Over that time, for those 15 churches, I have downloaded 1 church app. Over the last 10 years, for various reasons of travel and church planting, my family has been regular attenders at 5 churches and we’ve been repeat visitors to probably 10 more. Do church apps still serve a purpose and solve a problem? They are designed to serve a purpose and solve a problem. Right?Ĭhurch Apps fill the same role as any piece of technology. Apps have been around for a decade and now it’s an embarrassment if you don’t have one.

If you use an app at your church, when it was first introduced, it was a source of pride that you could tell your congregation to find you in the App Store. Apps are for everywhere and for everything. The church app is one of those things that seems like a given at this point.

If we are waisting our time doing something. Maybe it’s time to sit back and evaluate the ways we spend our hours as church communicators. They’re supposed to be “the thing” to do when it comes to connecting to your congregation, but I have to wonder - do they really work? Are your members actually using your app to engage during the service? Do they check it throughout the week for updates or announcements?

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