I just got this ad in my inbox. In light of my study of The Great Commission and The Mission of the Church (which I touched on in my post The Great Commission), it made me choke. Exactly the opposite of what I think the church needs to do.

ignitecrm

Retain visitors and increase member involvement with an Inreach Site powered by IgniteCRM, a web-based Church Relationship Management suite that allows you to:

  • Connect People with Interactive Member Dashboard
  • Empower Members to Give Online & Your Staff to Track through Integrated System
  • Increase your Reach & Member Participation with Social Media Integration
  • Track Contributions, Attendance & Member Engagement

In other words:
Circle the wagons! Keep the resources (both people and finances) inside our fellowship. Get them in, but don’t let them get back out!

And what is Church Relationship Management? Are we so focused on numbers that we can’t just see people as people? Are the churches programs really that important? Do numbers really matter?

The Church is not a corporation that needs to Manage it’s Relationships. It’s a dynamic, living organism! It’s The Body of Christ. It is People. Lives transformed, healed and set free.

Jesus is about People, people!