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New Pushpay Study Reveals Increased Technology Adoption Among Catholic Churches—Hybrid Worship, Mobile Giving, and Digital Security are Top Priorities

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Catholic leaders remain open-minded about leveraging technology as a way to meet the diverse needs and preferences of their community in today’s digital era.

Key Points: 
  • Catholic leaders remain open-minded about leveraging technology as a way to meet the diverse needs and preferences of their community in today’s digital era.
  • This signals that parishes have a clear plan to leverage both in-person and digital opportunities to strengthen connection now and into the future.
  • The third annual benchmark report uncovers the technology priorities, concerns, and expectations among parish leaders across the U.S.
  • To learn more about Pushpay, or to view the full 2024 Catholic State of Church Tech report, visit www.Pushpay.com .

Pushpay Ushers in a New Era of Discipleship for the Church, Launches Pushpay Insights

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Pushpay Insights ushers in a new era of engagement and discipleship capabilities within the Church, where every data point is a potential life touched, every chart is a roadmap to discipleship, and every statistic is an opportunity for spiritual growth of a community member.

Key Points: 
  • Pushpay Insights ushers in a new era of engagement and discipleship capabilities within the Church, where every data point is a potential life touched, every chart is a roadmap to discipleship, and every statistic is an opportunity for spiritual growth of a community member.
  • Insights provides visibility to who is giving, who is attending, and who is ready to serve—equipping leaders with actionable intelligence to steer their congregation towards growth, deeper engagement, and more discipleship opportunities.
  • Customers who currently have ChurchStaq will benefit most from Pushpay Insights, which surfaces analytics derived from its Giving, Apps and ChMS solutions.
  • The course is designed to help church leaders understand how to leverage Pushpay Insights and how to get the most out of their church engagement data.

Pushpay’s 2024 State of Church Technology Report Reveals Church Leaders Abandon In-Person Only Services, and Embrace AI and a New Wave of Emerging Tech

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

The third annual benchmark report surveyed more than 2,200 leaders from churches across the country who are actively leveraging technology to better serve their congregations, and reverse the trend of declining attendance*.

Key Points: 
  • The third annual benchmark report surveyed more than 2,200 leaders from churches across the country who are actively leveraging technology to better serve their congregations, and reverse the trend of declining attendance*.
  • Pushpay’s 2024 State of Church Technology report reveals that hybrid church services, born out of necessity during the pandemic, continue to flourish.
  • Moreso, the 2024 report shows a significantly lower percentage of church leaders indicating it will be strategically important for the future of their ministry.
  • Other key findings in the 2024 State of Church Technology report:
    45% of respondents are not confident in their ability to adopt the right tech solutions, signaling that insecurity plagues today’s generation of church tech decision makers.

Pushpay Announces New Product Innovations to Help Streamline Ministry Operations and Increase Engagement in the Church

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Today the Company announced an enhanced global navigation experience, which further unifies its products across all digital platforms.

Key Points: 
  • Today the Company announced an enhanced global navigation experience, which further unifies its products across all digital platforms.
  • Pushpay continues to innovate and deliver technology that meets the growing needs of the Church in a digital era.
  • In fact, Pushpay research shows the significant role technology plays in the Church today, with 94 percent indicating that technology is important to helping them achieve their mission.
  • New capabilities also help improve financial planning confidence for the Church, and supports them in achieving pledge campaign goals.

Pushpay’s 2023 State of Technology Report Reveals Hybrid Church Is Here to Stay

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Insights reveal priorities, concerns, and expectations of church leaders, so ministry leaders can explore the latest digital trends and see data-driven insights about the future of church technology.

Key Points: 
  • Insights reveal priorities, concerns, and expectations of church leaders, so ministry leaders can explore the latest digital trends and see data-driven insights about the future of church technology.
  • In fact, more than half of churches (53%) consider themselves progressive when it comes to technology adoption and usage today.
  • “Most of the time we hear about how the church is resistant to change and to the modernization of technology.
  • Church-specific tools are on the rise: 86% of church leaders report they do not want more technology tools.

Pushpay’s ParishStaq Illuminates Catholic Faith Formation Journey with Sacrament Tracking

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The seven sacraments are spiritual traditions of Catholic practice, each marking an important milestone in a parishioner's faith journey.

Key Points: 
  • The seven sacraments are spiritual traditions of Catholic practice, each marking an important milestone in a parishioner's faith journey.
  • It's been incredible to see how far the ParishStaq product has come in the last year.
  • ParishStaq delivers technology that enables us to engage with peoplewhich at the end of the day, is really what we're here to do.
  • New features improve workflows and provide faith formation and religious education leaders with the confidence they need to engage, track and support a parishioner's sacramental journey.

The Archdiocese of Seattle Selects Pushpay’s ParishStaq, Embraces Technology to Increase Engagement

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

The Archdiocese of Seattle intends to grow in its mission of bringing the people of Western Washington to Christ and His Good News, with Pushpay as a key tool in that evangelization effort, said Tom Martin, Chief Information Officer at the Archdiocese of Seattle.

Key Points: 
  • The Archdiocese of Seattle intends to grow in its mission of bringing the people of Western Washington to Christ and His Good News, with Pushpay as a key tool in that evangelization effort, said Tom Martin, Chief Information Officer at the Archdiocese of Seattle.
  • The Archdiocese of Seattle is the 15th largest diocese in the United States, serving roughly 600,000 Catholics in Western Washington.
  • Pushpay is a leading technology company that delivers digital solutions to help make stewardship and evangelization effortless.
  • ParishStaq combines digital giving, mobile apps, and ChMS products that help increase generosity and enhance engagement.

Cass Information Systems, Inc. To Acquire TouchPoint, Leading National Church Management Software (ChMS) Provider

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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Cass Information Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASS) has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of mobile church management software (ChMS) developer TouchPoint, a division of The Pursuant Group, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas.

Key Points: 
  • Cass Information Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASS) has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of mobile church management software (ChMS) developer TouchPoint, a division of The Pursuant Group, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas.
  • TouchPoint provides the growth-oriented support that these organizations are seeking and demonstrates the expanded commitment Cass is making to this important segment.
  • Cass Commercial Bank, the wholly owned banking subsidiary of Cass, has provided banking products to faith-based and other non-profit entities since 1994.
  • Cass Information Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information and payment management solutions.

Local Top Students Named 2022 Coca-Cola Scholars

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Saturday, May 7, 2022

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) recognizes the 11 Florida High School Seniors who have been named 2022 Coca-Cola Scholars and will each receive a $20,000 college scholarship.

Key Points: 
  • Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) recognizes the 11 Florida High School Seniors who have been named 2022 Coca-Cola Scholars and will each receive a $20,000 college scholarship.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220506005536/en/
    Coke Florida recognizes 11 Florida students who have been named 2022 Coca-Cola Scholars, a prestigious program led by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
  • As members of the 34th class of Coca-Cola Scholars, these students not only exemplify superior leadership, service, and academics they are change agents, positively affecting others in the community.
  • With the addition of the 2022 class, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation will have provided more than 6,600 Coke Scholars nationwide with over $78 million in scholarships over the course of 34 years.

Pushpay Announces New Product Features to Help the Church Re-Engage Post Pandemic

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

As we look to the future, churches need technology partners that will innovate and grow with them to help them reach and engage with the next generation of church-goers.

Key Points: 
  • As we look to the future, churches need technology partners that will innovate and grow with them to help them reach and engage with the next generation of church-goers.
  • Today the Company is hosting a product launch webinar at 11:30 a.m. PT to dive deeper into new Pushpay product features and explore how churches can leverage them to re-engage with people in their community.
  • Also delivers actionable insights to support churches as they lean into mobile engagement as a key part of their communication strategy.
  • In fact, church leaders recently indicated that mobile church applications are one of the most strategically important technology tools for the future of their church.