The Need for Holistic Church Technology Experiences

Technology is important in the modern church. It brings connection. It creates unique experiences and keeps people engaged outside of Sunday services. It keeps everyone up to date and aware of what’s going on.

It has also become part of the overall church experience. When Liquid Church’s leadership thought about putting digital church “back in the drawer” after the pandemic, they realized that it had become too important to ignore — not as a replacement for in-person church, but as a way to amplify the entire faith journey. The hybrid in-person and digital style of church has become the new normal, making the technology behind it more important than ever.

Technology can also help with decision-making. As you track data, you can make unbiased decisions more easily. As Amber Smart recently said on the Church 3.0 podcast, “Data cannot buy you lunch.” It’s a neutral party that can support key insights in critical moments.

Even if you see its value, though, incorporating church technology into your church’s strategy isn’t easy. Digital tools are rarely straightforward solutions. They require a deep understanding of each situation and its complications. Integrating a new digital solution can impact multiple ministries, and you want to have a strategy in place to keep everyone on the same page as you transition, launch, and train everyone.

If you’re starting a digital initiative in your church, you have to think bigger than a product. You need an implementation strategy and a partner to walk with you through that process. You need a white glove experience that comes with church-focused technology that is focused on mission, not profit margins. And it needs to be backed by an expert team that understands both software and the church.

The Apollos Approach: Church Technology Made Easy

This crossroads of ministry and technology informs everything that we do at Apollos. We’ve built our company’s goals, culture, ethos, and software around the concept of church-friendly, expert-backed technology experiences that empower church leaders to achieve their missions — not just on Sunday. Every day.

While traditional technology providers see their clients as transactional interactions, we view the churches we work with as partners. When a church agrees to work with Apollos, the interaction is more than exchanging a product. It’s even more than tech training or providing product updates over time. 

We don’t just have an engagement platform. We have created a hands-on, start-to-finish service that helps churches implement tailored, mission-focused technology that supports discipleship, community building, and personal faith development. 

Yes, this starts with our white label technology, but it goes so much further. We want to understand what you need before we give you solutions. (That’s the natural way God designed that process, right?)

We start by getting to know your leadership and tech teams. That’s something Jack Hoey III, Director of Creative at Seacoast Church, specifically called out, saying “the time [the Apollos team] took to get to know our team and to appreciate and encourage us was also important, and had a distinct positive impact on the project.”

Real, effective, easy technology comes backed by people. It starts with knowledge, which leads to catered, mission-focused solutions. It includes detailed, well-communicated strategies, roadmaps, and timelines, followed by ongoing support after launch. 

We are still working with ministries like Liquid Church years after building their initial technology. Matt Welty just came on the Church3.0 podcast to share that Crossroads church is taking our multi-year partnership to the next level by becoming a Custom SaaS Apollos user. 

Investing in Easy Church Technology With an Eye Toward the Future

Along with ongoing support and targeted solutions, a holistic approach to church technology partnerships keeps you on the front lines of the church in America. The Apollos team is constantly blazing new trails in the digital sector of the Church world. By investing in a partnership over a platform, our clients are immediately aware of things they might not otherwise have realized were an option for years, like our new app clip-designed, giving and engaging solution, Tap.

Church technology shouldn’t hold back a ministry. It shouldn’t complicate your operations or overwhelm your team. 

Digital tools designed for the church and backed by people from the church should make digital transformation in your ministry simple. It should help you tap into the power of the online world in your day-to-day interactions, and give you the knowledge and support to make sure your technology is there when you need it the most.

We’d love to walk you through how the Apollos platform can serve your church. Schedule a conversation today, and one of our experts can help you figure out if we’re a good fit and how our ministry-focused solutions can help your church stay on mission.