The fact is that you may only have one opportunity to establish a connection with them while you still have their attention.
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Top 5 Benefits of Online Tithing
Digital tithing is simple to set up and offers many advantages to both church leaders and their donors. Discover the top 5 tithing benefits and how they help your church.
What to Look for in a Church Media Hosting & Streaming Solution
Looking for a way to improve communications in your church? Here’s what every church leader should look for in a communication solution
How to Maximize Your Church’s Year-end Giving
This guide will show you what to communicate for your end-of-year giving campaign and how to get your message across, as well as the best giving tools to maximize your year-end donations.
8 Effective Online Fundraising Ideas for Churches
Now more than ever, online fundraising is essential for churches to fulfill their mission and keep their donors engaged. Discover how virtual fundraisers can enable your community to donate anytime, anywhere.
Why Church Branding Matters—and How to Do It
Every church has their own brand, and it matters more than you may think. Here’s why your church’s brand is important, how to discover your current branding, and what steps you can take to build a strong brand.
How to Create a Church App
Looking to build an app for your church? This step-by-step guide will help you build an effective app that your church community will love!
What’s the Future of Location-based Church Engagement?
Discover the big questions facing church engagement technology right now and how it could impact reaching your audience.
Definitive Guide to Online Giving for Churches
If your church is looking to add digital giving, this guide will help you take a deeper look at the types of online giving, their benefits and costs, as well as how your ministry can choose the best online giving solution.
Zoom for Church Services—What to Look Out For
Due to its numerous issues and limitations, Zoom should not be your go-to live streaming platform for church services. Find out what you should be looking for.
Church Live Streaming Glossary—Terms You Need to Know
One of the biggest barriers to entry for churches is understanding live streaming terminology. Learn key terms and exactly what they mean
The Best Online Giving Solution for Small Churches
Find the best online giving solution for your small church and see how easy it is to increase your donations.
Why Facebook Live Is Not Ideal for Churches
Discover the perfect combination of a church-focused giving solution that syndicates with Facebook Live
Client Spotlight: Reach Church
Check out our Client Spotlight—Reach Church—and how they’re engaging their community
How Being Intentional Keeps People Connected
Henry and Alex Seeley, lead pastors of The Belonging Co., recently joined our podcast to share how they’re witnessing more people seek the church and connect with gospel-centered content since the onset of the current global pandemic.
What to Look for in a Live Streaming Provider
Whether you’re looking at streaming solutions for the first time or exploring new options to level up your live experiences, there are many factors to consider when choosing a live streaming provider.
4 Powerful Mobile App Features to Keep You Connected
We know how important it is for churches today to stay connected with their communities. Here are four powerful app features your organization can leverage to help you stay connected with your community…
4 Ways to Reach & Retain Visitors this Easter
Easter provides an impactful opportunity for your church to present the gospel to your community.
Maximize Your Online Donations with New Donor-Covered Fees
Donor-Covered Fees gives your donors the option of covering transaction fees when submitting their donations.
Google Play Updates Their App Store Policy
Earlier this year, after making bold moves to clean up the App Store, Apple decided they would continue to allow individually branded apps made by app building services like Subsplash to be placed in the App Store. After previous statements saying they would disallow them, this was a very welcome change! The only catch: all apps
Big news! Custom Church Apps is joining the Subsplash Family!
Our team at Custom Church Apps is thrilled to announce that we are joining the Subsplash family!
5 Ways to Prepare for the Back-to-Church Season
The end of summer signals the beginning of the back-to-school for parents and back-to-church season for ministry leaders.
Great Features Every Church Mobile App Needs
According to experts, less than 20 percent of the population in America attend church on a weekly basis. For most church leaders, finding a way to attract more members of their community to attend services is a priority.
Why Multi-Campus Ministries choose Custom Church Apps
Churches want a church app that genuinely engages their community.
Moving a Crowd
Churches are moving toward new technologies as a way to modernize and adapt to a new generation in a new world.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (10/10)
So, you’re all set to launch your new church mobile app! But once the initial launch is over, it’s easy to forget to regularly announce your app inside your church.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (9/10)
So, you’re all set to launch your new church mobile app! But once the initial launch is over, it’s easy to forget to regularly announce your app inside your church.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (8/10)
The phrase “If you build it, they will come” might have been true for Kevin Costner in the baseball movie Field of Dreams.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (7/10)
Did you know that 40% to 80% of users will opt-out of receiving push notifications?
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (6/10)
Building an app is an exciting and fun experience. However, many churches are unaware of the practical steps required to get their app onto The App Store.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (5/10)
Getting your app’s initial layout and design correct is crucial when launching your app. You only get one chance to make that first impression to your users.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (4/10)
We’re proud that 9 out of 10 of our Custom Church Apps users will continue to use our apps! This is more than double the “rate of returning users” that our competitor’s apps receive.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (3/10)
Push notifications are one of the most valuable tools apps provide. They work like text messages, delivering your messages directly to your users’ mobile device home screens.
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (2/10)
Before officially introducing your app to your church, it’s essential that you get the right people engaged in the pre-launch design process. But who should you recruit for this process?
10 Steps for a Successful Church App Launch (1/10)
Do you know that a well-planned app launch sets your app up for success or failure?
Use a Custom Church App to reach your flock
Church leaders who want to make a more significant impact should consider creating an app with Custom Church Apps to reach their flock.
Is your church maximizing Facebook’s potential?
This video will provide real usable examples of how to communicate effectively on Facebook.
Inspirational church app ideas – Every Nation
Over 14,500 users downloaded the Every Nation Fasting Week app within its first 30 days, and it was launched over 70,000 times.
Now serving over 7,500 ministries
As we step into 2019, we are very excited for what the future holds. We have expanded our staff to offer world-class customer support, as well as building industry-leading updates to our platform.
3 Google tips to help people find your app
So, your church app is up and running. You’re all set for the Christmas season with updated schedules, social media posts, and special church events all updated in your app.
Is your church in their hands?
Do you remember the first time you saw someone pull out their cell phone when you were preaching a sermon?
How to connect with today’s Millennial Mindset
For the first time in history, society is globally connected. The internet has become the centerpiece of a generation’s way of living. The smartphone is the primary medium of all desired interaction, and social media is the social norm by which culture stays connected 24/7.
10 important ways Mobile Apps go beyond a Mobile Website
The way people engage online has clearly changed! Are you keeping up? Today, people of all ages are using mobile apps to engage rather then trying to type in a long website address on their small mobile device.
4 Ways to Better Connect with People this Easter
One of the great challenges churches face today is better connecting with people that visit for the first time during Easter. It’s hard to introduce new people to everything you are doing and let them know how much you care in a couple minutes of announcements.
Custom Giving by Custom Church Apps Makes Giving Easier than Ever!
What does every church want to see an increase in? Generosity! We believe the giving process should be simple, meaningful, and have a positive impact the local church.
Newest Changes Made to the App Store Guidelines! Hooray!
With the latest App Store adjustments, you can still publish your own custom-branded app to the App Store using our platform, and keep it updated with the latest innovations and content we offer!
Apple is Changing the App Industry, and We are Ready!
Apple added a new rule (4.2.6) which states “Apps created from a commercialized coded template, or app generation service, will be rejected.
Add Testimonies To Your App
Testimonies are powerful tools for helping those considering faith in Christ, to see how God works in peoples lives.
How to Use Your Mobile App to Prepare for Fall Events
Fall is right around the corner, and that likely means you have more events to plan. Back-to-school bashes, Fall Festivals, and Thanksgiving outreaches are just a few examples.
5 Keys to a Successful Church App Launch
Are you thinking about signing up for a free trial of Custom Church Apps? Have you created your app but aren’t sure how to get people excited about using it?
3 Ways to Use Your App to Grow Your Small Groups Ministry
If your church has small groups, there’s plenty of effort involved in promoting, coordinating, and running that ministry program. Your custom app is a helpful tool for handling those tasks and encouraging more people to get involved with a group.
How to Promote Upcoming Events With Your Custom App
One of the challenges in hosting church events is getting the word out about the event. Your custom mobile app is a helpful tool in spreading the word and getting people excited about attending.
4,000 Church Apps…and Counting!
This month, June 2017, we welcomed our 4,000th church app customer into the Custom Church Apps family. That’s 4,000 churches and ministries leveraging technology to connect and communicate with their congregations throughout the week.
How to Make Announcements Count
By the time they’ve heard the announcement, listened to the sermon, and picked up their children, people are leaving and have completely forgotten about the upcoming event. Even if you have signup tables in the lobby, they may pass right by them on the way out the door.
4 Ways to Honor Moms on Mother’s Day
Mom. She goes through nine months of pregnancy (or deals with months of adoption paperwork), changes too many diapers to count, nurses children back to health, helps with homework, and much more.
How Your App Can Fill the Room at Your Next Church Event
Have you ever planned a church event, put your heart into making it incredible, but didn’t have as many people attend as you’d hoped? If you’re wondering why attendance was low, you might consider your communication strategy.
4 Ways to Use Your Mobile App for Easter Follow-up
While Easter Sunday is the big day we focus on this time of year, we can’t forget what happens after that weekend. People who haven’t been to church in a long time, if ever, come on Easter.
How to Pack the House this Easter
Easter provides an excellent opportunity to reach people who don’t attend church on a regular basis (if at all). Maybe they’re curious about faith, feel like they should go to church on Easter, or perhaps a friend invited them to attend.
Encourage Your Congregation to Take Church on Spring Break Vacation
Depending on where you live, this time of year is when many schools let out for Spring Break. It’s a time to give students a week off and provides an opportunity for families to spend quality time together.
How to Use Your Church App as a Discipleship Tool
A key aspect of church leadership is helping new or inexperienced believers grow in their faith; in other words, to make disciples.
4 Ways to Encourage Parents To Use Your Church App
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV)
5 Easy Ways to Promote Your Church App
No matter how many great features you have in a church app, that app is only beneficial if your congregation will use it. To get people excited about using the app and to see how it can benefit them, you’ll need to invest time in promoting it.
APPS IN FOCUS: Gateway Heights Church Answers 3 Vital Questions
It’s that time again! Time for another installment of Apps In Focus, where we interview a new church each week, asking 3 vital questions about how Custom Church Apps has impacted their ministry. We are delighted to partner with churches and ministries from all over the world, that are doing incredible work for the Kingdom.
Moms and Mobile Apps
It’s 5:30am on Monday morning. Alarms are going, kids are racing around to get ready, making breakfasts, coffees, prepping lunches; and all the while, trying to get everyone out of the door by 6:55am. No small task, that’s for sure. Life comes at us fast, and furious. The busyness of life for us Moms is
FACT: Smartphones Are Now Part Of Our Daily Life
Recently, Pew Research released a report on U.S. Smartphone use in 2015. In this wide ranging report, some key statistics stood out in regards to not only how many Americans own a smartphone, but also how they are using their smartphones. The report found that 64% of American adults now own a smartphone of some