New Mac system at our church HELP

Our church just converted to all Mac. Includes even the server. Now we are having problems with available church software. Used to Windows and now church is thinking about returning all the mac due to the small amount of church based software for macs. Help me to keep the macs!
macbooks, imacs, etc. Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi Jason!
Does anyting preclude you from using both servers for now until you're able to find adequate replacement software that will run on Mac OS X?
As for "high powered software that tracks people and finances", I would say plenty of applications probably exist on the Mac that do this. This sounds like just a plain ole database. And possibly you'll find some that are open source (free). But you'll have to be willing to convert your data to a different database.
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