Church Tech Company Offers Free Webinar Sharing Solutions for a Successful Digital Holiday Church Program

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 4, 2020 ‒ Faithlife, makers of integrated church technology products including Logos Bible Software, will present a free webinar on Nov. 11 to equip church leaders for a pandemic edition holiday season with quality virtual options. 

“A Thrill of Hope: 7 Tips to Prepare for Digital Advent, Christmas and Watch Night Programs” will air from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT via Zoom. Hosted by Faithlife’s Chauncey Allmond, Logos National Presenter, and Kristen Tetteh, Product Manager, the webinar will include tips for how to use technology to honor tradition in new ways this Christmas season and answers to viewer questions. 

“Although this year’s holiday church programs will undoubtedly look different from previous years and pose unique challenges, it’s critical that church leaders remain focused on ministry and service,” said Bob Pritchett, co-founder and CEO of Faithlife. “This informative webinar and the simple yet effective technology solutions it will share will equip ministry leaders for an impactful season of outreach and, in so doing, create space for more kingdom work.”

The webinar is part of Faithlife’s free “Christmas Countdown” resources created to simplify the process of preparing for in-person and online Advent and Christmas programs into manageable steps. In addition to the webinar, Faithlife is offering a “Christmas Countdown” bundle that includes a week-by-week Christmas checklist, guides for getting started with live streaming, a comprehensive digital discipleship guide for December and beyond, beautiful Christmas stock photos, info on using SEO to maximize your church website and much more. 

To register for the webinar, visit Faithlife.com/Christmas-webinar. To learn more about the “Christmas Countdown,” visit https://grow.faithlife.com/christmas. 

About Faithlife
Faithlife, based in Bellingham, Washington, with offices in Arizona and Mexico, has been using technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible for more than 25 years. Since 1992, Faithlife has developed a full suite of church management tools, academic study resources, smart digital books, and Logos Bible Software, all part of its integrated ministry platform that automates tasks and simplifies workflows. For more information, visit faithlife.com.

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Faithlife Acquires Servant Keeper, Expanding Its Church Management Solutions

BELLINGHAM, Wash., November 3, 2020 – Faithlife, makers of integrated church technology products including Logos Bible Software, and Servant Keeper, creator of the church management software Servant Keeper, announced today a new, exciting partnership that will see Servant Keeper join the Faithlife suite of church tools, becoming part of a revolutionary, integrated ministry platform.

“We are thrilled to have Servant Keeper join the Faithlife family and provide our customers with more tools and resources to help their ministry efforts,” said Bill Newman, former owner of Servant Keeper. “Faithlife shares our vision to be partners in ministry with church leaders and make their day-to-day work more efficient. This change comes at a critical time when the world needs more quality ministry tools than ever before that are simple, effective and convenient.”

Since 1994, Servant Keeper has provided its church customers with simple, user-friendly software that streamlines many tedious church administration tasks including attendance tracking, emailing and small group organization. The Servant Keeper software helps users easily engage in church management and delegate it to appropriate church leaders. 

By joining Faithlife, Servant Keeper becomes part of Faithlife’s extensive suite of quality technology tools to assist church leaders in managing day-to-day operations as well as create deeper connection and discipleship among their congregation. As part of the Faithlife family, Servant Keeper users will have access to add on any of Faithlife’s offerings, which include Faithlife Proclaim church presentation software, Faithlife Sites, Faithlife Media, Faithlife Sermons, Faithlife TV, Logos Bible Software, and more.

“It’s an honor to bring Servant Keeper and its users into the Faithlife family, and welcome the team that built it to Faithlife,” said Bob Pritchett, Faithlife founder and CEO. “Their decades of experience working with church leaders will be an invaluable asset to us as we continue to produce tools to help people spend less time tinkering with technology and more time in the ministry they were called to do. The expertise of the Servant Keeper team will accelerate this mission.” 

For more information, visit Faithlife.com/servant-keeper. 

About Faithlife
Faithlife, based in Bellingham, Washington, with offices in Arizona and Mexico, has been using technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible for more than 25 years. Since 1992, Faithlife has developed a full suite of church management tools, academic study resources, smart digital books, and Logos Bible Software, all part of its integrated ministry platform that automates tasks and simplifies workflows. For more information, visit faithlife.com/servant-keeper.

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Faithlife Offers Paperless Donation Software to Enable Safe Giving While Social Distancing

Faithlife Offers Paperless Donation Software to Enable Safe Giving While Social Distancing

Company Offers Faithlife Giving Premium Plan with No Subscription Fees for a Limited Time

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 19, 2020 ‒ In light of continued COVID-19 concerns, Faithlife, makers of integrated church technology products and Logos Bible Software, is offering churches the ability to provide completely paperless giving options for congregants through Faithlife Giving. 

For a limited-time only, Faithlife is offering Faithlife Giving’s Premium Plan with no subscription fees. 

“For many churches, the thought of holding services online, let alone virtual giving, used to seem completely irrelevant. Then 2020 happened,” said Bob Pritchett, co-founder and CEO of Faithlife. “If there is anything this year has proven, it’s the necessity for paperless giving options. These solutions available through Faithlife Giving will equip church members to give securely in every sense.”

Faithlife Giving users will benefit from the following features through its paperless donation software: 

• A proprietary Giving Calculator, 

• Text–to–give, 

• A customizable church mobile app,

• Custom giving statements,

• Giver–covered fees,

• Multiple fund options, 

• Recurring giving, and

• Email receipts.

Additionally, because Faithlife Giving is part of the company’s integrated ministry platform, churches also have access to added benefits such as private online communities, communication tools, online calendars and file storage.

“Faithlife Giving provides a completely COVID‒safe way for members to continue giving faithfully no matter where they are or whether churches are holding services in-person or online,” said Pritchett.

To learn more about paperless donations through Faithlife Giving, visit https://grow.faithlife.com/paperless-giving. 

About Faithlife
Faithlife, based in Bellingham, Washington, with offices in Arizona and Mexico, has been using technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible for more than 25 years. Since 1992, Faithlife has developed a full suite of church management tools, academic study resources, smart digital books, and Logos Bible Software, all part of its integrated ministry platform that automates tasks and simplifies workflows. For more information, visit Faithlife.com.

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Faithlife to Provide Exclusive Product Discounts and Logos Bible Software Gift Cards to Pastors in October

Faithlife to Provide Exclusive Product Discounts and Logos Bible Software Gift Cards to Pastors in October

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 1, 2020  ‒ Faithlife, the church technology company and makers of Logos Bible Software, is showing its gratitude during Pastor Appreciation Month this October by providing discounts on premium pastor-focused resources and gift cards to their renowned Bible study tool. 

“Throughout the turbulent events of 2020, pastors have been on the spiritual frontlines, continuing to serve their communities and meet physical and spiritual needs,” said Bob Pritchett, co‒founder and CEO of Faithlife. “Now more than ever, pastors deserve recognition for their incredible work. It’s an honor to make many of our key pastoral products more accessible to them as a token of our appreciation. We are confident that having these tools more available will help our beloved ministry leaders continue to focus on the important work to which they were called.” 

In celebration of pastors everywhere, Faithlife is offering up to 84% off on more than 200 premium resources, some of which include: 

• Courses provided through Logos Mobile Education covering pertinent topics such as biblical principles for diversity and how to counsel sexual abuse victims; 

• Books covering numerous theological topics from influential faith leaders including John Piper, Cornelius Van Til, Thomas Oden, Charles Spurgeon and John Macarthur, to name a few; 

• The Ministry Collection, a foundational resource providing insight from acclaimed authors and seasoned pastors in addition to an assortment of resources on ministry; 

• The Lexham Press Pastoral Leadership Bundle, a rich resource providing multiple books that have become faith cornerstones, including “The Care of Souls” and “Hearers and Doers,” to name a few; and 

• The Sermon Editor Collection, available to Logos Bible Software users, which equips pastors to quickly and easily find supporting content for sermons.

Additionally, Faithlife is offering gift cards for its products for church members who want to bless their pastor and show their appreciation.

“These tools were carefully selected with pastors in mind, as we sought to provide resources that would help with some of the hardest parts of their demanding jobs,” said Pritchett. “While we work to help the Church advance ministry all year round, it is an honor to be able to serve those who spend their lives serving in this simple yet significant way. We hope that fellow church leaders and members will consider gifting their pastors with one or more of these resources to help celebrate them as part of Pastor Appreciation Month.”  

To learn more about which resources are available at a discounted rate during Pastor Appreciation Month, visit https://www.logos.com/pastor-appreciation-month.

About Faithlife
Faithlife, based in Bellingham, Washington, with offices in Arizona and Mexico, has been using technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible for more than 25 years. Since 1992, Faithlife has developed a full suite of church management tools, academic study resources, smart digital books, and Logos Bible Software, all part of its integrated ministry platform that automates tasks and simplifies workflows. For more information, visit Faithlife.com.

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New Data Highlights Church Challenges During COVID-19

Faithlife Survey Shows Churches are Returning to In-Person Gathering but Disunity Regarding Policies  

BELLINGHAM, Wash., September 16, 2020 – New survey data from Faithlife, the church technology company behind Logos Bible Software, reveals that while the majority of churches are returning to in-person gatherings, leaders face numerous challenges to church unity within their congregations.

“COVID-19 has necessitated that churches re-evaluate the way they worship, gather and disciple their congregants,” said Bob Pritchett, founder and CEO of Faithlife. “This data highlights how many churches are still grappling with what the remainder of 2020 and the future will look like, but we believe there are solutions and tools all churches can use to foster community and unity during these unprecedented times.”

COVID-19 has increased divisiveness within many churches. While most churches (73%) report that their staff agrees on how to run their church during the pandemic, many leaders face challenges to church unity within their congregation. The most common challenges are decisions about holding in-person church gatherings (34%), mask-wearing (19%), worship styles (13%), and conspiracy theories (13%). Only 9% of churches reported no divisiveness. 

The majority (61%) of churches surveyed reported that they are currently holding in-person meetings indoors with social distancing measures in place. Only 9% are meeting outdoors. The return to in-person gatherings varies by geographic region. In the South and Midwest, 67–70% of churches are meeting indoors with social distancing, and 13–20% are completely back to normal. This drops to 57–62% of churches in the Northeast and West, with 14% completely back to normal. 

Most churches report seeing a slight decrease or about the same attendance during the pandemic, but this is influenced by church size. Churches with more than 150 members were more likely to report a slight increase in attendance (27% for churches with 150–349 members, 30% for churches with 350 or more members) than smaller churches. Nearly half of the churches with 50–149 members reported a slight decrease in attendance, while 37% of churches under 50 members reported attendance has been stable.

Faithlife recognizes the challenges COVID-19 has caused for church leaders in reaching their congregation and creating unity both physically and digitally. For this reason, Faithlife offers a set of comprehensive tools to help churches ensure that they are prepared for a “Digital Fall,” including resources for how to set up a vibrant online community and strategies on how to digitally disciple congregants.

“To be fully digital this fall, churches need solutions for organizing online giving, community outreach, congregational discipleship and more,” said Pritchett. “The ‘Digital Fall’ tips break down the otherwise overwhelming process of migrating everything online into easily manageable steps that any member of any church staff can quickly learn.” 

More information about Digital Fall is available at https://grow.faithlife.com/Digital-Fall. 

The Faithlife survey data is compiled from 361 responses to a survey of Faithlife and Logos Bible Software users completed between August 24 and September 3. Churches represented by the survey respondents cover a wide range of denominations and span the globe, although a majority (76%) of responses come from church leaders in the United States. Additionally, church participants range in average weekly attendance size, including 1 to 49 (25%), 50 to 149 (34%), 150-349 (18%) and 350 or more (23%). 

To view more data from the survey, visit https://faithlife.com/ministry-resources/report/fall-kickoff.

About Faithlife
Faithlife, based in Bellingham, Washington, with offices in Arizona and Mexico, has been using technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible for more than 25 years. Since 1992, Faithlife has developed a full suite of church management tools, academic study resources, smart digital books, and Logos Bible Software, all part of its integrated ministry platform that automates tasks and simplifies workflows. For more information, visit Faithlife.com.

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Faithlife Helps Churches to Embrace ‘Digital Fall’ to Prepare Leaders for the Unexpected in a New Season

Leading Church Tech Company Provides Integrative, User-Friendly Solutions

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Sept. 8, 2020 - Faithlife, the church technology company and makers of Logos Bible Software, today launched a set of comprehensive tools to help churches ensure that they are prepared for a “Digital Fall.”

“If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, it’s the value in always being prepared to go fully digital if needed,” said Bob Pritchett, co-founder and CEO of Faithlife. “Unfortunately, many church leaders were caught off-guard when lockdowns first began, and they did not possess the tools or training required to hold the quality church services online that they desired to give their members. Our goal is to help churches prepare for the unexpected and be ready to be online for the back-to-school and holiday seasons through our integrative ministry solutions.”

Designed to help church leaders spend more time on ministry and less time learning new technology tools, Faithlife is serving solutions to the most pressing ministry needs as churches head into a “Digital Fall,” including:

• A simple process for live streaming services that churches can follow;

• How to set up a vibrant online community;

• Strategies on how to digitally disciple congregants;

• How to create and share a digital reading plan with a congregation;

• A free guide on SEO specifically for churches;

• How to set up online giving funds for COVID-specific needs; and

• More.

Additionally, Faithlife provides free live support 365 days a year to help churches set up and maintain their technology.

“Many churches are now realizing that there is more to doing church online than simply streaming a sermon on a Sunday,” said Pritchett. “To be fully digital this fall, churches need solutions for organizing online giving, community outreach, congregational discipleship and more. The ‘Digital Fall’ tips break down the otherwise overwhelming process of migrating everything online into easily manageable steps that any member of any church staff can quickly learn.”

Faithlife will host a webinar walking leaders through the complete list of “Digital Fall” tips on September 15 at 11 a.m. PDT / 2 p.m. EDT. For more information about the webinar or full suite of tools, visit faithlife.com/fall-webinar.

About Faithlife

Faithlife, based in Bellingham, Washington, with offices in Arizona and Mexico, has been using technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible for more than 25 years. Since 1992, Faithlife has developed a full suite of church management tools, academic study resources, smart digital books, and Logos Bible Software, all part of its integrated ministry platform that automates tasks and simplifies workflows. For more information, visit Faithlife.com.

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Faithlife Equips Churches to Create Advanced Worship and Sermon Presentations with the Release of Proclaim 3.0

Church Technology Company Launches Updated Version of Popular Presentation Software

BELLINGHAM, Wash., August 10, 2020 - Faithlife, the church technology company and makers of Logos Bible Software, today announced the release of its newly improved church presentation software Faithlife Proclaim 3.0.

Faithlife Proclaim is currently utilized by thousands of churches across the nation, servicing ministry leaders with software that makes worship and sermon presentations seamless and simple and ultimately enabling leaders to spend more time on ministry and less time tinkering with technology.

“In our continual pursuit to meet the needs of church staff so they can focus on their callings, we have added additional advanced features and capabilities to Faithlife Proclaim 3.0,” said Faithlife Founder and CEO Bob Pritchett. “This new version works with both in-person and online church services, which will equip churches across the country to maintain a standard of excellence no matter how COVID-19 affects gatherings now or in the future.”

New and noteworthy features of Faithlife Proclaim 3.0 include:

• A proprietary live-streaming capability unique to Faithlife Proclaim that allows churches to hook up their presentations to a live stream provider in addition to in-church presentation ability;

• Annotating screens with live markup so pastors and speakers can circle, point, underline and highlight information on their slides while speaking;

• Presenting multiple feeds on different displays, enabling worship experiences to go next-level;

• Providing different templates for displaying information on the new confidence monitor; and

• Saving different arrangements of your regularly used songs, so users can reuse any of their favorite arrangements easily, and display chord charts on the confidence monitor.

“The essential need to display worship and sermon presentations via live stream was not possible before Faithlife Proclaim 3.0,” said Pritchett. “We are excited to see how this revolutionary feature changes churches across the country as they seek to hold high-quality services online.”

Faithlife offers a 30-day free trial of Proclaim and Pro Media. To learn more about Faithlife Proclaim 3.0, visit proclaim.faithlife.com.

About Faithlife Proclaim

Faithlife Proclaim is a cloud-based software that enables pastors, worship leaders and church laymen alike to easily create quality presentations that are engaging to the congregation. Proclaim is team-focused, making worship preparation seamless with real-time updates and edits. Users have access to more than 5,000 free church graphics, 25 Bible versions and integration with SongSelect by CCLI, Planning Center, Graceway Media, Logos Bible Software and more. To learn more, visit Proclaim.faithlife.com/.

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New Book from Award-winning Author Harold L. Senkbeil Encourages Church Leaders Undergoing Crisis

New Book from Award-winning Author Harold L. Senkbeil Encourages Church Leaders Undergoing Crisis Lexham Press Offers Free Downloads of  ‘Christ and Calamity: Grace and Gratitude in the Darkest Valley’ 

BELLINGHAM, Wash., June 3, 2020 – Lexham Press has partnered with Harold L. Senkbeil, reverend and author of the best-selling and award-winning book “The Care of Souls,” to release a new and timely resource, “Christ and Calamity: Grace and Gratitude in the Darkest Valley.” The book, which offers biblical wisdom and encouragement for any type of crisis, including the current COVID-19 pandemic, will be freely available for digital download on June 3 via Lexham Press, a publishing imprint of Faithlife.

Drawing from his four decades of pastoral experience, in “Christ in Calamity,” Senkbeil reminds readers who may be grappling with suffering and uncertainty of God’s constant and faithful grace to us.

“We’re living through a global calamity, but we all live through our own small calamities,” writes Senkbeil in “Christ in Calamity.” “There are many things about the ways of God we cannot understand. However, we do know this much: we have a God who is at his best when times are at their worst.” 

Senkbeil is author of numerous books including Lexham Press’ “The Care of Souls,” which is a 2020 ECPA Christian Book Award Winner for Ministry Resources, 2020 Christianity Today Book Award Winner for Church/Pastoral Leadership and 2019 TGC Ministry Book of the Year Winner. Senkbeil’s credible reputation in pastoral work of walking alongside those dealing with personal calamities, upheaval and times of grief has inspired church leaders around the world. 

“Calamities come in many different sizes, and God addresses them all in his word and by his Spirit,” said Senkbeil. “Even when we don’t see or feel it, God is always faithful.”

While Lexham recognizes “Christ and Calamity” is relevant and useful during the current COVID-19 season, the book can also serve as a long-term source of encouragement for the people of Christ. 

“This is a book to read and to read again whenever we need it, a book to give away to people who are hurting. This book will be a classic,” said Gene Edward Veith, provost emeritus of Patrick Henry College and author of “The Spirituality of the Cross.”

To learn more about the book, visit lexhampress.com/christ-and-calamity. 

About Lexham Press
Lexham Press seeks to increase biblical literacy, thoughtful Christian reflection, and faithful action around the world by publishing a range of Bible study materials, scholarly works, and pastoral resources. For more information, visit https://lexhampress.com/. 

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