by isaac | Jun 19, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology
Way back in the day I was a police officer. A lot of what you see on TV or in the media isn’t really a thing in police work, for example we are more likely to argue against having jurisdiction and the police chief will even appreciate when you manage to make the...
by isaac | Jun 12, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology
Your church needs a Discord server or similar online community. Why? While we are supposedly more interconnected by technology today than ever, statistics show an ongoing and massive rise in loneliness. This is particularly true among the digital natives like...
by isaac | Jun 5, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
I recently read about yet another church losing a large amount of money to hackers. This particular church lost over $600,000 USD and is a reminder of why hackers love to go after churches: huge bank accounts with lax protection. In the past we’ve talked about...
by isaac | May 29, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
This week we continue our series on the online cult-like communities and groups that you will find making their way into churches. If you want to catch up on some of the previous you can find the whole series here. This week we’ll be looking at the flat-earth...
by isaac | May 22, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Open Source
Ten years ago, we published a list of the top free antivirus solutions that had free licensing for business and nonprofits. It’s still the top article in Google search, but while we have made some updates to the list, things have changed over the course of the...
by isaac | May 15, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
A lot of people love ChatGPT, and as an expert in emerging technologies and their impact on the church, I get asked a lot about how churches can realistically use ChatGPT to improve their church processes without losing the human touch. Well, ChatGPT shines brightest...
by isaac | May 8, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Continuing our series to help make church leaders aware of the online cults out there vying for the attention of your members, so far we have looked at “the manosphere”, “that girl, girl boss, and trad wife”, and “hustle culture”...
by isaac | May 1, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Continuing our series to help make church leaders aware of the online cults out there vying for the attention of your members, so far we have looked at “the manosphere” and at “that girl, girl boss, and trad wife” content. Today we are going to...
by isaac | Apr 24, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
This week we are taking a brief break from looking at the cult-like online trends affecting young people today. We’ll be back into it with an in-depth look at “hustle culture” next week, but for this intermission, we’ll look at using the...
by isaac | Apr 17, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Continuing our series to help make church leaders aware of the online cults out there vying for the attention of your members, last week we looked at the manosphere, and today we’ll be looking at an umbrella of trends that suck in female church members like That...