For volunteer & part-time church IT

Church security steps you can finish before lunch.

Pew Tech is plain-English, vendor-neutral help for the person who “does the computers” at a small church. No jargon dump. No product pitch. Just checklists that work.

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First hour after a pastor-impersonation gift-card scam

What to tell the congregation, what to check on email, and what not to panic about.

Lock down Microsoft 365 nonprofit in 90 minutes

Security Defaults, MFA, admin cleanup, and a short “done for today” checklist.

Separate guest Wi‑Fi from staff

Vendor-neutral steps, with UniFi and Omada examples that volunteers actually use.

Volunteer offboarding checklist

Accounts, giving platforms, shared passwords, keys, and devices when someone leaves.

Bulletin insert: spot a fake pastor message

A one-page printable for the Sunday bulletin or foyer table.

Vendor-neutral on purpose. We name free Microsoft settings and common tools when they help, but we don’t sell RMM, antivirus, or church software. If a guide mentions a product, it’s because volunteers already use it.