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Church Directory & Member/Adherents Attributes more...close...
View and print a list of workers and pertinent information based on their varied roles in the church. BENEFIT - Keep track of who does what and who did what when. This helps you find the untapped resources and get the right person in the right role.
Define a fully customizable list of characteristics of individuals starting with our template of suggestions. BENEFIT - Your ministry is unique so you can create your unique list of characteristics to track based on your desires and needs.
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$595-$1595
Church Windows, Power Church Plus, Church Helpmate, etc.
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Multi-User Date Book Program more...close...
Manage multiple calendars in one database for several people. Create integrated task lists, multi-day and recurring activity schedules. See scrollable daily, weekly, monthly and yearly views, separate appointment and task lists. Manage and integrate office details as well as selected ToolBox events. BENEFIT - A well-organized calendar externalizes your expectations with one resource. Integrating expectations from multiple people into one date book gives an astounding capacity to manage and integrate productively.
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Survey Program/Cross Referencing (Includes modifiable database of questions.) more...close...
Poll a segment or the entire congregation about selected aspects of the church's ministry and graph the results. BENEFIT - Most every church leader gets some real surprises when people state their opinions anonymously. This tool gives you a way to build on facts instead of educated guesses.
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$295 plus
Perseus Survey, Key Survey, etc.
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Church Health Software & Reporting (Unlimited use for a single church.) more...close...
Diagnose your church health using the results of a quick survey of your church. A full narrative and statistical report pinpoints strengths and weaknesses. This 37 question survey asks each participant a few questions about their behavior and perceptions of church life. BENEFIT - Once responses are entered into the software, the most comprehensive report in the market today provides scores of pages with results, recommendations and suggested projects to assist the church’s leadership group in making programming decisions.
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$150
Natural Church Development / per use.
Request ToolBox Sample Report / Analysis
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Vision Caster / Philosophy of Ministry(Includes modifiable database of samples.) more...close...
Develop a statement in a presentable form to express the role of your church, as it ought to be in its community. BENEFIT - Most churches experience between 10 and 20 percent turnover per year. Newcomers always need to be provided with the correct frame of reference to maintain the integrity of your direction.
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SWOT Analysis (Strategic Planning - Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunites/Threats.) more...close...
Complete a SWOT analysis. Discover your strengths, weaknesses and ministry opportunities. Identify ministry areas that may limit spiritual productivity. BENEFIT - Objectivity tends to generate more steady action to stay on a productive course. Drawing together the material in The ToolBox to form a SWOT analysis, The Ministry ToolBox uses the facts to show you the implications.
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Project Management Software (Integrate unlimited one time and cyclical projects.) more...close...
Full and adaptable implementation plans for more than 340 projects - events, programs and systems. The Church Creation edition of The Ministry ToolBox adds an additional 100 projects designed specifically for new church starts. Cost, date and track every action item. BENEFIT - Blend creativity and adaptability by integrating a variety of ideas from within the supplied resources of The ToolBox. In addition, you can add any resources from other sources into the format with ease.
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$479-$799
Microsoft Project
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Objective Setting (Develop and track measurable objectives - sometimes called goals.) more...close...
Set faith objectives for this year’s priorities, so that you know exactly what results you are planning for a fixed time in the future. Assess the results regularly. BENEFIT - When people have a sense of where you want to go together, they tend to rally to the cause and achieve more than they might otherwise do without specific targets in mind.
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Sometimes this tool is included in software item number seven.
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Goal Based Budget Development (Separate from your accounting software.) more...close...
Track expenditures for all your projects and programs. Subtotals and totals are provided for each specific area of ministry. BENEFIT - You can look at the money issues in the same light and framework as the actual execution of your church programs. This gives a greater capacity to measure the relative worth of various financial options.
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Sometimes this tool is included in software item number seven.
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