1. The Saddleback Digital Initiative Eric Busby CTO and Director of Communication Technologies Saddleback Church

2. Testimony Before following God’s unmistakable call to full-time ministry in January 2000, Eric spent 12 years in California’s technology industry. Eric taught programming at Microsoft Corporation in Istanbul, London, and throughout the US and also helped develop Microsoft’s certified professional program. Eric hired and developed a staff of over 180 technical professionals over the years and is proud of the mentoring network that is still in place today.

3. Today As the leader of the digital initiative at Saddleback Church, Eric spends his time unpacking the vision of Rick Warren Eric applies advanced technologies to the task of changing the lives of their flock. Eric oversees a team of a dozen full-time staff and over 126 technical volunteers who are committed to using their skills to transform the way people communicate within the church.

4. What are we called to do? “Love the Lord with all your Heart” - Worship “Love your neighbor as yourself” - Service “Go make disciples” - Evangelism “Baptize them” – bringing into Fellowship “Teach them” – Discipleship The Great Commandment - Matt 22: 36-40 The Great Commission - Matt 28:19-20

5. The Digital Initiative at Saddleback Church “David served God’s purpose in his generation” Acts 13:36 (NIV) The Centripetal vs. Centrifugal Church Personal and Purposeful Communications Facilitate the Five Purposes of the Church

6. The Rules of Ministry Have Changed in the Digital Age Anytime Anyplace Any Device Interactive Choices Real-Time If we ignore these trends, we are going to miss a huge opportunity in our generation.

7. People of Extraordinary Faith The Saddleback Story is full of examples of extraordinary faith. Saddleback’s is all about changed lives Thousands come to know Jesus and mature in their faith every year at Saddleback Implementing the Digital Initiative is another example of faith – preparing for revival.

8. So, where are we now? Significant progress this year: Step 0: Following God’s Call to Ministry – Patience Step 1: Staff Leadership – My 3 Directors Step 2: Staff Members – Their 9 People Step 3: Methodology – 1/2/4/2/1 G/C/F P2 Step 4: Volunteers – The 126 members/ministers Step 5: Infrastructure – Moving Inside Step 6: Framework – Selecting the tools Step 7: Database – New Model and Schema Complete Step 8: Development – Intra/Inter/Extra v2 in alpha

9. Our Practical Project Mgt. Dream1 unit10% Design2 units20% Develop4 units40% Deliver2 units20% Determine1 unit10% --- Good, Cheap, Fast - Pick Two

10. Saddleback Digital EcoSystem S.COM  MYS.COM P.COM  PD.COM

11. S.COM Woo our community to come to church “Billboard” site launching Q1 2000 Friendly, welcoming people place Targets Saddleback Sam Less Dynamic – High Quality Presentation

12. MYS.COM Woo our crowd to join the church Woo our congregation to discipleship Woo our committed to service Woo our core to evangelism and missions Highly dynamic site Password protected Feature rich

13. P.COM A place for pastors to find tools for ministry Books Preaching content Curriculum Music Resources

14. PD.COM A place for churches to get training Developing the Purpose Driven Community Learning from Saddleback’s Team Learning how to use the Tools

15. The focus of this discussion… Technology and the local church In other words… the implementation at mySaddleback.com

16. MYS.COM 1.0 Features Email Event Registrations On Demand Video of Worship Services Daily Devotional Ministry Pages Billboard Functions

17. MYS.COM 2.0 Features LIVE worship services Fresh Content (Daily) Improved Navigation Additional Ministry Pages myGiving Area Filtered Internet Access

18. MYS.COM 3.0 Features Small Group Pages Instant Messaging (IM) Secure Church Directory Instant Survey Chat Events Small Group Teaching Content (TV) Banner Ad Targets

19. The Staff Intranet People Groups Ministries Calendar Events Rooms Reports Mail Post Sites These features allow staff to interact with our enterprise database from any browser. (Think of the possibilities for lay leadership)

20. Worship in Jerusalem Saddleback has provided on-demand video of sermons since Easter 2000 Video has been one of the busiest areas of the site to date Saddleback is launching LIVE web-casting this month with the capacity to deliver broadband video

21. What Technologies are we using? Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft Win2K (Server and Professional) SQL7 (Stored Procedures and XML) Visual Studio (ASP+, OLEDB, COM+/C#) Cisco Infrastructure Compaq Servers Why? It’s all about skills.

22. “Great for Saddleback, what does this mean for others?” I am going to Wyoming in October to get away and think about how we can make all that we are learning and developing available to other churches. People call daily and ask for our solution, and I am convinced not freely sharing what we are doing would be a sin.

23. How can you be involved? Pray for me, pray for my leaders, and pray for my volunteers… Start in your own church now, why wait? Participate in the effort – send me an email God is clearly moving here.. Join in! Help us find a Director of Communications

24. Summary God is using us to gently introduce new techniques to transform interaction We are measuring results already Daily Devotional Events Worship Services As we release each version, we will watch to see which features are most effective Our BI reports will help us tune each feature to a desired benefit. I plan to share as we learn… my ministry to you.

25. Thank you… Eric Busby Saddleback Church 1 Saddleback Parkway Lake Forest, CA 92630 ebusby@saddleback.com ebusby@saddleback.com eric@saddleback.com