Your Most Valuable Gift This Year? A Test Gift in Your Online Giving Platform
Have you ever given a gift to your church through your online giving solution for the sole purpose of evaluating the givers' experience? You should....
For some time, we’ve been wary of church mobile apps (we wrote about it here, here, and here.) We had solid reasons for not jumping on the church app bandwagon. First, the cost. Second, the upkeep. And finally, the evidence of under-utilization by church members.
We also knew that for most users, a mobile-friendly website serves as a very good alternative to a church app:
In general, these views still stand.
Our opinion about church apps changed when we saw the PocketPlatform mobile church app. To begin with, PocketPlatform originally designed the app for MinistryPlatform ChMS, with whom Vision2 already had a deep integration. (In fact, PocketPlatform recently joined forces with MinistryPlatform, giving churches direct access to the app.)
From the outset, we saw that the PocketPlatform app was a game-changer. So we immediately built a deep native integration between Vision2 and PocketPlatform in early 2021. This created an ecosystem of three best-in-class platforms that are truly better together…together…together.
Finally, other church apps claim to increase engagement with church members. But PocketPlatform’s thoughtful design and dynamic features actually achieve it.
Ultimately, PocketPlatform streamlines content management for churches. It transforms content into a timely, responsive, multi-media guide to greater engagement with the church – and spiritual growth. It puts the power of MinistryPlatform in, well, your pocket and your members’ palms.
Finally, the PocketPlatform team consists entirely of former church staff. They are committed to making church app management simple, so they can equip and bless users for eternal impact.
We congratulate ACS, MinistryPlatform and PocketPlatform on their recent decision to join forces. It means churches will continue to have choices. They can select the best-in-class platforms they want.
Just as there are major differences in ChMS platforms and church apps, striking differences exist between giving platforms, too.
Many simply process gifts. But Vision 2 was designed to meet the end-to-end contributions and donor management needs of churches, including:
Now all these features are available in our soon-to-be-launched progressive web app, Give2, along with our generosity-inspiring "Give Stories" and self-service profile management for givers. Progressive web apps solve all our misgivings about native mobile apps. You’ll definitely want to check this out!
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