TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• Planning Center: Your (Planning Center) year in review.

• Resi: Troubleshooting Church live streaming issues.

• Tithely: 15 great (Tithely) Church websites.

• Church Tech Today: When AI becomes god?

Your (Planning Center) Year In Review

Planning Center shares “Your year in Planning Center!” (5-minute read), highlighting a feature popularized by Facebook (Year in Review) and Spotify (Wrapped) that enables Churches to view a summary of their activities in Planning Center during 2024 like attendees checked in, volunteers scheduled, group events hosted and donations received, raising the bar for Church Management Systems analytics. The blog post also highlights recent updates like fill-in-the-blank sermon note outlines for congregations and enabling visitors to browse what’s happening at your Church without creating an account.

Troubleshooting Church Live Streaming Issues

Resi shares “How to troubleshoot common church live streaming issues” (5-minute read), covering preventing live streaming issues, preparation for resolving live streaming issues and how to troubleshoot common live streaming issues like dropped video streams, audio and video out-of-sync and loss of sound.

15 Great (Tithely) Church Websites

Tithe.ly shares their take, “15 Examples of Great Church Websites (Updated for 2025)” (12-minute read), deconstructing websites they’ve found having intuitive navigation, effective calls to action and great aesthetics. Spoiler alert: All of the sites were built with Tithe.ly. Hmmm… See “These Are The 7 Best Church Websites of 2025” (9-minute watch) for an alternative take on the subject.

When AI Becomes God?

Church Tech Today shares “When AI Becomes God” (5-minute read). Triggered by podcaster Joe Rogan’s comment “We’ve got to hope that the right people are in control of AI when it becomes god,“ during an interview with Mark Zukerberg, the post outlines the trajectory and implications of innovation without ethics as motivators for people of faith to “get off the sidelines” and offers a vision for “redemptive AI”.

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