Here is a working list of all the Church Community sites that have launched for churches to examine:
The Definitive List of Online Church Community Networks
Posted by admin in Christian Social Network, Church Member Mgmt, Church Social Media on 08 3rd, 2009 | 8 responses8 Responses to “The Definitive List of Online Church Community Networks”
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How about OneBody - http://beonebody.com/ Haven’t tried it but it seems to cover most of the bases.
Another Church community site is ChurchTag. It has prayer groups, events calendar, widgets and much more.
Thank you so much for including MemberHub on this list! Just for the record it’s one word “MemberHub”, not “Member Hubs”. :). I’ve explored your blog here and really appreciate what you’re doing. Thanks!
This list is great, thank you! We’re just in the process of looking for a social network for our church plant, and your list has proven invaluable.
I’m doing up a feature-based comparison, of course focussing on our church’s needs, but it may be helpful to others so I’ll post it here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuA1Cm4DqlKAdEdGc2pXTGwwUEs3VVpDcTFlTUg4aVE&hl=en
You might also want to check this out, as the line between church community networks and church management software is pretty blurred:
http://www.capterra.com/church-management-software
Here is a post with the raw survey results that Tony Dye conducted: http://tonydye.typepad.com/main/2010/04/raw-chms-familiarityinterest-results.html
I would add Church Community Builder (CCB) to your list. They are an outstanding company and product offering in the ChMS space.
We really like Church Community Builder - it as many facebookesq features for church members to engage and interact… as well as a personal calendar that shows you all the groups/involvement commitments that you have coming up.
Great list Paul (very comprehensive). As far as I am concerned as a Lead Pastor it isn’t even close. I love using CCB (http://www.churchcommunitybuilder.com/) It is a lifesaver after using another above mentioned system. I used several other online blogs who had tested different ones to narrow down my search and by then CCB had released a new look and usability (not to mention a reasonable entry price point) that made it a slam dunk for me. It also does allow online giving and pledges which I think Pauls comparison sheet has no marked.