TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• The Pro Church Tools Show: Top free software for Churches.

• ChurchTrac: Mass text delivery tips.

• M+R: Can Bluesky replace X?

• Worship Facility: Lessons from a $330,000 embezzlement.

Top Free Software for Churches

The Pro Church Tools Show shares “Top Free Software for Churches & Nonprofits” (28-minute watch), highlighting 20+ free or discounted tools for creative work, collaboration, project management, accounting and more.

Tips to Ensure Mass Text Delivery

ChurchTrac shares “Pro Tip: Before you Mass Text your church, do this...” (2-minute watch), outlining prerequisite actions that Churches should take to help ensure text message delivery in light of phone carriers efforts to reduce spam.

Bluesky: A New X-killer?

M+R shares “Threads Didn’t Replace X: Can Bluesky?” (5-minute read), exploring Bluesky's potential to fill the gap as major influencers and marginalized groups leave X (formerly known as Twitter). The post outlines Bluesky’s key features, contrasts Bluesky to previous would-be X-killers like Threads, and gives the authors’ take on its potential as a viable long-term alternative to X.

Lessons Learned: A $330,000 Church Embezzlement

Worship Facility shares “How a $330,000 Church Embezzlement Exposed Crucial Financial Gaps” (5-minute read), uncovering how inadequate financial oversight led to major theft in a church organization. The case underscores the need for dual controls, regular audits, background checks, and clear financial policies to reduce the risk of such incidents.

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