Welcome to CMA's Annual Issue on Technology.
Technology touches every aspect of ministry today. It's also a major portion of ministry budgets. Combined, these drive CMA to offer an IT issue every year. But this year's different. 
>> Why: CMA, wanting to be the leader in best practices for ministry, has established an IT Management Section Resource Commission different from previous IT teams. Knowing that IT needs to serve each area of ministry well, the team this year represents each area of ministry management and operations: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, and even a few IT professionals! We asked this auspicious group what they felt needed to be addressed in this special issue, and then listened to what they had to say. The articles in this issue directly reflect their input.
>> How: Articles included this year touch on many areas of ministry operations and vision. A few examples include what CEOs would like to say to their new IT director in Curt Swindoll's memo to the new IT director; CFOs' needs for electronic giving strategies in Dan Busby's article; and some thoughts on where technology is going in JR Pittman's Technology Futures article.
Let us know how we're doing! CMA loves to get feedback, and so do we in the IT section!  --Nick Nicholaou, CMA Section Leader for IT Management