The ChurchTrac Blog
Getting Your Church to Come Back in 2023
The past three years have been exceptional, forcing church leaders to adapt to a rapidly changing ministry landscape. Many face a decline in church attendance, as prior means of worship and community building have been overturned by the pandemic and other...
The Key To Church Text Message Success: Opt-In
Are you tired of sending mass texts to your church members and getting more crickets than replies? Do you feel like you're sending messages into a black hole, never to be seen or heard from again? Your text messaging problems are like trying to find a ne...
The Best Church Texting Service?
You don't need me to tell you how powerful and necessary texting is for the modern church. This is why you're wanting to step up your game and find the best texting software to reach your congregation. This guide will show you how messaging services work...
ACH For Churches: What You Need To Know
Credit cards and digital wallet payments like cash app are convenient for church donations... but they come at a cost. That cost comes in the form of transaction fees, processing fees, and other hidden fees that are frequently added by financial instituti...
Switching to ChurchTrac Online Giving
Switching to another online giving platform isn't hard. What's hard is getting your donors to make that switch! This is why I see churches settling for church-giving software that's overpriced, hard to use, and missing important features (like recurring ...
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Church Admins
The new year is a chance to evaluate habits and consider new ones. We know you're already a Church Admin rockstar! However, the 7 habits below, gathered through the collective wisdom of the many church admins I've spoken with, can provide a little extra i...
Need More Ministry Volunteers? Do This
Before I tell you how to get more ministry volunteers, I have to confess something. Confession: I Hate Grocery Stores Why do I hate grocery stores? I hate them because there are too many options. For example, there are over a dozen different options ju...
Church Communications Blueprint
FACT: Most ministry leaders are not trained communication professionals. Yet you're tasked with managing an email newsletter, social media account, mass text campaign, sermon prep, announcements, and so much more! I've served at lots of churches and spok...
The Best Worship Scheduling Software?
Unless you just love having multiple excel sheets and endless back-and-forth group texts, you need worship scheduling software. Scheduling worship volunteers is an art, and you'll want to use the right "brush" to avoid having the worship equivalent of a 5...