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21 votes
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Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
8 votes -
Rio de Janeiro’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangs accused of ordering Catholic churches to close
11 votes -
Medieval historian and game developer, Jason Kingsley CBE, reacts to Manor Lords
12 votes -
Why Frank Lloyd Wright was so good
4 votes -
Ohio pastor charged for housing the homeless
45 votes -
If we shoot a 140lb draw weight English longbow from a five story medieval tower, how much further will the arrows go?
13 votes -
Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
14 votes -
Baltimore Archdiocese says it will file for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
26 votes -
Ten churches around the world that have been repurposed in interesting and creative ways
42 votes -
Proud Boys fined over $1 Million for destroying property of a Black church
40 votes -
Free and/or open-source software alternatives for churches
I've been seeing some cool software in the church space lately with lots of fancy bells and whistles that handle many different aspects of running a church (social, presentation, tithing, etc.)....
I've been seeing some cool software in the church space lately with lots of fancy bells and whistles that handle many different aspects of running a church (social, presentation, tithing, etc.). However, not all churches, especially small ones, can afford them or have members savvy enough to set it all up and maintain/operate them. I thought this could be a cool thread for free and or open source software that churches can use can use (Does not necessarily need to be design specifically for churches).
EDIT
Here is a list of paid examples:- Renewed Vision
- ProPresenter
- ProVideoPlayer
- ProVideoServer
- Scoreboard
- ProContent
- Microsoft Office
- PowerPoint
- Excel
- Google
- Slides
- Sheets
- Forms
Here is a short list of FOSS alternatives:
- Free Show
- Owncast
- Rock RMS
- Choyr
- OBS
- OpenLP
- WorshipTools
21 votes - Renewed Vision
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How a megachurch wields power in a regional California city and influence in the music industry
7 votes -
The city that fell off a cliff
6 votes -
Swedes from across the north-east of England have celebrated the traditional Scandinavian festival of Sankta Lucia at Hexham Abbey
4 votes -
Why Norway's churches look weird
6 votes -
Minneapolis church still holds services in Norwegian – congregation was founded in 1922 at the tail end of a decades-long migration of Norwegians to Minnesota
6 votes -
Forgotten archive of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church
10 votes -
Right-wing think tank Family Research Council, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins growing list of activist groups seeking church status to shield themselves from financial scrutiny
6 votes -
US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far
15 votes -
Photojournalist Giuia Besana visits the world's northernmost priest who runs the Svalbard Church in Longyearbyen, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
6 votes -
Christianity hasn’t failed in India. Conversion isn’t its only goal
3 votes -
This wealthy Dallas church owns the most clergy homes in Texas — and it costs taxpayers six figures a year
11 votes -
Swedish singer Anna von Hausswolff performed in secret on Thursday night, after two of her French concerts were cancelled due to pressure from fundamentalist Catholics
5 votes -
Megan Rohrer elected as first openly transgender bishop in US Lutheran church
11 votes -
Denmark sermons law could stifle free worship, warns Church of England bishop – Robert Innes says proposed translation law could affect religious freedoms across Europe
13 votes -
How the sun illuminates Spanish missions on the winter solstice
4 votes -
More than forty diagnosed with COVID-19 after Frankfurt church service
8 votes -
Pastor who claimed to cure coronavirus with faith dies of coronavirus
12 votes -
Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus
10 votes -
Seventy-one infected with coronavirus at Sacramento church. Congregation tells county ‘leave us alone’
9 votes -
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis quietly signs second order overruling all local coronavirus orders, including church bans
7 votes -
Louisiana pastor defies coronavirus order, draws over 1,000 people to services
13 votes -
A woman dies. How does her community pay tribute when they are social-distancing?
@buailtin: Yesterday we buried a lovely woman. Due to #Covid19 there was no wake & our community couldn't enter the church. But the entire parish came out & lined the 2km road to graveyard to say goodbye to Betty Ryan. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine #WestKerry https://t.co/Sns99qUSad
7 votes -
LDS Church suspends all worship services worldwide due to coronavirus
13 votes -
A prominent Northern California mega-church whose members believe their prayers heal the sick and raise the dead is advising the faithful to wash their hands
7 votes -
A California church raised money to pay off the medical debts of 5,555 struggling Los Angeles–area residents, wiping out more than $5 million in bills.
16 votes -
The Church of Sweden has unveiled the country’s first-ever LGBT+ altarpiece and homophobes are very upset about it
11 votes -
Why so many Americans are turning to Buddhism
19 votes -
The Christian right is helping drive liberals away from religion
18 votes -
Inside the radical beliefs of Israel Folau's Truth of Jesus Christ Church, founded by his father Eni
7 votes -
Abolish the priesthood: To save the Church, Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy—and take the faith back into their own hands
10 votes -
At least 200 dead in Sri Lanka church and hotel bombings
28 votes -
After Notre Dame fire, Philadelphia’s historic Christ Church demonstrates its ‘water curtain’
7 votes -
Thieves steal a famous painting from an Italian church — but don't worry, it's fake
7 votes -
Ellen Page calls out Chris Pratt's church for being "infamously anti-LGBTQ"
16 votes -
Michelangelo’s Sistine splendor, story of a Renaissance icon
4 votes -
What should America do with its empty church buildings?
13 votes -
Sydney Anglicans ban same-sex marriage on hundreds of church properties
5 votes -
Sydney Anglicans to ban same-sex marriage, yoga on all church property
3 votes