Micheal sits down with Garry B Jr. at the Kentucky Worship and Technology Conference, hosted by the Southern Baptist Association. Recorded live at Kingdom Glory House, they talk about what happened at the conference, the growing FreeShow and ChurchApps community, and how free tools are changing the game for churches everywhere.

Topics covered:

- The Kentucky Worship and Technology Conference — how it came together, what churches learned, and how FreeShow was already known before anyone opened their mouth
- Garry's FreeShow workshop — attendees leaving ready to download and use it immediately, from young tech volunteers to seasoned worship leaders
- The Amazing Life / A-Play Pro partnership — supporting churches coming from ProPresenter with curriculum-integrated presentation tools, and helping fund FreeShow development
- Larry from Kingdom Glory House — discovered the conference through FreeShow Friday and connected with the team to set up his church's live stream, PTZ cameras, and OBS
- FreeShow Friday — the global community call where tech booth volunteers from Australia, New Jersey, Indonesia, Africa, and beyond share tips and solve problems together in real time
- The tech booth ministry — why the people running sound, slides, and cameras are essential to the message being heard, and why good tools make that job easier
- FreeShow vs ProPresenter vs OpenLP — how all three serve different needs, why churches can use more than one, and how FreeShow brings flexibility without the price tag
- Garry's story — from a prayer for direction in Kansas City to becoming the "FreeShow Evangelist," training churches and making videos that unlock what people didn't know the software could do
- Open source and the kingdom — developers jumping in on GitHub, partnerships that work because there's no money in the way, and the vision of sharing tools freely with the global church

Guest:
- Garry B Jr. — FreeShow evangelist, trainer, and content creator
- Website: https://www.garrybjr.com/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theGarryBjr

Conference:
- Kentucky Worship and Technology Conference: https://www.worshiptechnology.net/

Resources:
- FreeShow: https://freeshow.app
- Amazing Life: https://amazinglife.com/
- ChurchApps: https://churchapps.org
- github.com/ChurchApps

How B1 Giving Works:
- Every B1 church creates their own free Stripe account (Stripe is the current supported processor — if better options develop the integration, we'll add them)
- ChurchApps wraps around your Stripe account — providing the giving page, fund management, donor records, giving statements, and all the tools
- ChurchApps retains zero percent of donations — all money goes directly from donor to your Stripe account to your bank
- No monthly fee from ChurchApps, no transaction fee from ChurchApps

What other platforms charge (for comparison):
- Tithe.ly: 2.9% + $0.30 per card transaction, no monthly fee for giving-only plan — uses own processor, not Stripe directly
- Planning Center Giving: 2.15% + $0.30 per card, plus $15–$239/month subscription based on donation volume — uses Stripe on back end
- Rebel Give: 1.9% fee added to donor's gift (church receives 100%), plus $29–$199/month platform fee to the church
- Stripe standard: 2.9% + $0.30 per card transaction
- Sources: Tithe.ly: https://get.tithe.ly/pricing | Planning Center: https://www.planningcenter.com/pricing | Rebel Give: https://www.rebelgive.com/pricing | Stripe: https://stripe.com/pricing

Stripe Nonprofit Rate:
- Because you own your own Stripe account, you can call Stripe and ask about a nonprofit rate
- Stripe doesn't advertise a fixed nonprofit rate — every church is different — but churches have gotten rates down to around 1.9% as a 501(c)(3)
- This conversation is only possible because B1 gives you a direct Stripe account — platforms that use their own processors don't give you this option

Donor fee coverage:
- Donors can optionally choose to cover the processing fee so the church receives the full gift amount
- Completely optional — donor's choice at time of giving

Why integration matters:
- Donations through B1 giving automatically log to the donor's member record
- Year-end giving statements generated automatically
- Recurring giving tracked automatically
- No manual data entry needed — unlike PayPal or disconnected third-party tools

New: Donation element in the website editor:
- Drag a donation form onto any page in the B1 website editor
- Choose which funds appear, set a default fund, toggle one-time and/or recurring giving
- Embed giving directly on a campaign page, missions page, or your home page — no redirects, no custom code

Try It This Week:
1. Create a free Stripe account at stripe.com — select "nonprofit" as your business type
2. Connect Stripe to B1 Admin: Donations section — setup guide at support.churchapps.org
3. If you're a 501(c)(3): call Stripe and ask about a nonprofit rate — have your IRS determination letter and Stripe account ID ready
4. In your B1 website editor: add the donation element to a page, set your fund, save, and see it live

Resources:
- support.churchapps.org
- stripe.com (create account)
- Stripe nonprofit discount: https://support.stripe.com/questions/fee-discount-for-nonprofit-organizations
- github.com/ChurchApps

Three practical updates across ChurchApps — one for building your website, one for reaching your people, and one for welcoming new members.

Build It — The B1 website editor got a significant overhaul. Settings now open as side panels instead of popups so you can see your page while you edit. Drag and drop is easier with larger drop zones. Undo and redo are fully supported with Ctrl+Z and Cmd+Z, and a History button in the toolbar lets you jump back to any saved snapshot of your page. There's also a built-in help dialog right in the editor so anyone on your team can get started without hunting for documentation.

Reach Them — When you add someone to a group, serving team, or role, you now get the option to send them an invite email automatically. Your choice every time — send it or skip it. No more volunteers being added to a team and never finding out.

Welcome Them — New members now receive a six-digit verification code instead of a set-password link when creating their account. The whole process stays inside the app — no clicking a link that opens a browser, setting a password there, then going back to log in. You see the code, you type it in, you're done.

Try It This Week:
1. Open your B1 website editor, make a change, and press Ctrl+Z or Cmd+Z — then check the History button in the toolbar
2. Add someone to a group or team and watch for the invite email prompt
3. Walk through new member registration with a test account to see the verification code flow

Resources:
support.churchapps.org
support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/website/page-editor
github.com/ChurchApps