
I’m asked to write a ‘five things to do this month’ annually for The Clergy Journal. Click here to download a free PDF copy of the quick sidebar article... I hope you find it helpful!
IT (Information Technology) is a powerful tool that can help those in ministry be more effective in their Kingdom-building efforts. Ministry IT is about serving, empowering, facilitating.

I get the privilege of publishing an annual article listing those leading the field of church and donor management software and their product's features. We found 62 software companies focusing on the church and ministry management market this year, but only 34 qualified to be included in the article (remember, these are supposed to be market leaders, so we qualify them three ways: actively marketing, minimum growth, and an update released in the last two years).
"Cloud computing" is the latest concept to capture Information Technology (IT)’s minds and imagination. Many are embracing it even though it is still in development; others are looking at it cautiously and with concern. Over the next few years we will all be basing our IT strategies on cloud computing. But what is it, and what does it have to do with Israel's third king who lived nearly 3000 years ago?