Comments on: CCB Vs. Connection Power (Part 1)

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:07:03 +0000

We made the switch to connection power. They were very helpful with the initial process for setup (migration).

I should mention that the reason for our switch was because of the KIOSK system that they have. We already had a simple database in place, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to migrate because of the nice features available.

However I have run into a problem with the KIOSK system. It does not run as expected. I have been in contact with support, starting over 2 months ago. Nothing has been resolved. I was told that I would receive information, I didn’t. The documentation for setup is lacking, and ultimately the support fails. I don’t know what they’re doing over there, but they’re definitely not customer centric when it comes to support.

If you don’t have any support issues, then this software may be fine. If you run into some sort of technical issue, then good luck getting it resolved.

By: Steve Clark

Steve Clark — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:55:31 +0000

Great article. Thanks

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Chiriqui, Panama — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:27:51 +0000

Fantastic, thanks for posting!

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By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:12:03 +0000

I am considering Parent Pager for child/student check-in and check-out. Can anyone give me insight on the quality of Connection Power or CCB’s version?

By: Jeffie Arkenberg

Jeffie Arkenberg — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:26:52 +0000

I was trying to send you an email but I can’t find it on your site. Can you please contact me?

By: Reggie

Reggie — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:21:05 +0000

Does anyone know where you can get an example of a Chart of Accounts for a large church using Fund Accounting methodology? If I go to PowerGiving you have to use Quickbooks for Non-profits and I will need to set up a set of Chart of Accounts that will rollup reports (at least to a reasonable level) for all chart of accounts for each of my 30 funds.

By: Camnio Media

Camnio Media — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:37:36 +0000

Our church is currently using Connection Power, unfortunately we haven’t used it to the fullest of its capabilities.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:51:37 +0000

We’ve been using Connection Power for about 2 years now and have been fairly pleased. Buggy areas have cropped up in the Kiosk software, which CP has quickly remedied. Tech Support is great.

The only area we’re stuck on right now is the assimilation program. We’re trying to fit how our Deacon board wants to operate into how the PowerCare module works. It’s not a perfect fit. The biggest problem has been the inability to have precise control over the scheduling of calls. PowerCare let’s you set a frequency, but it decides when to schedule the calls. My Deacons have a simple model – call all famlies on their list once a month. They want to make the calls anytime in the month, and write down their results whenever they want. PowerCare schedules spreads out calls for each family throughout the call frequency, then gives you a set number of days before it goes into a skipped call status.

It’s a great process to provide tight control, especially if you have a large number of ConnectionParterns (a.k.a. deacons) and large congregation. It’s not the best for a small number of deacons who just want to record call results when they want too.

PowerVisitor works in a similar fashion, but here, it fits much better into our Visitor connection team since the calls MUST be made within a day or two of their Sunday visit and accountability on followup is extremely important. We love this module. Pays for itself in Kingdom dollars.

We haven’t signed up for PowerGiving yet, but are considering it. Right now, we just use direct bank EFT and PayPal, which we only recently started.