Should Churches Use Members’ Data?

Church Tech

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Let's face it— data drives decisions.

In this regard, churches also need data to inform their complex decisions.

Pastors in the churches could have started collecting data out of necessity, like gathering basic details such as the church members' names, ages, and home addresses. In fact, these data are so familiar that church pastors only rely on their memories.

But today, it's an entirely different story. You have more sophisticated church members; you church membership has increased. Then, you have to encode other significant information like tithes collection, employment, attendance, or cultural orientation.

So, you turn to digital software and services to assist you in all these activities.

But there are some pressing questions that you must consider:

Should you use the church members' data?

Even more important is this: how do you use these data?

In this episode, Frank Barry and Dean Sweetman have this intimate and enlightening conversation on the central and sensitive themes surrounding the use of church data for many purposes. Ultimately, the answer concerns how pastors can use these data to shepherd their church members.

"That's our fundamental belief that pastors are trying to care for their people, and that's the reason they're using the data. We think it's really about caring for your people and paying attention to the things that really matter. How do you do that? And how do you use data as part of all of those things to be healthy?"
-Frank Barry

If you’re searching for answers to the most pressing questions about church data, we have the right data that you need for your questions in this episode.
By the end of this episode, you will learn:

• A comparison of how pastors collected data then and now
• Why churches shouldn’t be afraid of collecting data
• The data that really matters at church
• How effectively using data equates to loving people
• Practical, ethical, and Christian means to uphold the value of church data
• Embracing the technology to use data for the church’s benefits

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