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From: netnews@akgua.ATT.COM (R. Brad Kummer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MSDOS recommedations for a church
Summary: Computer Aided Ministry Convention (CAMCON) info available
Keywords: church software
Message-ID: <1811@akgua.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 88 15:10:40 GMT
References: <544@ablnc.ATT.COM>
Organization: AT&T Network Systems/Bell Labs, Atlanta GA
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In article <544@ablnc.ATT.COM>, kep@ablnc.ATT.COM (Karl Parks) writes:
> 
> I would like to get recommendations of hardware configuration and
> software for a computer to be used in the office of a church.
>  ...
> I would especially love to hear from anyone with experience on a system
> dedicated for church use. 
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I am posting this for a friend.  Please mail any questions or responses
to att!akguc!rbk, and I will forward them to the author:
	L. C. Hotchkiss
	AT&T Bell Laboratories - Atlanta, GA
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First of all, you are not alone.  There are actually a large number of
individuals and churches involved in the use of computers and in the
search for the proper uses of computers in churches.  There is now an
annual convention of our types called CAMCON which stands for
"Computer Aided Ministry CONvention".  Many of us involved in this
conference write software for our individual churches, and there are
also many commercial packages available.

I will not tout my own modest software packages here, but will rather
refer you to Neil B. Houk, who edits a newsletter called "Church Bytes"
and is very knowledgable about all of the software available for church
use.  In particular, he wrote a manual for the latest conference, CAMCON 3,
which includes a section on how to select a computer system as well as a
short description of many software packages which are on the market today.
His address is:
		Neil B. Houk
		562 Brightleaf Square #9
		905 West Main Street
		Durham, NC 27701