TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• Church Tech Today: Texting and tap tech for digital evangelism.

• YouTube Creators: Communities enhance engagement.

• Church Tech News: CarePortal, an “Uber for social impact”.

• Planning Center: Enhanced mobile and web analytics for data-driven decision making.

Digital Evangelism: Texting & Tap Tech

Church Tech Today shares “Navigating the Digital Culture Shift for Church Outreach with Marc Estes and Kenny Jahng” (21-minute watch/7-minute read), a conversation on how churches must adapt to culture shifts by embracing mobile-first engagement, text messaging, and tap technology. With 12–15 digital touchpoints now needed to reach newcomers, Estes explains how solutions like VisitorReach help churches connect more personally and instantly—beyond social likes and into meaningful conversations. Why now? Estes asserts that people are more spiritually curious—but more reluctant to walk through church doors.

YouTube Communities: Enhancing Engagement

YouTube Creators shares “Communities on YouTube“ (3-minute watch), explaining how its Communities “provide a dedicated space for you and your subscribers to have conversations, share updates, and connect” and providing a quick tutorial on setting up your community. Significance: YouTube Communities parallel other platforms’ features (TikTok Stories, Instagram’s interactive tools), offering a useful space to maintain engagement between video releases.

Care Portal: An “Uber” for Social Impact

Church Tech News shares “Tech-Enabled Charity Network Connects Churches to Local Needs” (5-minute read), highlighting how the CarePortal helps churches in Hamilton County, Tennessee, meet local needs, providing a tech-driven referral system likened to a “social impact version of Uber“. Churches receive verified requests from social workers—and can respond by providing financial assistance, items, or prayer. This tool strengthens church-community engagement, boosts volunteer mobilization, and demonstrates how technology can amplify local ministry impact.

Planning Center: Enhanced Mobile and Web Analytics

Planning Center shares “Refine your ministry approach with Church Center analytics” (5-minute read) unveiling a unified dashboard that provides historical and real-time data about how your community interacts with your content, like your Church Center groups page, events calendar and donation form as well as aggregate Church Center mobile app and web metrics, all of which help enable data-driven decision making. Significance: Church Management Systems providers continue to enhance their Church website and mobile app offerings.

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