http://mintech.org/2010/03/09/it-is-needed-in-the-church/ Where Ministry and Technology Meet Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mintech.org/2010/03/09/it-is-needed-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-27 servant Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:59:36 +0000 http://mintech.org/2010/03/09/it-is-needed-in-the-church/#comment-27 Communicating with the technology is very effective from a cost/benefit perspective. Consider eMail vs. postal mail. The incremental cost of sending out one more letter to a member of the congregation includes the postage, printing the page, addressing the envelope, and stuffing the envelope - i.e. labor. The incremental cost of sending out one more email to the congregation is zero. Okay, so you have to pay someone to enter the email address into the distribution list; but that is a one time cost, not an incremental cost. So the difference between sending out 1500 letters to the congregation and sending out 2000 letters is sizeable - i.e. another 33%. The difference between sending out 1500 emails and 2000 emails is zero. That makes the technology very attractive from a cost/benefit perspective. And an added bonus is that emails can go out internationally at no additional mailing cost. Communicating with the technology is very effective from a cost/benefit perspective. Consider eMail vs. postal mail. The incremental cost of sending out one more letter to a member of the congregation includes the postage, printing the page, addressing the envelope, and stuffing the envelope – i.e. labor. The incremental cost of sending out one more email to the congregation is zero. Okay, so you have to pay someone to enter the email address into the distribution list; but that is a one time cost, not an incremental cost. So the difference between sending out 1500 letters to the congregation and sending out 2000 letters is sizeable – i.e. another 33%. The difference between sending out 1500 emails and 2000 emails is zero. That makes the technology very attractive from a cost/benefit perspective. And an added bonus is that emails can go out internationally at no additional mailing cost.

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