SmartChurch Adds Push Notifications Nashville, TN - September 1, 2016

SmartChurch, makers of the world’s first free church app, have announced the launch of ANY-TIME PUSH NOTIFICATIONS on their SmartChurch Premium church app.  Beginning today, church leaders using SmartChurch Premium will be able to send out push notifications anytime they want to everyone following their church on the app for no additional charge.

 

SmartChurch already provides “automatic” push notifications whenever a new event, new need, or new media gets added or when a Follower gets a comment on their post, a new connection request, or an event that they’ve RSVP’d to is changed.  However, this is the first time in their almost three year history that Church Leaders can send out notifications whenever they need to.

“Pastors have shared with us all year that they want to send out emergency prayer requests, event reminders, and other alerts without a limit and without extra charges,” states Gresham Hill, CEO at Lockeland (lockeland.org), the company that develops and runs SmartChurch.  “We are happy to respond quickly and continue to build a reputation as a company who is constantly improving and expanding our church app to meet the needs of every church.

What’s the Catch?

Can SmartChurch’s Free Church App Really Be Free?

I get asked this question all the time. What’s the catch? Can SmartChurch really provide any church in the world a free church app for life?  And the answer is 100% yes.  There is no catch.  There are no strings attached. It’s really free for life.

So how do we do it? Well, first of all, SmartChurch was always intended to be free. We currently have a Premium version of our app but that was not the plan in the beginning. We wanted to give church planters, small churches, and missionaries a free church app so that their churches could grow. Our whole mission was just that: a mission. So how is that sustainable?

Well, believe it or not, SmartChurch does make money. We have several sources of income.  Our main source is an entirely separate company that gives us a generous gift every month.  That’s really nice. Second, we are owned by a larger company called Lockeland that builds cus-tom software and mobile apps. They love us and have a longterm commitment to us. And finally, SmartChurch Premium, the feature-rich, costlier version of our church app brings in a little money too (although many churches pay less than $10 per month for it).

All in all, there is no catch. Please support SmartChurch by getting Premium for your church or by hiring Lockeland to build your business an app. Your investment is helping thousands of churches worldwide.