Mobile Ministry Magazine: Beyond Mobile Sites (MMM)

Setting a foundation at the intersection of faith and mobile technology

How do churches, mission groups, organizations, communities, parents, and people respond to life when their use of mobile technology intersects with their faith? Here, we not just ask that question, but present the foundations for answering it. Read more about Mobile Ministry Magazine (MMM) and its mission/vision.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Beyond Mobile Sites

Digital.Leadnet had a post earlier this week that asked if your church/org website is mobile-friendly (meaning, does it have a website viewable by mobile devices). I look at that post for a few hours, chewed for a bit. And said that mobile sites shouldn't be the period. We should go further.

Forget finding your church's mobile website. Can I find it on Google Maps or a Garmin/Navteq GPS as a point-of-interest? What about an ad in the yellow pages/on a bilboard that shows the intersection with a big arrow? Why just limit to a web browser when mobile devices are on our person all the time?

Does your church have self-produced worship songs? Are you on MySpace, last.fm, and other sites where people can stumble into you?

What about applications like Sports Tracker? We talked about how you can upload a workout there. Ever consider uploading tracks and workouts of how people can get to your fellowhsip?

Consider the context: people want to engage God and are willing to listen to you. You've got to go beyond mobile to meet them.

Labels: church, community, Google, Google Maps, GPS, mobility, Sports Tracker