Hello, and welcome to Doxology Software! My name is Doug Walker. I'm the founder, CEO, president, accountant, lead engineer, and janitor. I'm all those things because as of today, Doxology Software is just one person. Me.

I've been wondering for a long time how I should present this business to the public. For years it has occupied my thoughts, my dreams, and my fears. While I realize that it's brand new to you, it's not to me. To me, it's a vision: a grand, sweeping dream of software products and services that can help the church see new levels of effectiveness and relevance.

But in reality, right now it's vaporware. There is no demo to download. There are no screenshots to show you. So how do I present it to you?

I've thought of all the "normal" ways, like writing vision statements and functional specifications. Surely, those are important and I'll do that soon enough.

I thought it might be much more interesting, though, to just invite you along for the journey. See, this isn't a startup as much as it's a journey. I've been on this road for at least 10 years already, so I have a lot of backstory to share with you. Like a cross-country trek, God has meticulously pointed me to the next step all along the way...and now I want to invite you to join us.

Where are we going? Well, God only reveals one step at a time, so even I'm not 100% sure where we'll end up. But the direction is sure. We're headed to a church whose staff is informed and whose congregation is connected like never before. We're headed to a church that spends less and less time on technology and more and more time meeting people's needs and pushing them on toward Christ-likeness. In short, we're headed to a church empowered by software instead of encumbered by it.

How do we get there? Well, that's what I want to share in this blog over the next few months. Specifically, we'll talk about

• What's wrong with church software?
• How do we fix church software?
• How is Doxology Software going to be different?
• What is Doxology Software going to do to help?
• When will there be a real product?

So join me. I've got a lot of ideas I want to share, and I would love to hear yours!