WeTheChurch.org: A Simple Prayer Tool Can Be Revolutionary
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I don’t like to use my personal blog to publicize client projects, but this one is different. Besides, it’s less of a client project and more of a friend’s project that Updatable got to help with, so I don’t feel bad for this announcement.
The site is WeTheChurch.org and it’s completely new. In fact, it just launched (officially) today. WeTheChurch.org is a new website where anyone can submit prayer requests and praises. I know. There are tons of websites out there that do this, but WeTheChurch is remarkably different. Here’s how:
- It’s really easy to submit a request or praise. Just go to the site and start typing. When you’re done, you click “Send It” and it’s sent.
- It’s really easy to follow. You can see the most recent requests and praises right there on the site or follow the Twitter feed (more on this below).
- It’s anonymous by default. God knows exactly who submitted which request or praise. We don’t want to know for many reasons.
- There are no accounts to sign up for. That means you stay anonymous and you don’t have to worry about one more account. If you’re like me, you have enough accounts on enough sites.
- The requests are short and sweet. With a 140 character limit, you won’t be reading droning prayer requests and praises that are paragraphs in length.
- You can follow the updates via RSS. Some people are RSS junkies and need feeds to survive.
I’m really excited about this site for two reasons. First, it represents Updatable well. We love these kinds of projects. We enjoy working on sites that have the potential to change how the Church works together to accomplish God’s vision for His people. It makes “work” a little less work-like.
The second reason I’m excited about WeTheChurch.org is that it’s the first time we integrated a site with an outside API; in this case, Twitter. Actually, the Twitter integration is the very thing that makes WeTheChurch so awesome. Aside from being incredibly easy to use, we made it possible to follow the updates (prayer requests and praises) by following the WeTheChurch Twitter account. Click here to go to its Twitter page.
This is the vision behind WeTheChurch. People need prayer and, with current technology, we should be able to get needs prayed for or praises rejoiced over much more efficiently than we have been. With WeTheChurch, your prayer requests and praises will be visible to everyone visiting the site and sent to everyone following its Twitter feed.
So, this is what I’m asking of you.
- Use WeTheChurch. Submit prayer requests and praises. Pray for the requests that you read there. They’re real requests from real people with real needs and praises.
- Follow WeTheChurch through Twitter. It’s much better than visiting the site several times a day to see what’s new.
- Talk about it. Blog about it. Send out emails to your friends/family. Link to it from your blog/website. The more people that use it, the greater impact it will have.
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Great job. An excellent idea that was implemented well. I can’t wait to see where this site goes!
Brad Ruggles
http://www.bradruggles.com
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great idea! I’m on my way over there to see if you’ve got a little banner or widget to put on me blog!?
alex mcleans last blog post..Are we Connected?
nope you don’t… If you make a couple I’m sure people will put them on their sidebars…
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