Church Management Information System
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Design And Implementation of a Church Management and Information System (Using Upper Room Baptist Church as case study)
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The church is an ever growing entity. More people are converted and more children are born into Christian homes. Gone are the days when pastors, shepherds, priests, bishops and the likes knew each and every member of his church personally. Churches are no longer just fellowships, degrees are offered, accounts are kept, people are wedded and the welfare of members is attended to.
Imagine what a professional football team would be like without a regimen of practice drills? Now take away their playbook and player statistics. What you have in this extreme scenario are highly talented (and perhaps overpaid) individuals participating in organized chaos. They might actually win a game or two, but in the long run, this team is doomed. This illustration is to drive home the point of why any organization needs to examine the existence and effectiveness of its management systems.
The world is becoming Information and technologically based. For this reason, Management Systems have been introduced into various industries ranging from the educational to the health sector and even into agriculture amongst other things. A management Information System is a system to convert data from internal and external sources into information, in an appropriate form, to management at all levels in all functions to enable them to make timely and effective decisions for planning, directing and controlling the activities for which they are responsible (Ebole et al, 2010).
The Church is not excluded from these industries. The Church Management and Information System is a system for churches to manage their operations efficiently and systematically (Wikipedia, 2012). It is also a specialized software that assists churches in organization and automation of daily operations. These packages typically assist in the management of membership and
Design And Implementation of a Church Management and Information System (Using Upper Room Baptist Church as case study)
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The church is an ever growing entity. More people are converted and more children are born into Christian homes. Gone are the days when pastors, shepherds, priests, bishops and the likes knew each and every member of his church personally. Churches are no longer just fellowships, degrees are offered, accounts are kept, people are wedded and the welfare of members is attended to.
Imagine what a professional football team would be like without a regimen of practice drills? Now take away their playbook and player statistics. What you have in this extreme scenario are highly talented (and perhaps overpaid) individuals participating in organized chaos. They might actually win a game or two, but in the long run, this team is doomed. This illustration is to drive home the point of why any organization needs to examine the existence and effectiveness of its management systems.
The world is becoming Information and technologically based. For this reason, Management Systems have been introduced into various industries ranging from the educational to the health sector and even into agriculture amongst other things. A management Information System is a system to convert data from internal and external sources into information, in an appropriate form, to management at all levels in all functions to enable them to make timely and effective decisions for planning, directing and controlling the activities for which they are responsible (Ebole et al, 2010).
The Church is not excluded from these industries. The Church Management and Information System is a system for churches to manage their operations efficiently and systematically (Wikipedia, 2012). It is also a specialized software that assists churches in organization and automation of daily operations. These packages typically assist in the management of membership and
References: Ebole F.A, Fashoto G.S and Akinyele A.O, “An Overview of Management Information System”, page 2. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/church_software Church Solutions Magazine, http://web.archive.org/web/20080802120510/http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/articles/231Feat3.html