How much do we rely on tech? In my career, I spent a lot of time in software development and testing. I know how the good software developers get it done. I know the rigorous testing military flight systems undergo before the capability goes out to the combat units.

And yet we are told that a company that earns almost four billion dollars a year, who deals with critical software security every day, inadvertently sent out a worldwide security update that had an undetected glitch in it that brought down thousands of Windows users around the world.

Nonsense.

A company of this caliber has processes that ensure quality in the development, testing, and deployment of the software they produce. Everything developed is rigorously tested in a lab before it goes out to customers. A flaw like this would have easily been detected and immediately fixed. It would then have gone back for retest to ensure it was ready.

The severity of the glitch affected mission critical systems in the airline industry, hospitals, education, 911 call centers, first responder dispatch. Think about how pervasive Windows is. What about power plants, chemical plants, banks. Things are still not completely restored. Also think about who used to run Microsoft and that person’s globalist ideology.

This was no undetected glitch. There was nothing inadvertent about this incident. Companies like this don’t make bonehead, amateur mistakes like this.

So you have to ask yourself a few simple questions. Who has the power to pull a lever to bring the computers of the world to their knees? More importantly, when are they going to pull that lever again?

Now some questions for the church;

• What critical functions in your church rely on technology?
• How many computers do you have? What operating system?
• How reliant are you on streaming technology to deliver services remotely?
• How much do you rely on online “cloud” storage?
• What security technology do you rely on to protect your internal network? Do you have an industrial grade firewall?
• Do you back up your critical data onto DVD for offline storage in case of data loss or ransom attack?
• What is your confidence level in technology after this incident?
• Do you have a disaster preparedness plan when the “lever” is pulled again? Do you have critical materials and documents in hardcopy?

In my opinion, the church should think about migrating off the internet, with less reliance on technology. I have a lot of experience in this area. If you need a disaster plan for your church or an assessment of your information systems vulnerability, let me know. To me it’s ministry. No cost.

Wake up church. Get ready. The world around us has changed.