A few months back, I had an epiphany while checking out at a clothing store—a strange place, sure enough, but epiphanies don’t really ask you where you’d like them to happen.
As the clerk was busy taking the tags off the purchases, my gaze fell on the touch-screen credit-card scanner anchored to my side of the counter. I’ve seen and used these things a...
read more »Now that the web has gone all social, everyone's talking about engagement. But what does that mean? And what does online engagement have to do with real life relationships? Here at The City, everything we build is aimed at helping the people of your church engage more deeply in community, build stronger relationships, have higher-value interactions, and be more of who they'...
read more »Here at The City, we’re working on some big things. This includes major improvements to many of our features, and a much-improved process for churches to launch The City.
You might have heard the term API somewhere, and you might have wondered what that meant. Well, wonder about it no longer, we're here to help.
In this episode of The City Speaks, we're talking about APIs and how they help us serve the Church. Don't worry, it's a short video, and there's even a little comic relief for those of us who remember the good old...
read more »The City's all about community, and community only grows by knowing and understanding each other. That's why we've put together The City Speaks videos. It's an opportunity for you to meet some of the people behind The City, get to know who we are, hear what we're thinking about or working on, and understand more of the why behind what we do.
In this...
read more »We’ve partnered with our good friends at eBible.com to help City users engage with the Bible in The City like never before! The City is all about building community that is centered in the Gospel of Jesus, so it just makes sense that we'd have a world-class Bible experience, too. With the integration of eBible, now we do!
Some of eBible's features include:
One of the things we're always thinking about here at The City is how we can help people build deeper relationships with each other and deeper relationships with Jesus. Today, we've added a feature that seems pretty simple at first glance, but that we think has great potential for encouraging community and discipleship in your church.
We call it Recommended Books, and,...
read more »It's been a couple weeks since Steve Jobs died, and that time has been heady for me. As a designer, I can't deny the impact that Steve Jobs has had on my life, my work, and my surroundings, and I know most of us can say the same. Here is a man who changed the world, who derailed the direction that technology was going and made it go somewhere different. He challenged us to...
read more »Today is my last day here at The City. It is surreal to type these words.
I love my job. I love the team. I love helping the church. This is easily the best job I have ever had and I can positively say I love it more today than I ever have.
For my entire career, I have been working as a designer to support my ministry endeavors as a worship leader. Many of you live in the same...
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