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The Best iPhone Apps for Pastors (2019)

PREACHING: PRESENTATION CLOCK 

I often preach in rooms with no clock. Whenever I guest speak, I never know if they will have a clock available. So, rather than bringing in a big clock and mounting it in the back of the room, I use Presentation Clock.

I set the length of time I have to speak; then I place it on a stand next to my Bible. It counts down the time remaining and changes color to warn you when you are almost out of time.

When your time is up, it inverts colors and starts counting up to tell you how long you have run over. Trust me. Your church will thank you for using this. It keeps you honest on your sermon length.

GRAPHIC DESIGN: WORD SWAG 

Word Swag iPhone App

You may not be a graphic designer, but sharing pictures on social media has never been more important. Posts with pictures always do better than just text.

Word Swag is a phenomenal app that helps you create amazing looking word pictures without any graphic design skills.

One of the best features is built-in access to Pixabay, a free stock photo library. So you can easily find high-quality images for your design.

Word Swag is the best tool for the busy pastor to throw together beautiful looking announcements, Bible verses or inspirational quotes to share.

You could even use it to create sermon series graphics. I’ve used it to create almost every article image on Pro Preacher.

FINANCES: MINT

Mint Personal Finance iPhone App

All pastors should also be good stewards of their personal finances. I use Mint to help. I love how it tracks my debit and credit card purchases and then categorizes them into my budget automatically.

This takes all tedious data entry out of keeping a budget. And, best of all, it’s FREE!

If you want to be a better manager of your finances, I recommend giving Mint a try.

WORK/COLLABORATION: GOOGLE DRIVEDOCS AND SHEETS

Many churches are now using Google Apps for email, file storage and shared documents. These apps are quickly giving the Apple work apps like Pages a run for their money.

I tend to use Apple apps (PagesNumbers and Keynote) for work I do myself, and the Google suite of apps for work that I want to collaborate on with my team. But I can foresee a day when I start using Google for everything to keep it simple.

The main reason Google Drive is best for sharing and collaborating on documents is that it’s multi-platform. So you can use your iPhone, someone else can use their Android device, and someone else could use their Windows PC. It all works.