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Why its Time to GROW MOBILE
... and See the Fruit Multiply.
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REASONS
Yes, go mobile, and watch your congregation grow ...
not only wider in number, but deeper in faith.
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Today, mobile phones are the #1 waypeople stay connected, and tapping
into them to share the Gospel soundssmart and savvy. It is!
Years ago, you usedsnail mail and landlines.In the 90s, you jumped on-line
with a website and perhapsmore recently, Twitter. Now,everyones abuzz about mobileapps an astoundingly brilliant
phenomenon.
Thats 87% o theworlds population now
dialing mobile.Mind-boggling, but real.
Thats because almost everyonesgoing mobile. With one billion phones
worldwide? Two billion? Try 6 billion,
and growing daily.
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Another 2 billion connectedby mobile phones by 2016?Seems impossible, but thats
the prediction.
Yes, even the youngestphone home mobile:in act, pollsters say that
todays children now ownmobile phones at higherrates than they ownbooks.
Another reality: smart phone use is exploding; inact, almost hal o all U.S. adults mobile-sur daily,
including more than 60% o 18-44-year-olds.
And the U.S. hasgrabbed the leadership:
more than 90% o allU.S. men, women, and
children now own a
mobile phone.
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Better hold tight:by 2013, thatnumber beginsto skyrocket.
Anytime? Anywhere?Yes, like wheneveryones leavingchurch. Up to 30%
o parishioners mayleave their walletsat home, but theirsmart phones?
Absolutely not. Thatsthe one item thatsin hand ready to
touch, click, andscroll.
Indeed, by 2013,mobile phones will overtakePCs as the most common
Web-browsing device, conrmsGartner, Inc. Yes, smart phonesprovide the latest ino anytime,anywhere.
In other proound words, themobile phone is the new PC,
asserts Google CEO EricSchmidt (early 2012).
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Still others testiy that the Androidphone gains 160,000 new
customers daily. Thats 2 new sets oeyeballs every second!
And mobile apps?
The wave o theuture? Hardly. Wereriding that wave now.
Yes, 60% o smartphone users alreadyuse apps multipletimes each day.
A blast o mobile apps over300,000 have debuted in the past3 years. Theyve been downloaded
10.9 billion times. And the tidalwave continues to surge.
The Androidis growing ata remarkable886% per year!
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These mobile surers accesstheir apps, on average,
80-plus minutes per day.
According to global nancial services rmMorgan Stanley, this explosive phenomenonmay prove to be the astest, most ar-reachingthe world has ever seen!
While most productintros usually ollow
a predictable market
cycle, the mobile trendcontinues to dumboundand amaze: its ramped
up aster, bigger, andglobal.
Amazingly, by 2013,well spend nearly...(get ready)...$30 billion on apps.
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The mobile world is here changingand captivating us. Rather than sitback and watch, we can harness thistrend and use it to share Gods loveexponentially.
Transorming livesthrough todaysmost up-to-date,cost-eective
medium has alreadyproven radicallymore eectivethan yesterdayscommunicationmodes.
Many would like their churchto experience the Big 3: richerellowship, expanding ministries, andrevitalized passion or Jesus.Hard to believe, but todaysmobile apps hold the answer.
Most adults consider their mobile phone theirlieline. Now you can make the Gospel and
your church ministries available in the palm o
their hand their Eternal Lie line.
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We walk with Jesus daily.Now you can reach yourpeople where they walkin cars, at work, on lunch breaks,
while traveling, in lines with yourown daily devotions, sermons,music, messages, and more.
Think about it: youcan make all yoursermons and in
act, all your content available anytime yourparishioners can listenor read right on their
phones. Cool!
Got praise reports? Gotprayer requests? Yourcongregation can pray
without ceasing in a wholenew, interactive way withthe newest, cutting-edge,interactive tool providing
up-to-the-minute requestsand updates.
Reaching the unsaved around the globebecomes reality as your messages go viral
as your people download and orward the
Good News to riends and amily worldwide.
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Youll speak the culturesnewest love language:
its un and relevant as specialmessages, prayer walls, devotions
and more communicate you are
loved by your church amily.
Now stay intouch with
members on
vacation andout o pocket.In act, you can
reach them intheir pockets as
they hear yoursermons live
in real time, anytime, any place.
Jesus spoke radically to Hisculture through parables, women,sinners, the hurting. Powerully ulll
the Great Commission as you reachthe culture across all stratas
in resh, innovative ways.
Want to expand? Win new heartsor Christ? People will respond
when you take your communicationto a whole new level with the mosteective medium o this century.
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The battle is on: arm your peoplewith the Word (and your sermon notes)all instantly readable in the translation andlanguage o their choice.
Time and timeagain, youll eelGod empowering
you to expand your
territory as youbegin reaching thelonely and hurtingin a whole new wayin the way theyll hear.
Youth on retreat? Theycan post a video andimage gallery, and
parents and riends canview ASAP.
Increase attendance and reachas inviting riends to worship,events, retreats, and more is
easy (with just 2 clicks!).
Now reach out in realtime!Imagine transmitting worship
services, concerts, mission triphighlights instantly!
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Groups onmission aroundthe world? Missiongroups andmissionaries cancreate websites posting updates,
videos, and blogreports in a fash.
Families need directionsto your church? Needto navigate to a retreator concert? With a ewclicks, they can easilyconnect your ino to theirGPS map and more.
The best witness o Godsaithulness? Your people!Now they can post personal
testimonies reaching churchmembers and the world as they
link to social networks.
Your churchs music comesalive in homes, workplaces,and carpools worldwide asmembers download, orward, andshare with everyone they know.
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Now provide bulletins, articles, sermon notes, anddevotions instantly. Get paperless Sunday bulletins and
sermon notes into the hands o your people during worship
services and to those who cant attend that week andthose across the globe.
Users can share all your content sermons,praise and worship, blogs, calendar events,
and more with a click to social
networks and e-mail.
Upload videos, post a blog,or promote a new event and
watch it go live!
Yes, Hes a God o order.With customized church calendarupdates, event reminders, givingupdates and more, your mobile app
will help bring order to amilies lives.
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Unlock the door to nancial-goalsuccess by adapting to how peopletoday give and spend money electronically.
Use a churchs websiteto tithe, using a mobile
device? Too hard tonavigate. Try a customizedmobile app? Now thats
easy. Clear. Smart.
Most polled say theypreer to give generouslyon-line, where itspaperless, protected,and trackable.
While desks and laptopsdont transport well, mobiledevices do. Its inevitable
and wise that churchesoer this giving option,reaching members rain orshine.
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A mobile-riendly website? Thatsan oxymoron, actually.
Critical, practical,and yes, ingenious.
In light o theact that 20-30%o churchgoersactually leave their
wallets at homeSunday mornings,
with a customized
mobile app, youliterally put a primeopportunity into theirhands.
Its not oten easy or pleasantto use a website on mobile devices.Creating a user-riendly mobile appnow proves critical.
People who give using thespeed and convenienceo smart phones tend to
earn more and give more
participating intentionally.
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Plus, you can allow members topinpoint ministries theyd like tosupport, oering extra incentive.
You can also send giving reminders orwords o thanks that pop up at yourdirection and discretion bringingsmiles and encouragement.
Plus, by engagingthem now, youllhelp them begin
a discipline thatblesses them
or lie.
Millennials who maynot have large amountsto give now provepowerul evangelists toriends and amily.
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And it integrates well withyour churchs currentnancial programs!
See admin costsplummet asdonation ormsand receivingprocesses becomeautomated.
Make ordering and distributingBible studies or classes andhome groups easy as people cannow order and pay through yourcustomized mobile app.
In other words, your churchnances will see revival
as you give members thepremier, cutting-edge way
to stay connected and giveaithully.
Simpliy. Streamline.Everything! Direct youradmin sta to othercritical areas as theyrereed up rom manualeorts.
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Have a church bookstore? Everdreamed o making Christian
materials easily available to yourpeople? With a customized
mobile app, a new day hasdawned! Wake up to arereshing, newopportunity to getChrist-centeredresources that enrichand ediy into thehands o your people.
Almost every church rom 40 members to40,000 can gain the value and benets o itsown customized mobile app as a choice ooptions ts any budget.
Its actually a no-brainer. Many ministries canexpect a 5-7-month ROI ranging rom150%-300%. Wow.
Turn thisconvenient
distribution siteinto a prot
center, or passsubstantial
savings on toyour members.
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Although we dont log stats ongeekiness, were condent every
church will get up and running quickly
and seamlessly.
And you dont have to bea computer geek to love
a customized mobile app!
God has equipped youor such a time as this.Yes, your members standready to put all the latesttechnology to work tosave lives or eternity.
Take the exhileratingplunge with a customized
mobile app now andavoid that behind-the-
eight-ball eeling aroundthe corner.
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How can we truly be still and ocus onChrist in this pressure-cooker culture?
By seizing the day now, you can cease
striving, and let Him do the work throughthe resources Hes provided in the
moment.
Youll be
delighted towork with
our iGivingsdevelopers
who listen toyour needs,work closely
with you, andtailor innovativeeatures to your
church amily.
Lead the way
or Jesus inyour area!Others willollow yourleadershipand lookto you or
wisdom.
Get up and runningwith ease so you canrun the race aster,
better, smarter.
Put your churchs customized app in yourpeoples hands so they can put Gods
Kingdom into the hands o others.
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When you can name yourmobile app yoursel, use yourown logos in multiple places,
and experience truly customeatures, youll wonder whyyouve taken this long to
make it your own.
Youll thrill yourcongregation romGen Zers and Xers tobaby busters, boomers,and ... grandmas. TheyllLOVE you (even morethan they do now hard
to believe).
More than 8,000man-hours have beendedicated to designingthe customized iGivings
app. Put this passion anddedication to work oryou.
For those whove beenteetering on the edge osmart phone use, this willhelp them dip into therereshing waters.
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Yes, theyll know we are Christians by our love ...and our mobile apps! (Just kidding.) But yes, youriGivings mobile app will spread His love in new,
exciting ways.
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Theyll also knowwe are Christians
by our ruit. Usinga customized app
may not be yourrst thought when it
comes to producingruit in our lives, but
maybe now it will.
Cultures trends comeand go. Yet, the trend
o a mobile world ishere to stay. It wont gothe way o the pet rock
or the poodle skirt.
Smart phones are cool. Your mobileapp is even cooler. Youll not onlylook relevant and cool using it, but
youll reach a generation that nowuses the word chill.
No, the world has gonemobile and we need
to adapt.
As were called to live in the world,we must nd the best ways to
reach its people.
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Making disciples sometimestakes all the innovation andcreativity with which Hesdesigned us. Ater all, He
wants us to reach everyone.
Hes placed this opportunityin our hands. Now, like the GoodSteward, what will we do with it?
Where will you be in 2020?
Passionately permeating
everything: Christsextravagant love orus. In pursuit o Him,
we love God and Hispeople wholeheartedly,and we know you do,too. Jesus, all this or
Your glory!
So prepare tohave your socksknocked o.
Thats our goal.
The bottom line?Nows the time togrow mobile...
and see the ruit inthousands o lives multiply
across the world.
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