My Church NEEDS one of those (Mcnoot)

Its not only large organisations that are using Bluetooth Proximity Marketing, but even local churches are using the latest communication techniques to contact mobile phones.

See details of a great award that txttouch won:

An innovative Bluetooth product is the first ever winner of the Christian Award entitled: “My Church Needs One of Those” or “McNoot”, which promises to bring the church directly to your mobile phone.

Developed by mobile technology company ‘txttouch’, the “Gabriel Communicator” is a portable device that enables churches to deliver messages directly onto mobile phones within 100 meters, for free. Message content is loaded onto the Gabriel Communicator which can include digital tracts, mp3’s, video or any multimedia accepted by mobile phones. Using ‘Gabriel’ churches can publicise events, evangelise, deliver sermon notes and in turn make their message viral.

Txttouch Managing Director Nicholas Maguire was at the Christian Resources Exhibition (CRE) at Sandown Park to accept the award and said:

“It is a great honour to be presented with this award. Churches are recognising that it is not enough to have a relevant message; they need a relevant medium in which to communicate their message. Using the Gabriel Communicator Churches now have a way to deliver messages to people in a way that is none intrusive, environmentally friendly and free.”

The Gabriel Communicator was unanimously voted by the panel of judges as the product that every Church needs; seeing off all other competition in the process including the popular Christian website GodTube.com which attracts over 27million hits every month.

This award comes off the back of Joel Edwards the General Director of the Evangelical Alliance using the Gabriel Communicator in his latest UK tour: “Agenda for Change”. Mr Edwards said:

“Biblical witness is not called to tip-toe through the 21st century, but to transform society by presenting Christ credibly to the culture. Mobile communications is one important tool that Churches need to be considering.”

Mr Maguire added:
“We have been helping Churches to adopt Bluetooth and SMS texting technology for parish notices, youth group alerts, social events and outreach. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. It is our desire to see Churches becoming early adopters of new technology so that they can present themselves in a culturally relevant way.”

Joel Edwards began his “Agenda for Change” tour on April 22nd at St. Andrew’s URC in Canterbury, for further details please visit www.anagendaforchange.com or for more details on The Gabriel Communicator and SMS for churches visit www.txttouch.com