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I recently had a great conversation with Julie Curry, the Membership Data Director at The Church at Brook Hills. I was excited to hear how their church is using Arena, specifically the Group Leader Toolbox. The Toolbox assists group leaders in keeping track of and communicating with group participants through the church’s website.   Brook ...

In a recent REV! Magazine article, senior advisor of Catalyst and multi-site pioneer, Jim Tomberlin, predicted, “We'll have what I call super megachurches or ‘giga’ churches, but in smaller buildings.” Advancements in technology have greatly increased the ability for one church to spread its message to other church sites, including internet ...

In a recent post, I mentioned that I would cover some key elements of Arena that will open up many possibilities for the Church as a whole. There is no better evidence than that of experience. Recently, Iowa experienced devastating flooding. CNN marked it as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids, IA has ever seen. I had the opportunity to interview one ...

July 17, 2007 - The Arena division of Shelby Systems demonstrated the R.O.A.R.™ (Rapid On-line Automated Registration) check-In system at the National Association of Church Business Administration Conference (NACBA) with much success. As a promotion to brand the theme of Arena's check-in, a drawing was held for two, large Arena ...