It’s the hap- happiest season of all, right? Nothing says “Ho, Ho, Ho!” like a new full-on customer (constituent) management system combined with an incredibly powerful web content management platform all wrapped up in one, right? Well guess what: break out the stockings. You’re gonna need them. A bunch of powerful churches have gotten together and decided to give something back to the greater Christian community. The result? RockRMS. Check it out at..
What is it? Like we said above, basically, you can use it to run your mega-church. In fact, several mega-churches already ARE running it. Like… one church of 25,000. Another of 20,000. And another of 8,000. And more coming all the time. But beyond that, you can also use it to run your missions agency. It will have online and offline giving solutions, prayer ministry options, and all the entry data you can imagine about people, relationships, and groups.
Is there a downside? I guess one might be — you’ll need someone to oversee and maintain the installation. You don’t need a complete I.T. department, but at the same time, you’ll need someone who knows what he/she is doing. But for this price (free?), maybe it’ll be worth recruiting a volunteer to help you — someone who can partner with you to make this whole thing work.
Is it better than something off-the-shelf? Arguably, yes. Because the installed base has a strong motivation to keep moving forward (in other words, it has definitely reached the “tipping point”), this project will not fail. It WILL go forward and it WILL be effective. Which means — YOU will be effective. No matter what. This won’t generate extra baptisms. But once you get it up and running, you likely won’t forget their birthdays. Now — price doesn’t always signal value. In other words, just because something is free, it doesn’t make it great. Now … if it’s free and if it has already been embraced by some of the nation’s largest mega-churches, now THAT is something to consider. :-)
So I like the odds. They are (literally) 100%.
Just remember — you heard about it in Brigada. :-) But… credit where credit is due… Brigada heard about it from Larrie. (Thanks Larrie!!! May God bless you mightily, brother.)
Now let’s tell the most important part of all: The designers and producers of this top-notch platform are asking for your prayers. They want this project to succeed as much as (more than?) anybody. So they’re asking that you pray for them — and their futures. Please join us in doing so this Christmas season.
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