Curtis Simmons | Pastor's toolBox

Executive Vice President of Customer Effectiveness for Fellowship Technologies, providers of Fellowship One church management software used by ministries ranging from church plants to mega-sized churc

VideoTeaching.com: Free video teaching resources for your church

July 21st, 200908:29 AM ET

By Curtis Simmons

Over the past several years, many churches have started using pre-recorded video sermons at their multi-site venues or simply when their pastor is away. While some initially scoffed at the idea of a church service without live pastoral teaching, the use of video teaching has actually proven to be quite effective. There are now many examples of heal...
Worship at your fingertips with the iPhone

July 16th, 200909:39 AM ET

By Curtis Simmons

These days you go to church to find big-screens, sound systems, interactive text messaging, giving kiosks in the lobby and you have to wonder what's next. Well, what's next has happened. Just a few weeks after Apple released its iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3.0 update, New Hope Christian Fellowship became the first church to do a live broadcast of their w...
Church Software as a Service: Now is the time

July 09th, 200910:04 PM ET

By Curtis Simmons

In the past, churches have often been slow to adopt new technologies, sometimes by months or even years, compared to secular businesses. Thankfully, that trend is changing. Churches are now leveraging technology to reach out to their congregation and the community in new and exciting ways. Even traditionally conservative churches are making use of ...
No cash or check? No problem. Try a Giving Kiosk.

July 09th, 200903:33 PM ET

By Curtis Simmons

You leave home in a rush as usual. It is only as you sit in the chapel and the collection plate is passed that you realize you have no cash and you have left your checkbook at home. This is a dilemma for many these days. In a world where paper currency is seldom required, society has learned to live with a debit or credit card close at hand. This l...
Churches ask members to turn their mobile phone on during church

June 18th, 200904:28 PM ET

By Curtis Simmons

Leaving your mobile phone on during a church service was once as taboo as leaving it on in a movie theater. Inevitably, a random phone would ring in church at the most inopportune time, usually during a moment of reflection or prayer. Now with the popularity of interactive text messaging on the rise, many churches are asking their congregations to ...

Pastor's toolBox

VideoTeaching.com: Free video teaching resources for your church

Worship at your fingertips with the iPhone

Church Software as a Service: Now is the time

No cash or check? No problem. Try a Giving Kiosk.

Churches ask members to turn their mobile phone on during church