Customer Spotlight

The Center

Each month, we highlight a different church and discuss how they are utilizing social networking to build a stronger, more vibrant community.  This month, we highlight The Center, a Brethren church plant based out of Akron, Ohio. 

The Center is an emergent church out of Akron, OH who realizes that the web is a key strategy for working with their parishoners.  Through the utilization of blogs, message boards, online prayer walls and the social networking features made available through Hinutech Congregate, The Center has enabled a greater level of collaboration and congregational unity.

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At its core, your church is about community.  It is about people coming together to worship, share their lives and build something bigger than themselves together.  Sadly, most religious organizations have congregations that are active one day a week but have problems engaging their parishoners afterwards.

Hinutech Congregate is church software designed to enhance, build and grow your church community.  Pastors and church leaders can reach out to their congregation through the sharing of thoughts on blogs and other Web 2.0 technology.  Church members can interact with each other via message boards, responding to blog posts and "friending" each other in the virtual church.  If you choose, your congregation can participate in the larger Hinutech Congregate network of churches and spread your message while bringing in the message of others -- or you can keep your church's social network confined to just your parishoners. 

If you would like a demonstration of how Hinutech Congregate can help you, please contact us via the form on this page.

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Features

Description
Announcements and Blogs Keep your congregation and church leadership informed with important announcements through our Announcements module or via our blog platform. Announcements and blogs will ensure that users receive critical information in a timely manner.
 
 Denominational Organizations

Larger churches can establish a web presence for each of their locations. This capability allows for a mechanism of getting your entire denomination online while granting the ability to send information to all members of your disparate locations.
 
Document Library Allow your congregation to have instant access to important documents through our Document Management module. You can upload copies of newsletters, church bulletins and even church directories. Save money, time and the environment by using electronic distribution of information.
 
Message Boards Develop a sense of community with an integrated message forum allowing your congregation to express themselves, make announcements and interact online.
 
News Integration Integrate news feeds from an infinite number of places around the web that you wish to share with your congregation. Easily make relevant, informative content from bloggers appear on your site. This capability allows for your site to be a daily visit for your congregation as they can view religious thoughts from some of the best minds on the web.
 
Online Tithing Accept donations and tithings online via our integrated PayPal system. Tithings can be one-time events or your congregation can sign up for automatic tithing to be processed weekly or monthly.
 
Organizations Hinutech Congregate allows you to setup organizations within your site and grant access to only the members that you choose. You can have a section of your site devoted to church leadership where critical congregational documents, information and calendars are shared away from the view of the larger congregation.
 
Polls Conduct polls to receive instant feedback from your congregation.
 
Shared Calendars  Make important dates front and center with our Calendar module. Your congregation will have access to events that impact them and their church family. Members can choose to subscribe to calendar entries and receive reminders via email, SMS or instant messaging.
 

 

Congregate vs. Other Social Networks

Social networking for churches is what Hinutech Congregate is all about.  Through utilizing our software, you can enable your congregation to interact and share their lives with each other when they are not at church. 

How are we different from Facebook and MySpace, though?  The answer is simple: very.  We allow you to control who has access to your site.  We provide a safe place for your parishoners to interact completely separate from the larger web.  You control how much or how little the world sees of your site and who has access to join.

If you want to keep your network private for your church, you can do that.  If you only want to allow others from your denomination in, you can do that too.  

By choosing Hinutech Congregate, you maintain complete control over your church's network, web site and ultimately, who has access to contribute to it.  And best of all, we're here to help you every step of the way.

This blog post by company founder, Josh Asbury, discusses our vision of the future social networking.