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Data—it's such a short word, but many institutions have turned this term into a buzzword of obsession, particularly in this digital age.

Today, data could arguably be the most valuable commodity. Without any data, it's hard to imagine how most people or organizations can decide on their most significant decisions. Most importantly, the data that people collect now includes even more sophisticated details that were never thought of.

Let's face it— data drives decisions!

In this regard, churches also need data to inform their complex decisions.

Pastors in the churches could have started collecting data out of necessity, like gathering basic details such as the church members' names, ages, and home addresses. In fact, these data are so familiar that church pastors only rely on their memories.

But today, it's an entirely different story. You have more sophisticated church members; you church membership has increased. Then, you have to encode other significant information like tithes collection, employment, attendance, or cultural orientation. And these are only a few of the myriad details that church leaders bear in mind for important church decisions.

So, you turn to digital software and services to assist you in all these activities.

It's more likely that these technological services will request the church members to share their personal data to have the best experiences of these services. As the church leader, you have access to all these data from your church members.

Yes, you have the idea that you can use these data for church purposes or even beyond that, as most tech services may subtly suggest to you. But there are some pressing questions that you must consider:

Should you use the church members' data?

Even more important is this: how do you use these data?

Do you follow what most institutions do with the data they have in their hands 'for the benefit of the church'?

In this episode, Frank Barry and Dean Sweetman have this intimate and enlightening conversation on the central and sensitive themes surrounding the use of church data for many purposes. Ultimately, the answer concerns how pastors can use these data to shepherd their church members.

"If that's our fundamental belief that pastors are trying to care for their people, and that's the reason they're using the data. We think it's really about caring for your people and paying attention to the things that really matter. How do you do that? And how do you use data as part of all of those things to be healthy?"
-Frank Barry

You can do much more with your church members' personal data while remaining ethical, moral, and Christian. If you’re searching for answers to the most pressing questions about church data, we have the right data that you need for your questions in this episode.

By the end of this episode, you will learn:
✅A comparison of how pastors collected data then and now
✅Why churches shouldn’t be afraid of collecting data
✅The data that really matters at church
✅How effectively using data equates to loving people
✅Practical, ethical, and Christian means to uphold the value of church data
✅Embracing the technology to use data for the church’s benefits

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