Mobile Push Notifications

Email notifications for Church Social events work well, but push notifications in the mobile app are very helpful. They're lighter weight, more immediate, and bring you straight into the app when you tap them. And when something isn't important, they're just as easy to swipe away and move on.

To receive push notifications, members will need to update to version 2.0.0 or newer of the Church Social iOS or Android app (Released in April 2026). You can find the install links below.

If you have the native iOS or Android app and notifications are enabled you will receive Church Social app notifications for the following:

  • New messages
  • Message replies
  • New bulletins

Of these, message replies are especially exciting. Historically, replies could be easy to miss, since we only sent email notifications to the original sender in order to avoid flooding everyone's inbox. With push notifications, replies are much more visible, making it easier for conversations to actually continue instead of quietly getting lost.

To enable push notifications on your device go to More → My Account → Notifications. On that screen, there is a Push notifications section that shows whether push notifications are Enabled.  If the push notifications are listed as Disabled on this device just tap on the button which takes you directly to your device settings to enable notifications on your device.

Members are able to reply to messages directly from the iOS and Android apps. Combined with push notifications for replies, this makes discussions in Church Social feel much more natural and much easier to follow.  Note that email notifications are sent for original messages but not for message replies in order that Church Social does not clutter people's email inboxes.  

If a member disables email notifications for Church Social messages this will turn on the Message read/unread feature so that users can visually see whether they have read a message or not.

To install the app, download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store which you can access using the following link: https://churchsocial.com/mobile-apps