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Thanks for the thoughts! My wife and I have volunteered in a local ~800/week church for close to ten years, managing the technology there. We've worked hard to

Thanks for the thoughts! My wife and I have volunteered in a local ~800/week church for close to ten years, managing the technology there. We've worked hard to introduce OSS in as many places as possible. Our network servers are mostly Linux, and I even wrote a SaaS (also OSS) similar to The City called OneBody (http://beonebody.com http://beonebody.com). So I agree with your thoughts on OSS. Unfortunately, OneBody suffers from many of the same problems as you describe of The City, only worse since I have no marketing budget, and I'm about the only guy doing the coding. I think I might like to build a new solution for churches, possibly OSS, that integrates with social media, but is designed for use by minsters and leaders -- not another private social network, which I have decided will forever be a hard sell. I'd like to follow you on Twitter or get your email address if possible.

jackpirate 15y ago
Something that integrates with social networks rather than replaces them could work. Maybe an automated way to setup a Facebook group, G+ Circles, twitter feed, etc. Sort of like a super-blog for churches to make sure everyone gets announcements in a format that's convenient for them. I've noticed that lots of pastors create a blog, post actively for a few months, and then never post again. 5 years later and there's still a huge link to the defunct blog on the church's website. My email's jackpirate@gmail
- timmorgan 15y ago
  I started a new blog at http://church.io http://church.io where I hope to eventually flesh out some of my ideas about church software. Thanks so much for your thoughts. I agree about pastors blogs as well -- I've seen the same phenomenon.