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Today join Jon Edmiston, Emily Forman and Nick Airdo as they take a look at what is new: v15 is in Alpha and testers are off and running, lots of new features coming and a few "phantom features", ways to leverage RX23 to get a jump start on your digital ministry and Leadership Gravity what is it and how do you get it? Read more

Starting with Rock v17 the "DotLiquid" Lava engine will no longer be supported. Don't wait to start transitioning to the newer, faster "Fluid" engine. Read more

In this episode of RockCast, we are joined by special guest Jason Jones of Cedar Creek, who shares his experience of using Rock RMS to help get Purpose Arizona Church up and running. Jason explains how Rock RMS, helped him streamline their operations and focus on building community and fostering relationships within this brand new church. Read more

Join in today as Nick Airdo, Jon Edmiston and Emily Forman keep the community updated on the rapid changes in the technology world, new features coming soon in the next Rock version, and things to look forward to at RX23. Read more

Our special guest today is Rock Star Derek Mangrum from Central Christian Church. Join Emily Forman and Lorrie Yoakum as they learn how his curiosity lead to "ministry magnifiers"- workflows in Rock that cut hours out of administrative work, and how the most downloaded plug-in came from his simple question. Read more

Join us today for part 2: As Jon, Emily and Nick discuss the exciting new features coming in the latest version of Rock, why digital ministry isn’t an add on, and Jon issues a 7-day challenge. Read more

Starting with Rock v16 we will no longer be supporting Legacy Lava. If you haven't switched over already, we'll tell you what you need to do to be prepared for the change. Read more

Rock v14.1 early access was released February 7th. This video will cover all the exciting new ministry tools included in this version. Read more

Rock is making an impact on ministries everywhere and Life.Church has recently recognized this impact by naming Rock as a strategic mission partner. Read more

Today hear from Jon, Emily and Nick as they talk about “Who are you in the Rock Community?” They share different ways to discover your voice: Classes, RX2023, V14.1 and Roadshows-making a comeback in 2023. Read more

Special guest and member of our product team Braden Cohen joins Jon Edmiston on our RockCast today. Join them as they discuss the changes coming soon to the Rock Mobile framework, and upcoming version releases for both Rock Mobile and Apple TV for Rock. Read more

Special Guest and Rock Star Brian Davis joins us on RockCast today to share how ONE&ALL church is creating personalized experiences, what innovations won them a debut, community selected Golden Circle award and how they use simple things to connect more people to their mobile app. Read more

The Simple Donation team would like to wish you a wonderful and blessed Christmas to you and yours this year! We offer you our rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas (RockRMS style) that you can sing to yourself or with your family while hanging stockings over the fireplace with care. Read more

Today join Jon, Emily and Nick as they look at the road ahead and the exciting new things that are coming in 2023. New classes, features, and versions, and a reminder to look back at an underutilized tool that should be dusted off in the new year. Read more

Microsoft’s published Mainstream End Date for SQL Server 2014 was July 2019, and we want to honor this by moving Rock forward into the future. We will end our support for SQL Server 2014 as of Rock version 15. Read more

In future releases, legacy Financial Gateways will no longer be supported and the self service kiosk blocks will be removed. Read more

Find out a little more about our new Director of Community and Operations, Lorrie Yoakum. What it is like to start a week prior to the biggest event of the year, and how she had been running parallel to Rock until God decide these paths should intersect. Read more

Join us as we talk about stepping back to clearly see where God is moving and what He is asking of Rock. In this packed episode Jon, Emily, and Nick share: What's coming in v14.1, the Happiness advantage and how we challenged the Rock team, last but not least Easter eggs at Thanksgiving? Read more

Spark stepped out in faith this year to begin building the next generation of Rock technology despite limited funding. Read more

Very soon we will be ending support for older iPad devices that do not support iOS 13 or later. A list of iPad devices that are supported is provided. Read more