Most church management systems in existence today are exactly that – management systems. The functions and features focus on the chores of managing the regular administrative tasks of the church. While many of these tasks are good and necessary, they often shortchange or completely overlook the main resource and reason for the church’s existence: people. The church is a community of faith, and its people form the very nexus of its existence. Church-Link starts with the concept of community as its fundamental cornerstone.
Church-Link can help facilitate relationships by offering members the opportunity to interact on-line in a variety of ways:

• Keep everyone up-to-date with Announcements targeted to specific community groups
• Encourage creativity with member art & photography galleries
• Share insights across your congregation by publishing multi-media based articles; encourage member interaction through comments and ratings.
• Leverage powerful blogging features to which members can subscribe. Optionally enable blogging for any member.
• Chat on-line using moderated chat rooms.
• Include classified ads and allow members to post entries by category.
• Share business contact information with the on-line business card directory.
• Dialogue on-line with feature-rich Discussion Forums.
• Publish community events and offer on-line enrollment with PayPal integration.
• Share photos with a robust photo gallery module.
• Post employment opportunities with the electronic Job Board.
• Post resumes and communicate employment availability.
• Find others with common interests with powerful search and member profiles.
• Communicate instantly using private messaging that links with member email accounts.
• Get connected using the on-line ministries catalog.
• Get involved with on-line ministry spaces
• Share prayer requests and praise reports with all users or selected roles. The module includes categories, search, automated email notifications, and much more.
• Find a small group with the on-line small groups directory.
• Request information regarding any ministry, group, or event with the customizable Contact Us module.
• Share any page on your site with the Tell A Friend module.