We ignored the first ChurchSuite publicity email as yet another bit of marketing spam, until one staff member got so frustrated with our fragmented and DIY church database that he thought he'd have a quick look.
I can honestly say that in the last few months ChurchSuite is proving to be one of our most significant tools in helping the church office be more efficient and productive.
Our database is now centralised and church members update their own details; we can track the integration process of all visitors very effectively - as well as track overall attendance; our Gift Aid claim process is now extraordinarily simple and quick and we're in the process of moving away from an American system for our Sunday Kids check-in to using the ChurchSuite module for Kids. So many areas have been well thought through and executed.
As church leaders we constantly need good levels of administrative information about who's coming to church, who's new - have they been integrated into a small group, how is our giving, are we providing the right information to people who are faithfully and generously giving their money to the church ... and so much more.
ChurchSuite seems to be filling lots of information holes! Our experience so far has been that ChurchSuite is an awesome tool that we can use in the background to be far more efficient and organised and helps us spend more time seeing more people loving Jesus more!