Jim Michael

For the fifth time, iT1 made Inc Magazine’s #Inc5000 fastest-growing US companies list! Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve unprecedented growth in 2026 so far. #weareit1

Today I’m sharing something I’ve been praying over, researching, and refining for more than a year. For 20+ years I’ve served the Church — first on staff, then by building tools like Rock RMS. My heartbeat has always been to serve pastors, not to speak out publicly. But something has shifted. As I’ve watched secular companies — including private equity firms — rush into the church giving space, I’ve seen practices that don’t honor the Church, the tithe, or the people who give sacrificially. For years I stayed quiet. Recently, that silence became impossible. After a year of prayer, research, writing, and counsel from pastors and industry experts, I’ve written the most important piece I’ve ever released: 👉 Turning Tables in the Digital Temple 📍 protectthetithe.com/ This is not about promoting a company. It’s about protecting the Church from being quietly exploited in one of her most sacred acts: generosity. If you’re a pastor or church leader, please read this. If you know one, please share it. The Church needs to understand what’s happening behind the scenes. Together, we can protect the tithe.

Happy Friday (highly recommend audio for this one)

The Church’s acts of worship are becoming profit centers for secular investors. $800 million says they’re not here to serve — they’re here to capitalize. We can’t keep outsourcing to companies that don’t share our mission and values.

Trends in the private equity space are disturbing, none more so than their pivot to converting non-profits to for-profits. Just to be on record, Spark will never participate in this. I don’t think anyone could imagine how hard it’s been for our small team to get us this far, but Rock does not belong to us. Every day was an act of worship, it belongs to God’s Church. To God Be The Glory

The @triumphmtech Helix plugin is officially in core! Should be in the next pre-alpha and released in v18. Requirements design for Rock Mobile integration coming soon.

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Rock is unique. Driven by our community, our churches support each other's technology endeavors as we serve our congregations in new and meaningful ways. Congrats to @jimmichael for being the second person to ever achieve 5,000 Rock community points!