlight a few things that I have […]

Sunday Review

Two Sundays ago (the day before Independence Day), my minister talked about a lot of the current beliefs in our country and how our “citizenship” as Christians lies within the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Earth. I recently wrote a post about interpreting God’s grace and I thought this was the opportunity to tie it in […]

Lincoln, NE Demo

We are coming to the Lincoln, NE area on July 14th to do a regional demo for anyone who would like to learn more about Shelby Systems’ software. Here you will have the chance to see how Shelby’s software applications work and how they will empower your staff, ministry and membership. Arena is Shelby’s advanced browser-based church […]

Our ISC 2011 Podcast

Shelby’s amazing Media Department put this video podcast together to highlight some of the best moments at ISC 2011. You’ll see performers Ryan Fonseca and Nicole C. Mullen, as well as an interview between Shelby’s Director of Customer Development, Ron Chandler, and Shelby’s CEO, Frank Canady. Also, see what customers were saying about the conference and […]

Time to Try Something Else?

Have you heard about this? Relevant Magazine always finds the most interesting stories, and this one really made me laugh. I respect the man for his beliefs and determination, but it might be time to try something else. Check it out. […]

Church Outside of Church

Bryan Miles’Magsays.com about leveraging hotels for your church. Now let me tell you… I have seen churches set up shop in a lot of random places. Old grocery store buildings, at the YMCA and even a bar (to name a few). It’s becoming more common to hear about church services in theaters, too. It’s not […]

Expanding God’s Grace

I guess this title sounds a lot like I’m going to be talking today about missions work or spreading the gospel around the world, but it’s actually about something much closer to home. Something in our own towns, our own households and our own hearts. In Relevant Magazine’s July/August issue, Scott McKnight writes about the lack of […]

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