We hope you have been relaxing with family and friends after a very busy Christmas season. As we reflect on 2024 and look ahead to the new year, we thought it was the ideal time to share the most popular and insightful resources and product updates of this year.
These are all designed to help make the operations of your church run even more smoothly and to encourage generosity. We hope these perspectives and tools offer inspiration for your 2025 plans with your church.
Top eBook and Report
Our comprehensive and popular Guide to Healthy Church Operations eBook is your blueprint for building an engaging and efficient church operations ecosystem in the coming year. Healthy church operations allow you to focus on what's truly important in your ministry... your people.
The 2024 State of Church Giving report complies data on growth trends in digital giving, recurring donations and overall giving, to help you know how you can grow generosity. Get this report, and stay tuned for the 2025 report coming soon.
Top New Product and Feature
Amplify’s new Service Planning module lets you streamline every detail of your worship services with tools that make scheduling, communication, and resource management simple. Empower your worship and volunteer teams to deliver seamless, impactful services that deepen engagement and inspire cheerful generosity.
Maybe the most impactful new feature this year was the long-awaited digital wallet additions to our Giving Platform of Venmo, Apple Pay and PayPal. The ease of using digital wallets has swept all online payment platforms, but the impact our churches have seen from increased generosity has been noteworthy, with up to a 60% increase in first-time givers.
Top Podcasts and Blog
With a new podcast from our Church Leadership Lab coming out each week, how do we pick just one?
Earlier this month, Ben Stapley discussed the significance of meaningful meetings and how they can elevate church leadership and staff engagement. Definitely a worthwhile listen!
In another top episode, Chloe Haddad explored the pivotal role of social media in fostering church engagement beyond Sunday services.
To keep up with these thought leaders' insights, subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.
This popular blog article shares 6 Simple Ways to Get More People Visiting Your Church – good fodder as we head into Lent and Easter.
We hope you enjoy these resources as you prepare for 2025.
