http://www.churchtechreview.com Church meets Internet, Websites, Technology and Web 2.0 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:00:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your church website has enormous potential as part of your outreach strategy to reach into your community. However, not all churches understand how to design a site that will do this effectively. This self-assessment questionnaire can help you assess your site, and find new ideas or areas that could perhaps ... http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-website-design/church-site-design-tool/ Google has launched Google Base and is targeting 'religious writings'. "Share your sermons, essays and other religious writing with Google users worldwide by uploading them for free to Google Base." Go to Google Base to upload sermons & learn how > http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-other-technology/google-base-share-your-sermons/ ChurchBIT is a google group centered around what's next in church web applications and internet technology. If this is something you are actively involved in and passionate about, apply to join ChurchBIT and join in the conversation. http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-other-technology/are-you-passionate-about-church-technology/ Church Dashboard is creating one page that church administrators, pastors or other leaders can view multiple to look at their backend systems, membership reports, content management system, financial reports and any other reporting system that integrates into ChurchDashboard.com. The system will be similiar to Google Personalized Homepage where users can ... http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-other-technology/church-dashboard/ MeetFish is set to launch. A lot of money and development hours have gone into this site, it will be good to see what they have come up with. The even have a viral marketing play with the use of 'creative videos' to create a buzz for the ... http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-web-20/meetfish-another-christian-answer-to-myspace/ Fourthbook.com is 100% web-based Church Management Software. It was designed specifically to meet the needs of church-plants and small to mid-size churches at an affordable price. Fourthbook.com was created by Rockfish Interactive and Kenny Tomlin (CEO & President) sent us a login to try the system. ... http://www.churchtechreview.com/email-solutions/fourthbookcom-web-based-church-management-software/ These are the top 10 things auinteractive learned from attending the Future of Web Apps Conference 2006 in San Francisco earlier this month. The summit was hosted by Carson Systems and included speakers like Kevin Rose, Mike Arrington, Mike Davidson, and more. It’s a condensed and aggregated summary of points ... http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-other-technology/building-church-20-web-applications/ it was bound to happen. With the rise of MySpace & Friendster amongst others, Christians have responded with their own social networks. Here are a few: Social networks using PHPFOX: yourchristianspace.com christianspace360.com/ coolteens4christ.com/ jcfaith.com christunion.com inchristnet.com Social networks using Alstrasoft E-friends: xianz.com bornagainster.com ... http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-other-technology/the-list-of-christian-social-networks/ Here is a semi-definitive list of web 2.0 applications for churches Bible search eBible Bible Server bibleicio.us Public Domain Bibles online redlettr Blogging About Life Minor Prophet Bible Blogs e-Church (down for total, complete redesign by Turtle Interactive) Bookmarking Sermon Cloud ... http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-other-technology/list-of-web-20-apps-and-the-church/ MyChurchEvents allows churches to organize online calendars for parishioners (only $60/yr). My Church Events makes it easy for you to plan and organize your activities weeks, months — even years — in advance. http://www.churchtechreview.com/church-web-20/mychurchevents/