The Virtual Preacher

X3 Watch – Free internet accountability software

1. What’s an accountability software?

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button With accountability software, a user has an accountability partner who is sent copies of the web pages the user looks at. The idea is that if the user knows the accountability partner will be keeping track of his or her Internet usage, the user is less likely to visit sites that will not be approved by the partner.

2. What is it not?

An accountability software is not an internet usage monitor. Neither it’s designed to block the user from  accessing inappropriate web sites.

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How to install ChurchInfo in a Windows based Computer?

Introduction

ChurchInfo LogoThis is how I found out about ChurchInfo. Recently we decided that our church membership information must be computerized and as usual I was asked to do the job. However none of the commercial Church Management Software I came across could fit into our budget. Then I googled to see whether any free and open-source applications are available. ChurchInfo is a free church management software designed to help churches track members, families, ministerial groups, pledges and payments and perform many other useful tasks. It meets most of the features offered by commercial ChMs though it falls short of a fancy user interface. It’s originally designed to run in Linux based servers and I will host this in one of those very soon. However most of you will be comfortable with running it in a Church Computer powered by a Windows Operating system. In my situation I wanted to do a test run in my PC before paying for a web hosting service. I used a Windows XP machine for this job – but this method should work on Vista and 7 as well. This is how I did it? Click here to read the rest of, How to install ChurchInfo in a Windows based Computer?

A Facebook Group for Pastors

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Some quick information on this Facebook group which I just joined and found to be very interesting. (Click here to join)

Name:

Facebook for Pastors

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Free lyrics presentation software: Openlp 1.2.0- An alternative to EasyWorship.

Free lyrics presentation software: Openlp 1.2.0- An alternative to EasyWorship.As the information technology has replaced the traditional hymn books the need for professional lyrics presentation software other than PowerPoint was felt, and a number of software were developed and released. Sadly they came with a price tag, which discouraged churches with low income. ‘EasyWorship’ the most popular software used to serve this purpose comes with a price tag of $ 399/=

However the revolution of open source software is here and God has used it to bless the church also. A group of software developers has introduced a free and an open source professional lyrics presentation software called ‘The Open Lyrics Presentation’ (Click here to download)

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6 more benefits of being a blogging Preacher

For the past year and a half I have enjoyed reading a few blogs and even began toying with the thought of starting my own blog. Naturally, it raised some of the basic questions that most bloggers ask before they start their first blog, like: “How do I start a blog,” “What template should I use,” “What should I write,” “How often should I post” and the list goes on.

Reading Cory’s Blogging for Pastors 101 series was a tremendous blessing and he answered all of those questions plus many others.

I have been blogging regularly since January 2007, and I have since realized several benefits of being a Blogging Preacher.

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