Is there a Christian social media app?
Single dad, two kids, demanding job. I left mainstream social media a while back, and I’m not looking for a dating app or anything like that, just somewhere to build actual friendships with people who are trying to walk closer with God.
I feel like this should be a thing if it isn’t one already.
Yes, Christian social media apps exist.
I’d treat them as a starting point, though… The friendships I’ve seen last started when a few believers agreed to pray for each other’s kids and work by name every week. Nothing fancy.
You can find Christian communities on the main social media apps. As long as you keep your feed clean I don’t see an issue.
Our small group started the same way, just praying for each other’s kids and jobs by name every Tuesday, and ten years later we still show up.
How did those few believers find each other in the first place?
10 years of showing up for the same people. That’s what I want, and probably why the apps never did much for me.
Maybe I need to find my own Tuesday. With my schedule that’s going to take a while.
Bible Captions, found it on Instagram and been trying it lately. Still feeling it out but might be worth a look.
Sign up to stack chairs after service. Every lasting friendship I’ve made at church started because somebody needed help moving a couch or something along those lines.
Keep at it a few months and there’s a decent chance you’ll get roped into someone’s Sunday lunch by Easter.
A retired couple at my church adopted a single mom and her kids and it’s turned into one of the steadiest friendships I’ve seen. Has anyone else had better luck with older believers?
A 6am men’s breakfast or a lunch-hour Bible study near office areas fits into the gaps you already have, ask around for one close to your work. Between meetups a group text or Marco Polo thread with 2 or 3 guys can keep things going.
Whatever app you try, look for people who live near you so it can eventually turn into showing up at the same church on Sunday.
Hebrews 10:24-25 (not giving up meeting together, spurring each other on toward love and good works) has always made me think that’s hard to do through a screen alone.
Most of the Christian apps I tried sat unused on my phone, so I built my own. It’s called Wayfarer.
Each day a biblical figure tells you their story and gives you one small, real thing to go do.
It might help with staying close to God on a packed schedule. For finding friends you’d probably need something else.
YouVersion is the closest thing to Christian social media I’ve found, you can add friends and do reading plans together. Hallow has been good for me too.
Both work in five spare minutes, which matters with two kids and a busy job.
YouVersion has a Plans with Friends feature where a small group reads a Bible plan together and talks about each day’s reading right in the app. Start with a short plan, maybe one on fatherhood or dealing with stress.
A cross in an app’s logo tells me nothing. With any Christian social app you try, check the blocking and reporting tools and see if people have been having real conversations there recently. Keep identifying info about your kids, like their school or schedule, off your profile.