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iPhone Giveaway!
Yup. To announce the launch of ChurchDrop we’re giving away an iPhone.
Although I love all the other blogs in the 8BIT Network (and more to come…!) ChurchDrop is one that excites me a great deal; there’s just so much potential of doing much good in the online space with mobile technology and I want to make sure the Church is on the forefront of changing lives through mobility.
But, to appreciate it fully you’re going to need a mobile handset. Obviously. So, we’re giving one away.
How to Enter:
- Click the green Twitter button below and RT this post.
- Comment below on how you think Mobile Technology is changing the Church and the Non Profit sector and a link to your Tweet.
- Subscribe to this blog via RSS, and in the footer of the RSS will be special instructions on what to do next.
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Winner:
Thanks to everyone who entered! Hope you’ve found something of interest here while you *waited* to see who won!
- Rebecca (who “loves Bible Studies”)
Please email info [at] 8BIT.io with your Name, Email Address, and what you won. You have 5 business days to respond.
We’ll have more giveaways later this month!
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Holy Roller iPhone App, Best Name Ever.
Personally I think that technology is changing how we get our point across. I think that many churches are able to use powerpoint and the like to capture viewers attention a little bit more. It also cuts cost on hymnals etc. Technology also helps the church to advertise itself, even though I don’t think the church should advertise itself. It should be so active in the community and helping the people that their actions advertise for them.
sweet. thanks!
I think that mobile technology hasn’t changed the church all that much…yet. As with most tech, the church sits, waits, and watches before it considers investing itself in it. (especially smaller churches).
That said, I do believe mobile tech is changing the way Christians interact with each other outside of church. It’s easier to stay connected, encourage each other etc. outside of just Sunday morning.
http://twitter.com/brettbarner/status/8811351310
I’m subscribed to the RSS, but didn’t see anything in the footer.
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just give it a sec. it’ll refresh. maybe it’ll show tomorrow.
ok, cool. I’m not losing my mind.
I was also looking for the “special instructions”.
ya i didn’t see anything as well.
I thought there was no way to be “outside the church”. The way Christians interact with eachother is being the church.
If we are to “meet them where they are” to paraphrase MercyMe, then the Church needs to be more than the brick and mortar building. Social networks can reach even those that are resistant to the message by using non-traditional methods. I always hope that my re/tweets of faith based ideas reach at least one person that wouldn’t hear the message in any other way.
http://twitter.com/beachdaze/status/8811632346
Its awesome to think that our relationships at church could continue past Sunday and Wed. night. Mobile technology is allowing everyone in the church to be (once again) inter-connected like it was in the small rural towns. I have never had the opportunity to hear about what God is doing in the lives of others in the church throughout the week like I can now. This means I can pray, give, and support with more accuracy and “burden carrying” ability.
Can’t forget this
http://twitter.com/benrwoodard/status/8811423778
I think Technology is making the church have to find ways to get people to be intentional about connecting with each other. While techology creates the seduo connection we still need to find a way to promote and encourage the face to face contact and interaction. So much is lost in spiritual discussion and growth when we no longer have the regular personal interations.
http://twitter.com/tfkroberts/status/8812198767
One way mobile technology is changing the church is how the church is more quickly able to mobilize people in there is a need. Through text messages, Twitter and Facebook updates, church leaders can create a rapid call to action amongst the congregation for something as simple as prayer or something more involved like helping the victims of a disaster.
http://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/8811990398
I have to agree with Brett. The small & local church hasn’t totally seen the potential in what mobile, social, interaction can do for them.
My particular church hasn’t totally drank the kool-aid either. I’m pushing boundaries with our student ministry and am seeing great return. Our numbers have gone up as we’ve created better avenues for the kids to invite and interact. I plan on working up a case study on what we’re doing, but we’re not totally there yet. It is great to see Wednesday nights be “the” time for our members to invite their friends. The hope is to get unchurched/lost in front of the Word in an fun interactive environment.
It is going to be this generation that pushes further. “You can fight it or you can fund it.”
oops. link: http://twitter.com/andydarnell/status/8812352633
By the way, I also do not see the footer instructions on the RSS. I subscribed though.
I honestly think with mobile technology, at the very least it makes us rethink how we can reach others. This may be a very large thing to get our heads around but I think about it daily and how to get folks from our church on your mobile or the web for the better.
Sorry forgot the link – http://twitter.com/AtomicPopcorn/status/8812584067
Also nothing in the footer as of yet!
http://twitter.com/herbhalstead/status/8812004495
Until the past few years as mobile consumption of web-media has become fairly ubiquitous – seems everyone has an iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android-powered phone – technology has been somewhat of a chore to interact with. You have to get to a computer, get it booted, get it online, launch your app, and sit there to consume your media. Laptops and Netbooks have only marginally improved this.
When you combine a hand-held, always one, always connected device with some great tools – Mobile Bible readers, Mobile blog publishing apps, media apps, etc. – media consumption is forever changed. I will never go back!
The game changer isn’t really the devices and apps. The real game-changer in my mind is what they make possible: the ability to connect with Jesus in the fabric of life – not when I have the time or appropriate surrounding to do so.
I have always been a “mobile-prayer” – praying in the car or while waiting in some line. But now, when He speaks to me in the act of living, in addition to prayer, I can pause, open my Bible reader and find that passage that I am remembering only a glimpse of, search the net for meaningful media, or re-connect with that person with whom He says I have some relational repair-work to do.
“in the footer of the RSS will be special instructions on what to do next” – like the others, I don’t see this yet.
What better way to connect a church (it’s people) then to connect with the one thing that nearly every North American owns – a mobile device. The church must take on the challenge to effectively embrace mobile technology in order to communicate the relevant message of Jesus to a contemporary culture that has lost its way. Few Churches have successfully accomplished this goal.
People are now connected almost all the time. Before it was only when they were home then it was when they got cellphones. Now it is all the time cos people are connected all the time. And the Church can use that connectivity to reach more people than ever more consistently than ever
http://twitter.com/cooperjason/status/8812656998
Mobile tech is allowing amazingly quick access and interaction with information. While the informational aspect is helpful and important, in interaction that can come from it is where real ministry can happen that couldn’t before – at least not as easily and quickly…
i can’t see any instructions in the footer either…
Wow. Then mobile aspect of church has so much potential. I personally love the idea of having your Bible on your phone with YouVersion, but if you throw in a video call and a study book app, you can meet with your small group anywhere!
And all the collaboration software out there makes it super easy to meet with your ministry team no matter where you or they are.
Tons of things you could do…
http://twitter.com/jenclen/statuses/8812591949
How is it changing?
Man I think that is tough to answer mainly because we are just hitting on things that we can do. I preached yesterday and talked about the way mobile technology is changing what we are doing. Listing out all these ideas. Also, blogged today about watching the superbowl with hundreds of people on my phone thanks to twitter.
These will be great advances in mobile tech down the road.
Link to retweet:
https://twitter.com/kylelreed/status/8813162533
Mobile technology is something that’s making a huge impact on the way our services function. We run our presentations from an iphone that the speaker carries in his hands….he controls the slides and has his notes right on the iphone – it’s pretty amazing! And this is just the beginning – we’re already looking at the propresenter app for the iphone and what that mobile app brings to the table. And then connections – twitter and youtube and facebook…..the ability to communicate to the masses and between the masses has increased visibility. Our church community has a bigger outreach because of such programs, and the fact that they are available at our fingertips (literally).
At this point I don’t know that mobile technology has made a big impact on today’s Church; with that said, I think the potential is there!
Anywhere from live streaming of services to easy to use iPhone apps for browsing blog entries, sermons, video’s, etc. I think with the right frameworks it could be a natural and easy step for churches to take.
http://twitter.com/corypratt/status/8813079521
Here’s the tweet: http://twitter.com/kkcoolj/status/8813220678
I think just like Tivo brought timeshifting into the world, Mobile Church will challenge us with place-shifting concepts to the definitions of worship and community/body of Christ.
I agree with those who have already said mobile technology hasn’t changed the church much at all yet.
Initially, I think the most obvious things churches can do is provide the same info & connections for mobile users that they’re already trying to provide for desktop computer users.
What would really change church, though, would be to facilitate mobile-specific interactions. Things like receiving questions or prayer requests during a service and having people get more info or add an event to their calendar during the announcement. Would be fun to brainstorm more about this.
BTW, I’m not seeing anything in the RSS footer either.
http://twitter.com/paulsteinbrueck/status/8813385592
Tweet: https://twitter.com/travisfish/status/8814140033
Mobile technology is changing the church by creating hundreds of new avenues for the gospel to be spread. Technology has made church less intimidating for many and will truely help the church although it can be harmful.
I dont see the footer… but ill check on it periodically