{"id":9313,"date":"2020-10-16T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/customer-stories\/mennonite-church-usa"},"modified":"2025-04-04T09:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:27:33","slug":"mennonite-church-usa","status":"publish","type":"customer-story","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/customer-stories\/mennonite-church-usa","title":{"rendered":"Mennonite Church USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero hero--customer-story\" id=\"hero--customer-story-block_8fca1cdbafe94e8145c1dd53d1f77d09\">\n    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container has-image\">\n        <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-diamonds d-none d-md-block\">\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__gradient\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__green\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-9 col-lg\">\n                    <ul class=\"breadcrumbs list-unstyled\">\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"\/customer-stories\">Customer Stories<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-md-5\">\n                    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-content\">\n                        <p><span class=\"green-eyebrow\">Mennonite Church<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Blackbaud and Microsoft Make Congregation Updates Easier Than Ever<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-download\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mennonitechurchusa_cs_final-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-arrow-down-to-bracket\"><\/i> Download PDF<\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n  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flex-column-reverse flex-md-row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-7\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<section class=\"lede-quote\" id=\"lede-quote-block_5e944de04d69654f886d1adfe3947601\">\n                        <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/blackbaud-blocks\/blocks\/acf-longform-lede-quote\/\/img\/quote-rectangle.svg\" alt=\"quotes\">\n                <p class=\"body-medium body-large\"><span class=\"blue-highlight\">\u201cA lot of my role has been finding ways to connect software<\/span> so we can automate and save employees time.\u201d<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__name\">\n                Ben Regier            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__organization\">\n                <i>Business Systems Analyst and Software Specialist, Mennonite Church<\/i>            <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n<section class=\"lede-paragraph\" id=\"lede-paragraph-block_56ac53dd240387f010612407343a4ed5\">\n    <div class=\"lede-paragraph__heading\">\n        <span class=\"tag\">\n            Overview        <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"body-large\">\n        With its emphasis on community, Mennonite Church USA wants its congregation information to\r\nbe as current as possible. Now it\u2019s easier than ever for Mennonite conference ministers to make\r\nupdates, thanks to a new connector that bridges Blackbaud\u2019s fundraising\r\nand relationship management solutions to Microsoft apps.    <\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_96bdfe402bd844e4e8413e7145db810a\">\n            <h3>Denomination makes congregation updates easy<br \/>\nwith Blackbaud and Microsoft.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">Mennonite Church USA is the largest Mennonite denomination in the United<br \/>\nStates with 16 conferences that include approximately 530 congregations<br \/>\nand 62,000 members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">Motivated by the belief that God calls its members to follow Jesus Christ, MC<br \/>\nUSA seeks to grow communities of grace, joy, and peace through the power<br \/>\nof the Holy Spirit. One way the denomination ensures strong community<br \/>\nbonds is sharing up-to-date contact information on its congregations. In<br \/>\nachieving that goal, the denomination\u2019s IT team drew on a new certified<br \/>\nconnector between the fundraising and relationship management solution<br \/>\nBlackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT\u00ae and Microsoft Power Platform\u2122\u2014which<br \/>\nincludes Power Apps\u2122, Power Automate\u2122, and Power Virtual Agents\u2122.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">The certified connector empowers social good organizations to build<br \/>\nintegrated solutions, automate complex processes, and create virtual agents<br \/>\nleveraging Blackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT alongside hundreds of prebuilt<br \/>\nconnectors to Microsoft and third-party solutions.<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_bc9065c36637545eef0b4ebbb8008262\">\n            <h3>How a Connector Translates into Time Savings<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">Ben Regier, business systems analyst and software specialist for Mennonite<br \/>\nMission Network, the mission agency of MC USA, welcomed the connector\u2019s<br \/>\ncapabilities as his organization upgraded to Blackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT.<br \/>\n\u201cA lot of my role has been finding ways to connect software so we can<br \/>\nautomate and save employees time,\u201d explained Regier, who also assists<br \/>\nMC USA\u2019s related agencies and the additional congregations of Mennonite<br \/>\nChurch Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\nMC USA and its agencies rely on conference ministers to keep the<br \/>\ncongregation contact records current. To help simplify that process, Regier<br \/>\nand his team built an easy online portal:<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\n\u2022 Conference ministers use the online portal to quickly view and update<br \/>\ncontact information housed in Blackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT.<br \/>\n\u2022 Updates made by conference ministers go through an automated approval<br \/>\nprocess that notifies a database administrator to check formatting of the<br \/>\nupdate before it is implemented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\nBehind the scenes, the IT team created this solution using Microsoft Power<br \/>\nPlatform and the Blackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT certified connector. Team<br \/>\nmembers built the conference minister portal\u2019s frontend with Microsoft<br \/>\nSharePoint and Power Apps, feeding display information through the<br \/>\nBlackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT connector. The team built the backend logic,<br \/>\nincluding automated processes between conference ministers and database<br \/>\nadministrators, using Power Automate with the connector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\n\u201cPower Automate just makes connecting things a lot quicker,\u201d Regier said.<br \/>\nOne way MC USA\u2019s IT team taps into the congregation data stored within<br \/>\nBlackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT is with the new \u201cFind a Church\u201d search engine<br \/>\navailable to its website\u2019s visitors. On the frontend, the search engine utilizes<br \/>\nMicrosoft Power BI, a platform with an emphasis on data visualization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\nConnections between Blackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT and Microsoft Power<br \/>\nPlatform rely on the power of Blackbaud SKY\u00ae\u2014a platform for cloud<br \/>\ninnovation that\u2019s optimized for fast, reliable, and secure solutions. The overall<br \/>\nsetup \u201creally cuts down on development time and allowsWith Blackbaud SKY\u2019s application programming interfaces (APIs) and the potential to connect with Microsoft Power Platform, Regier saw the potential to speed along Mennonite Church USA\u2019s upgrade to Blackbaud Raiser\u2019s Edge NXT. On a professional level, Regier said he enjoyed the chance to participate in Blackbaud\u2019s early adopter program as it established the connector with Microsoft. \u201cIt\u2019s fun to get to play with new things and to have a voice in the direction of where things go.\u201d you to connect more easily,\u201d Regier explained.<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n<section class=\"pull-quote pull-quote__top-bottom white-bg\" id=\"pull-quote-block_a7d07a365a4fbb7a9ce852633d990a5c\">\n    <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-content\">\n            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-quote\">\n                <h4 class=\"h5\">\u201cPower Automate just makes connecting things a lot quicker.\u201d<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-name\">\n                Ben Regier            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-role\">\n                    Business Systems Analyst and Software 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