Mobile Lab builds platform for Church Community to bind & loose In the tech-era where mobile apps has become a potent platform to stay connected. Globally the churches are adopting the technology to build community and spread the word of God. An important aspect of community building is to engage the members and ensure the participation in community events, which in itself is a herculean task to manage. There are plenty of technology platforms available however every community have a unique set of ideas that requires technology tweaking meeting their specific needs. Technology plays a vital role to seek the attention for young church members and extend a convenient solution. One of the churches from Midwest understood the need of our and decide to use technology for the cause of community building. Their decision to build an mobile app to facilitate an online community so that all their member stay connected and the church can share messages and updates around events.
Purposes of this app Apart from the primary motive of glorifying the God, the purpose of this app is to familiarize users with Community Church, give information about upcoming sermons, sharing religious videos and facilitate the membership of Church.
The Challenge The church was experiencing low attendance in every event. The key challenge that needed to be overcome during the development of this app was invisibility of notifications. Without notifications, users could not know about upcoming Church activities and this could prevent them to plan their schedule accordingly.
The Solution Various plug-INS were used to rectify the problem concerning the notifications functionality. As the development of the app progressed in the Mobile Lab, workshop planning functionalities, schedule functionalities, donation functionalities and contact functionalities were added to the app. To maximize the reach of Community Church app, the iOS and Android versions were developed in Mobile Lab.