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Official ICF Movement channel for all digital leaders & teams at ICF. A place of encouragement to share ideas, questions, tips, and resources.

Community Host: @benniamann
Channel Invite Link: https://t.me/icfdigital
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⚠️ WEBSITE PROBLEMS ON THE OLD WEBSITE ⚠️

Due to security changes we implemented yesterday because of increased bot attacks, our ICF website is currently down.

We're working on fixing it and will let you know as soon as everything is back to normal.

Thanks for your patience!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me @benniamann 🙏
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🎉 WEBSITE IS BACK ONLINE 🎉

We were able to restore everything with a backup and the website is running as usual again! 🤝

🚨 Important: 🚨
If you made any changes to the website yesterday (content, text, forms), you will need to do so again. Unfortunately, we were unable to prevent this—yesterday's changes have been lost.

We apologize for the trouble and thank you for your patience and support. 🙏

We will also be happy once we have the new website 🚀
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🚀 CELEBRATION LIVE TRANSLATION WITH AI 🚀

Would you like to make your celebration available in other languages, but don't have any translators yet? This is exactly where AI can help us. 🙋‍♂️

Over the past few months, we have tested many tools, including LiveVoice, which we also use for human translation at ICF Zurich and other ICFs 🤝 The founders are Christians too and want to support churches with their technology

Together with them, we have tested and optimized the AI functions and are thrilled with the latest version. The quality, speed, and content are truly impressive - Supported are 65 languages 📢 (🇨🇭german now available)

💰Use code “ICF10” for 10% start discount
💰They offer special discount for churches
💰Churches get 30%+ discount on AI features
💳 Discount level depends on your plan
📧 Just contact the support & mention "ICF Movement"

👉 https://livevoice.io/ 👈

Your ICF Digital Team
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🖥️ ICF DIGITAL - MOVEMENT SUPPORT & COMMUNITY 👋

Have you ever needed help but didn't know who you can contact? Has something not worked, and you didn't know why?

Here is a quick overview of the most important channels and resources:

📰 NEWS & UPDATES
Digital Telegram Channel
AI News Telegram Channel
Website Update Channel
Movement Channel Overview

🫂 COMMUNITY
Digital Telegram Chat
Discord (Digital & Tech) Community

🆙 PLATFORM STATUS
Website Status
EQUIP Status
ICF Hub Status

You can subscribe to get updates 🤝

🛟 SUPPORT
Use the integrated chatbot on the platform to reach us or write digital@icf.church


We hope that gives you a good overview 🙌
Have a blessed week!

Your ICF Digital Team
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🎉 THE NEW WEBSITE 🎉

We have news! I am honored to finally announce that the backend of the new website is now available for you! 🥳

⭐️ ICF Hub is available too
⭐️ Templates & Example Pages
⭐️ Help Center with 120+ tutorials
⭐️ AI Chatbot to support you


Fill out the form to get access 🔐
(only your main admin/project leader)

🔗 GET ACCESS

Checkout the Help Center 👋
(all our tutorials are available there)

🔗 WEBSITE HELP CENTER

Website Intro + Q&A 🗓️
(Get to know the website & ask questions)

✚ Tuesday 21.10 | 5pm - 6:30pm (German 🇩🇪)
✚ Thursday 23.10 | 3pm - 4:30pm (English 🇺🇸)


Thank you 👋
Your ICF Digital Team
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⚠️ GLOBAL OUTAGES ⚠️

Various tools such as Asana, Canva, and others are currently offline. And also our ICF website since a few minutes

We do not yet have any information about the exact cause, but we are already working on a solution.

Thank you for your patience 🙏
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WE ARE BACK 😎

The ICF website is alive again 🎉 — other tools apparently not yet 😢

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It is now clear that Amazon Web Services (Cloud Server from Amazon) is the cause and is experiencing problems 🙈
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JOIN THE WEBSITE CHANNEL 🤝

Today, we have our first website intro video call 👋
You need the Zoom Link?

👇 Join the website update channel 👇

https://t.me/+Y_e0O-HID3pkZGRk
THE NEXT ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY 🙌

The next Online Learning Community is just around the corner, and we thought we'd take this opportunity to talk about the ICF website and the ICF Hub 🙌

This is a chance for you to ask questions, we'll share some best practices, and we'll have a discussion.

We'll also give you a little insight into the features we have planned for next year. 🚀

🗓️ Wednesday, 19.11
🕞 06:00 pm (Zurich time)
📍 Zoom

We look forward to seeing you ☺️
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🤝 CHURCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - WHAT SHOULD I USE? 👨‍💻

In 2017/2018, we as a movement communicated a recommendation for the church management system “Elvanto.” Great product, special ICF discount, and even German as a language option. 🎉

Elvanto has since been sold and has not been further developed for some time. 😢

For this reason, we as a movement are currently searching for a new tool that we could recommend:

⭐️ We have evaluated over 25+ tools
⭐️ We have currently 3 finalists
⭐️ We have a team that tests the new tools (ICF SWB, Munich, Rhein-Main & Herrenberg)

Whats next? 🤝
👉 You can still use Elvanto (There is no official end-of-life). It is still a very good tool!
👉 You are in decision process for a new tool? Contact us so we can update you on our progress


Our goal is to have tested all possibilities by the end of Q1 and then communicate a new recommendation. 🙌

Your Digital Team
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👋 WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK 👋

Christmas is just around the corner, as is the new year 2026. Things are also slowing down a little at ICF Digital. 🙏

As the year comes to a end, we would like to take this opportunity to collect your feedback. 🚀

We have prepared a short survey for that (takes max. 5 minutes). Your feedback helps us to improve. Thank you very much! 🙏


🔗 👉 ICF DIGITAL SURVEY 👈 🔗


Use the holidays to recharge your batteries, spend time with family and friends, and of course celebrate Jesus. ✝️

Merry Christmas!
Your ICF Digital Team
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Digital Community - ICF Movement pinned «👋 WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK 👋 Christmas is just around the corner, as is the new year 2026. Things are also slowing down a little at ICF Digital. 🙏 As the year comes to a end, we would like to take this opportunity to collect your feedback. 🚀 We have prepared…»
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉

What an amazing year we have had!

We are so grateful for the privilege of building church with you and developing and providing digital products for our Movement churches. 🎉

As a little review, we have put together a few highlights from this year:

⭐️ Launch of the ICF Hub
⭐️ Access to our new ICF Website
⭐️ New Podcast Platform Spotify Megaphone
⭐️ Up to 70% discount on the new AI LiveVoice Translation
⭐️ Church Training Week with different Digital Teachings
⭐️ ICF Conference Community Hangout
⭐️ Severall Online Learning Communities

It's amazing what we were able to achieve with the resources we have. 🙏

Thank you, Jesus.

We wish you a happy new year and look forward to 2026.

Your ICF Digital Team 👋


PS.: Do you have feedback for us? Would you like to help us set priorities for 2026? FILL OUT NOW
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🙏 MOVEMENT ONLINE PRAYER 🙏

We want to start the new year 2026 right, with prayer.
That's why we are hosting the Online Prayer Meeting 🎉

📅 15. January
🕖 06 - 06:30pm
📍 Online

Together we want to pray for the new year 2026. 🚀
We want to stand together especially for the digital and technics fields. 🙌

May we see in this new year how God will do great things with us and how he will use technology and digital so that people get to know Jesus and become more like Christ. 🙏

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WHAT A START TO THE NEW YEAR 🎉

1.5 weeks ago, we kicked off the year with prayer and prayed together for the Digital & Tech area 🙏
And now, here comes the next highlight 👀

What exactly? 🤫 You’ll find out in the Website channel. 🚀

🎁 NEXT HIGHLIGHT 🎁
⚠️ FAKE ACCOUNTS ⚠️

Currently, there seems to be an increase in fake accounts on Telegram (especially Leo Bigger & Tobias Teichen) that message people, ask for donations, etc. 🙏

Here's what you can do and communicate to your teams:

1. Raise awareness and communicate in your channels & teams 📰

2. Report & block fake accounts immediately 🛑

3. Train teams & people: Pay attention to the correct spelling of names, Leo & Tobi never make direct donation requests, etc. 🎓

4. If possible, set Telegram groups to private and not public (this allows anyone to find the group and see the usernames) 🔒

5. Adjust Telegram settings (privacy & security) -> Phone number visible only to contacts or no one 🔐


The same principles also apply to Instagram & Co.

Here is a good video from Tobi about that topic (German) 🙏

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUFQM0giBwQ/

Thank you for your help.
Your ICF Digital Team
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