Blog entries by Staff

Thursday
Aug 18, 2011

New Mobile Experience is Here!

 
Tonight we rolled out a sleek new mobile web experience for The City! It's designed to give you quick access to core functionality, making it even easier to stay connected and engaged with everything that's going on in the life of your church, wherever you are. 
 
To check it out, just log into The City on your mobile browser. We think you're gonna like it. 
 
UPDATE: As with any new… read more »

Tuesday
May 03, 2011

New Features: Improved Attendance Tracking

Feature Updates
 

Here at The City, we are always focused on moving toward improvement and growth. We listen carefully to feedback from our churches, and then we build out our development schedule accordingly.  So, when we release new features, we are always happy to tell the church community about our progress.

We're very excited to let you know that we've expanded The City's attendance tracking functionality… read more »

Thursday
Apr 07, 2011

Seacoast Church shares how it finds success in The City

Stories
 

Every day we see example after example of how God is using The City in the hands of people like you to make an impact in the lives of people around the world. In a recent City Conversation with Greg Surratt from Seacoast Church in South Carolina, Greg shared about the increase in engagement Seacoast Church is seeing through The City. An excerpt from the Conversation is below.

Have you seen a… read more »

Thursday
Mar 31, 2011

Hear how Apex Community Church finds success in The City

Stories
 

We love hearing about how churches are using The City and the impact they are seeing in their church body. In a recent talk with Drew Clemens from Apex Community Church in Ohio, Drew shared how Apex is seeing success with The City in their house churches. A transcript of our conversation is below.

How have you measured success in your roll-out of The City to your congregation?

“My focus is… read more »

Monday
Jan 31, 2011

How Do You Use Technology to Promote Your Mission?

from The City
 

How do you use technology to promote your mission? This is a fantastic question that we should all consider. All churches, big or small, forward thinking or traditional use some sort of technology to do church. The prayer chain utilizes phones, sharing prayers on The City utilizes the internet, both are technology.

In our most recent City Conversation, Pastor Mark Driscoll shared an… read more »

Wednesday
Sep 22, 2010

Ariel’s Story — Growth from Pain

Stories
 
When our pursuit of technology is gospel-driven and other-focused, it becomes worship in a very real sense. Of course, it's very tempting to pursue technology for the sake of our own comfort, to numb ourselves from feeling pain or need. But, as Ariel reminds us in this story, God uses our pain and discomfort to lead us to the only real source of healing, comfort, and joy there is:… read more »

Wednesday
Sep 15, 2010

Glendine’s Story — Praying in Faith

Stories
 

A woman named Glendine recently shared a story on The City’s Story Center. It’s a remarkable story about how God miraculously healed her niece, Ariel, after she was in a terrible auto accident.

Many people in Glendine’s church had been praying for Ariel’s healing, and Glendine says she writes in the “hope that this story will serve as an encouragement to you, that your faith… read more »

Friday
Sep 10, 2010

Sharing the Gospel via Snail Mail

Stories
 

The following story was shared with us through The City's Story Center. Apart from simply being a great story of redemption, it's also interesting to see how God used a pretty rudimentary method of communication to make Himself known.

Growing up, my brother Mark and I were very close. When I graduated from high school and went into the military, Mark began working with a… read more »

Tuesday
Aug 17, 2010

Check out the map, find a group

Feature Updates
 
On Friday, we gave you a snapshot of all the great new additions to the Events tool, but that wasn’t everything we did last week. Today, let’s take a look at the improvements we’ve made to Group Search!
 
Now, when you choose Group Search from your Groups menu, you’ll land on the Group Map page that will show you all the groups in your neighborhood. You’ll see a few new things here: