Church Management Software – Most Important Feature?

When choosing church management software, there are some important and yet very basic questions to ask.

• What is being managed?
• What is the primary goal?
• How is success measured?

Question #1 – What is being managed?

How is a church defined? As followers of Jesus, we look to His Word for the answer:

“²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her …

³⁰ Because we are members (parts) of His body.“

Ephesians 5:25,30

The church is: followers of Jesus, members of His body, whom He loves. What is being managed? People. This is people management.

Question #2 – What is the primary goal?

As Jesus is the Head of this group of people, and His goals are ours, we look again to Scripture for the answer.

³⁷ Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’⁴⁰ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:37-40 NIV

The primary goal is relationship. Excellent relationships. People in relationship.

Question #3 – How is success measured (or not measured)?

This is where the rubber meets the road. Before we go any further let me ask you, the reader – are you personally experiencing excellent relationships? At home? At work? At Bible Study? With your neighbors? Would you like to experience an increase in these areas? Would you like to lead your family, your friends, your co-workers, your neighbors, your church members to greater satisfaction and joy in their relationships with you and others? Me too!!

Let’s talk about tech and IT. Is the highest goal of your current IT software excellent people relationships? If not, what is the highest goal that it seeks to achieve for you? Fundraising? Event planning? Attendance tracking?

At Bot Consulting we align tech to serve God’s goals for your organization. We want you to experience the excellent relationships God has planned for you! We are skilled at Relationship Management software (it’s an actual thing). We will facilitate your organization with tools to nurture the deep relationships God has planned for you and your communities! Schedule a meeting with us (it’s free!) and learn more. We’re excited to meet you!!

^17bAnd I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 3:17b-21