by Isaac Johnson | Sep 26, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Last week I laid out why I would be against setting up a traditional church service in any of the current metaverses and how I strongly believe that the digital almost always naturally spills over into the physical because of how we as humans are wired. That’s...
by Isaac Johnson | Sep 19, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
As a kid I remember watching the movie Lawnmower Man. It’s not a great movie, but it has become somewhat of a cult classic. I remember the representations of virtual reality and thinking virtual reality wouldn’t ever be a household thing in my lifetime....
by Isaac Johnson | Sep 12, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Spam and phishing emails are annoying. We all get far too many and they certainly can be a waste of our time. It’s important to setup your email server to filter out as much as possible, but, for churches and missions organizations on Microsoft 365, did you know...
by Isaac Johnson | Sep 5, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
“Uhm, it was about cows or something…” I overheard her say. She had been asked what the sermon was about; it was the golden calf, I know because I had preached it! Clearly, despite a third of the room responding to the altar call, the point of the...
by Isaac Johnson | Aug 29, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
For many churches and missions organizations, it’s budget season! I know, that’s a weird thing to get excited for, but when it comes to ministry enablement these days, it’s the most strategic time of year. I won’t go into a full budget here,...
by Isaac Johnson | Aug 22, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Digital ministry and leveraging technology for discipleship can be hard because it requires some paradigm shifts. In my experience though, that isn’t what causes digital ministry to fail. So what does? Not communicating the unique calling or discipleship...
by Isaac Johnson | Aug 15, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
As a Microsoft 365 expert, there’s a question I encounter a lot: “how do I share email?” I’ve been asked several times in the last week alone so it’s probably time for the annual M365 email talk. 😉 Now, the question of M365 email...
by Isaac Johnson | Aug 8, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Standardized configuration of devices… it’s not the most exciting church technology topic, but it’s a church management fundamental topic and holds massive implications for churches. Not only does implementing configuration standardization reduce...
by Isaac Johnson | Aug 1, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Sometimes people just don’t know where to start with digital or online ministry. The mistake I see most often is that they post live streams of their service on YouTube and start posting announcements on Facebook… maybe even some Christian education...
by Isaac Johnson | Jul 25, 2022 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
When I first started off in ministry, our church had full-time programmers. As a rapidly growing church, we were able to devote resources to solving ministry problems via custom developed ChMS systems. Most churches face unique problems that aren’t resolved with...
