Affordable iPhone Church App for Churches Of Any Size
Attention all broadcasters!
Here at SermonAudio, our passion is to help get great teaching and preaching material to a wider listening audience. And so we're always exploring new and innovative ways to deliver sermons to where people are today -- effectively and economically. Whether it be PCs, Macs, mobile phones, MP3 players, Kindles, or TVs. We've got you covered.
And of course, hand-in-hand with that mission is our desire to help and service the local church. Whatever we can do to give people a springboard opportunity to share their faith and their local church with friends and co-workers, well, we think it's a good idea.
With that in mind, we're excited to announce our newest service exclusively to broadcasters on SermonAudio -- the iPhone Church App! A fully-functional, and completely affordable native iPhone app that's budgeted for churches of any size. 100% compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
What is it exactly? The iPhone Church App makes it easy and economical for your church to have its own professional iPhone app. Your own icon, your own name, your own listing in the App Store, your own sermons, photos, blog, and more!
How easy is it to setup? Real easy. In fact, you don't need to do a thing! We take care of designing your icon, your splash screen, compiling the code, and of course submitting it to the App Store. The entire turnaround time can take up to 10 days.
New! Developer Account Needed. In order for us to submit your app to the App Store, you will need to setup your own developer account with Apple directly. We will then be able to submit the app under your account.
Comprehensive access to sermons. The iPhone Church App gives users a lot more ways to browse and find sermons from your entire church library -- not just the newest material. Browse or search through audio, video, transcripts by date, by series, by Bible, or user comments. And of course search by any keyword.
Photos, Blog, Map, Twitter, and more. The iPhone Church App provides much more than just sermons. A built-in interactive map shows the exact location of your church. Visitors can view your recent photo albums to learn more about your church's ministries and activities. And they can read your newest blog entries and even post comments!
Summary of features include:
Browse, search, and stream AUDIO sermons!
Browse, search, and stream VIDEO sermons!
Browse, search, and read PDF transcripts!
Browse sermons by BIBLE reference. Book, chapter, verse..
Browse by the SPEAKER name.
By DATE Preached: January, February, March..
By Sermon SERIES (recent show first).
By EVENT Category: Audio Books, Weddings, Q&A, Funerals..
Browse through our recommended picks.
Browse all sermons with user COMMENTS.
Read Spurgeon's Morning & Evening devotional.
Link to your church's own external website.
Download audio sermons for offline listening!
Easily find the church using your GPS with our interactive map!
iOS4-friendly with multi-tasking support!
Play sermons in the background, integrates with iPod mini controls!
Special!Video streaming over 3G, EDGE, WIFI with selectable bitrate.
Special!Live video webcasting with selectable bitrate!
Special!Photo albums! Browse recent albums in portrait and landscape!
Special!Add user comments directly to sermons or blogs!
Special!Blog and Twitter! Keep up with latest news.
Special!eDoc Articles! Access your church's electronic documents!
Native Background Playback! iOS4-support includes multi-tasking and the ability to play sermons in the background while doing other tasks! Double-click on the iPhone's HOME button to reveal our integration with the iPod mini audio controls!
Multi-Bitrate Video & Live Webcast! Stream videos or live webcasts over any connection, including 3G, EDGE, or WIFI. Videos uploaded at the higher bitrate on SermonAudio automatically make a lower-bitrate option available for slower connections.
Download Sermons! You can easily download multiple MP3 audio sermons directly to your iPhone or iPod Touch for offline listening! It's perfect for iPod Touch users in particular if you wish to "load up" on sermons at a coffee shop while on the road.
$199 one-time setup +$10 per month. This is simply the most simple and affordable way for any ministry to get their own native iPhone app. Research for yourself and compare our costs with other services!
Developer Account Needed. Please note that in order for us to submit your app to the App Store, you will need to setup your own developer account with Apple directly. We will then be able to submit the app under your account.
Try it for yourself! Still not convinced? Try a sample church app for yourself and see how it all works! Simply go to the App Store on your device and search for "Faith Free Presbyterian" and download it for free! Or you can simply click on this link!
For more information about requesting activation of this option, please log into the Members Area and take a look in the "Personal Info" section.
It's not many times I come across posts that really stir in my heart that cause a chain reaction, but I felt compelled to write.
Technology isn't the issue.... the people are..... Money isn't the problem, but the love of money is... The point is simple.... It's simply a tool or resource... we determine the use whether good or bad.
To go as far to be combative over old school and new school is completely irrelevant. There are pro's and con's to both. I would say take the good from both and marry them together.
Our God is the most creative in all the universe... He gave man the wisdom for our technology. We preach from both the OT & NT.... there is a reason for that. We need both. We can't swing from one extreme to the next, but in many cases we do.
Our culture is ever changing and growing as we should be in Christ. Instead of fighting the change, we should harness it and lead by example. A mobile app could be like one more bobber in the water. You never know who it can impact or reach on a global scale. As a marketer adaptability is key with growth. I would see a lot of value with having a mobile app.
In the end we can't control how the tool or resource will be used, but if it can be used to connect 1 person to who our Lord and Savior is,then I believe it was wor
This is a great option for all broadcasters. I highly encourage all broadcasters to take advantage of this great opportunity. Over the last six months just about 1/4 of our listeners used sermonaudio.com on their mobile phones. I listen to sermonaudio myself from my iPad. Times are changing and more and more people seek spiritual resources online. This is great and sermonaudio is there to help meet this need.
Randolph, how about we tone things down a bit and just focus on your original observation: "It would be better if people had Bibles and paid attention in church rather than playing with their electronic pacifiers."
OK, let's all grant that yes, it's unfortunate that people may use/abuse their mobile devices during services.
But what has that to do with this blog post, about SermonAudio offering an iphone app feature for churches? (To be clear, there is already an iphone app that can be used for the SA site in general.)
Are you asserting that there's something wrong with SA in general? With this iphone app? With use of technology?
You've posited the problem as being specific to "in church". Fair enough, but I think others here are defending the value of the app elsewhere. Would you disagree with that (using it elsewhere)? or even using it responsibly in church (a slippery slope, I grant)?
I'm not picking a fight, really. Just trying to help advance the conversation, especially for those who may come to it some months after it happened, as I have.
Jacob McAnally wrote: I don't mean to be so sarcastic but this is the kind of atitude that has stopped the church from moving forward and reaching more people in just about every generation.
Yes you do mean to be sarcastic, and overreactionary. I don't mind you or anyone else using technology judiciously. But your post reveals several things. First you are Very defensive toward someone who has pointed out the abuse of this technology. This makes me think you may be among the 80% of people who are addicted to texting, or who use the tecnology inappropriatly. Secondly, you have put words in my mouth by portaying me as wanting to go back to smoke signals. Thirdly, you have totaly missed my point about how church services are interupted and the Holy Spirit quenched by people texting and surfing the net during the ministry of the Word. Not only in church, but when you can't even have a conversation with someone without them ignoring you to text someone, or they can't do their job due to texting, something is wrong. As to the idea that God's work cannot move forward without technology....Don't you believe in the suffeciency of scripture? So how about not jumping to conclusions when someone twice your senior recognizes the danger of fads.
Jacob McAnally wrote: Then why are you on sermonaudio.com? Go back to using your telegraph or smoke signals. I don't mean to be so sarcastic but this is the kind of atitude that has stopped the church from moving forward and reaching more people in just about every generation. I use my phone to keep in touch with my congregation whether in voice calls, text, or facebook. I use the apps to listen to sermons from other pastors. I also....get this...use the bible apps to read THE BIBLE. Or maybe I should really go old school and only read scrolls!? I mean Jesus didn't have books. I think you get my point. This is a new media. And like all media (including scrolls and books) it can be used for good or ill. We should be making the best use of it for the LORD.
Randolph wrote: It would be better if people had Bibles and paid attention in church rather than playing with their electronic pacifiers.
Then why are you on sermonaudio.com? Go back to using your telegraph or smoke signals. I don't mean to be so sarcastic but this is the kind of atitude that has stopped the church from moving forward and reaching more people in just about every generation. I use my phone to keep in touch with my congregation whether in voice calls, text, or facebook. I use the apps to listen to sermons from other pastors. I also....get this...use the bible apps to read THE BIBLE. Or maybe I should really go old school and only read scrolls!? I mean Jesus didn't have books. I think you get my point. This is a new media. And like all media (including scrolls and books) it can be used for good or ill. We should be making the best use of it for the LORD.
How about pastors sharing what text they intend to preach on for the coming Sunday, via email or webpage? That way, folks could study it beforehand & be ready with any questions.
Assuming, of course, that pastors actually entertain such questions. Responsibly conducted (on all sides), this could be very edifying, if my limited experience is any indication. And that is the way Jesus & the early church taught anyway.
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