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Church Cloud

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Apr 24, 2007 in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology, Monk Dev | 1 comment

We've learned a lot about using technology to connect people to the local church. With that said, we've launched Church Cloud. Church Cloud is a FREE web-based tool for churches who want to do ministry online. Churches are able to upload mp3’s, post events, stream audio, podcast, and gather additional visitors using our online network and directory listings. (If you signed-up for Sermon Cloud, you already are part of this but make sure your information is current.)

We will be launching many more of these sites as part of The Cloud Network. Our goal is to influence or connect 1,000,000 people a year to local churches using the internet.

Ministry Websites

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Apr 13, 2007 in Church Technology, Ekklesia, Ministry Design, Monk Dev | 2 comments

One of the cool things working at Monk Development is we are able to do most of our work with churches and ministries. I've posted a number of the churches we've done using Ekklesia 360 Church CMS, but here are a few ministries we are working with:

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Screenshot Alliance The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is an organization of individuals that believes Evangelicals have largely forgotten the foundations of the Christian Gospel and is dedicated to calling on the Protestant churches, especially those that call themselves Reformed, to return to the principles of the Protestant Reformation. To that end, they produce print and internet resources, broadcast radio programs (The Bible Study Hour, Every Last Word, and Dr. Barnhouse & the Bible) and hold conferences (Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, Princeton regional Conference on Reformed Theology, Reformation Societies) aimed at educating different segments of the Christian population. The Alliance consists of a who's who of pastors/theologians such as Dr. R. C. SPROUL, Dr. ALBERT MOHLER, Mr. C.J. MAHANEY, Dr. JOHN MACARTHUR, Dr. MARK DEVER, Mr. JERRY BRIDGES and many others.

The Alliance was formed in 1994, out of what was known as Evangelical Ministries, when the late Dr. James Montgomery Boice, then senior pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and teacher on "The Bible Study Hour" radio program, called together a group of like-minded pastor-theologians from a variety of denominations to unite in a common cause to help revive a passion "for the truth of the Gospel" within the church.

Design Partner: Designwise

Services: Content Management System, Application Development, E-Commerce. The Alliance brought Monk Development in to build an e-commerce resource site (ReformedResources.org) to host 60 years of reformed resources, including conferences, videos, digital downloads, books and others.

Launch: 2nd Quarter 2007

Enjoying God Ministries

Screenshot Enjoying God Ministries

Enjoying God Ministries (EGM) exists "to proclaim the power of truth and the truth about power." This isn't just a catchy phrase. It reflects both what is lacking in the church today and what is burning in Sam Storm's heart.

EGM exists to serve the body of Christ. Their aim is to be a resource not only for pastors and leaders but for all Christians who long to dig more deeply into the Word of God and to experience the fullness of the Spirit's power. Enjoying God Ministries is a non-profit ministry organization of Dr. Sam Storms who brings over 30 years of ministry to believers seeking a deeper and more passionate relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Design Partner: DesignWise Studios

Services: Content Management System, User Interface, Content, Ecommerce, Application Development

Launch: Enjoying God Ministries

CFCC Job Boards

Screenshot CFCC Job Board Center for Church Communication is the parent company for Church Marketing Sucks.

Churches have the greatest story ever told, but no one's listening. We think there's a communication problem. That remarkable story is lost thanks in part to poor research, little or no planning, bad clip art, cheesy photos and ignorable ads. We believe there's a better way. It's not simply flashy designs or catchy slogans, but effective and authentic communication. If we can't communicate, how can we fulfill the great commission? We want the Church to matter. We want your church to matter.

We help the church by offering information, resources, advice and starting the conversation about church communication. We are a non-profit organized by communications professionals who have been serving the church and mainstream clients since 1998.

Services: Content Management System, Application Development, E-Commerce. Monk built a job board to allow users to post freelance gigs and full-time positions in the church communication space.

Launch: 2nd Quarter 2007

Pastors Edge

Pastors Edge is the web ministry of Dr. James Merritt, a pastor and two time president elect of the Southern Baptist Denomination. Pastors Edge was birthed out of Dr. Merritt's desire to help pastors across the country preach God's Word with power. His passion is to offer the best resources available for the price in order to help congregations across the country flourish.

Design Partner: Designwise

Services: Content Management System, Application Development, E-Commerce

Launch: Pastors Edge

Church-Focused Bus Dev/Sales Position Ekklesia 360

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Mar 28, 2007 in Church Technology, Ekklesia, Monk Dev | 0 comments

Monk Development is looking for 1 full or up to 3 part-time people to work with churches and ministries interested in Ekklesia 360 Church CMS. In this role you will work with these active leads, conduct online demonstrations, answer questions and complete the sales process to hand-off to our development team. In addition, you will attend church conferences to represent Ekklesia.

The role requires:

The flexibility to schedule online demonstrations of the web-based cms and conduct these during the day.
The ability to travel during the week and attend multi-day church conferences.
A passion for churches and helping ministries see beyond a website, to doing real ministry online.

Bonuses:

Previous sales experience
Church planting, church or ministry experience
Knowledge and use of Content Management Systems or Blogging software (eg. WordPress)

If you are interested go to jobs @ Monk Development .

Are you in sales? Sales Book Recommendations & Notes

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 23, 2007 in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, Monk Dev | 2 comments

Over the years I've done a lot of sales (staffing/recruiting, consulting, application development, websites, etc.). Of course, most 'traditionally trained' sales people would now say, "Everything is sales" or "Everyone is in sales" but I digress.

There are a few books I've thought are the best. The first two by Heiman/Miller are

The New Conceptual Selling: The Most Effective and Proven Method for Sales Planning

The New Strategic Selling: The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the World's Best Companies

I have a document you can download (Conceptual & Strategic Selling notes WORD document ) that provides an overview with notes on these two books. The document includes things like:

6 Keys Elements to Sales (Analytical Tools)

1. Buying Influences

2. Red Flags/Strengths

3. The Buyers Perception of Reality

4. Win/Results

5. Ideal Customer Profile

6. Sales Funnel

3 Phases of a Sales Call

The Essential Sales Tasks

5 Types of Questions during the Sales Call

Another book I stumbled on recently is CustomerCentric Selling which I'm reading now.

Church Websites 2007

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Feb 8, 2007 in Church Technology, Ekklesia, Monk Dev | 2 comments

This year has been a busy season for the Monk Development team. We've launched more churches on Ekklesia 360 in the last two months than ever previously. It's exciting to see so many churches on the system. We are beginning a re-branding of Ekklesia, including the backend (see image to the right). We currently seek two new people to join the monk team, and particularly need a solid php person to help with ministries who want ecommerce (and an oscommerce project).

Here are a few of the churches launched:

Thanks to our design partners: Church Plant Media, AM Design, Designwise Studios, Catch Design, MindLightning, Direct Steps, 316 Design and Change Design Group (NEW).

Goodmanson.com – 500th Post

Posted by D. Goodmanson on Nov 3, 2006 in Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Culture, Ekklesia, General Technology, Leadership, Monk Dev, Sermon, Sheep&Goats, Teaching | 3 comments

Welcome to Goodmanson.com . If you are new(er) here, I began this blog in July of 2004 and today I've posted for the 500th time. I got out my calculator and discovered that over these 825 days, I've made a post every 1.65 days. Over the years I've posted a lot on church planting, technology, churches, leadership and culture. Here are some posts I'd recommend if you haven't been here the whole time.

CHURCH PLANTING

Five Trends for the Future of Church Planting 26Aug06

The State of the American Church – Why Church Planting is Critical to the Future of American Christianity 16May06

CHURCH

A Partnership of Externally Focused Churches 11Aug06

Emerging From Church De-Construction to Church Kingdom Building 19Sep05

Fun with Angry, Yelling, Legalistic Christians who Know Everything 03Apr05

Is the Twelve Tribes a Cult? 02Nov05 (From my year-plus stint as a weekly Sheep & Goat column for the San Diego Reader)

LEADERSHIP

Preaching the Gospel to Yourself 26Oct06

Deacon Training & Development 02Jun06

Triperspectival Ministry Assessment 12Oct06