I was browsing for apps in the Andriod Market and came across the Mars Hill Church app (available for iPhone, Driod, and WinPhone 7). Audio and video sermons, streaming music, a blog, and online giving. It’s a very clean and professional looking app. I’m not ready to say that traditional websites are passé (Mars Hill’s website design matches the app, and is just like the app only with more information), but for churches that are just now getting a decent website, you are already a late adopter. I believe the church app, for at least a time, will become one of the primary communication tools for the younger generations of the church. The question now is, will a church app help spread the gospel, or just be a way of reaching those who already attend our churches?

©2011 Paul Tillman