Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

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Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

We spent Palm Sunday together with the Bulgarian evangelical community of Las Vegas. The Bulgarian Diaspora in the most famous Nevada city has grown rapidly in the past few years now reaching several thousand immigrants who have established a prominent presence in the local community. The latest additions to the area are a Bulgarian store, a Bulgarian restaurant and of course a newspaper for the Bulgarians in Vegas.

Naturally, an evangelical church is being formed in the existing Bulgarian community. These are not only people who have ties with the evangelical churches in Bulgaria, but their families and representatives of second generation immigrants as well.

We were blessed to receive a cordial invitation to minister to them on our way back from the West Coast. Arriving in town, we held a Bible study on Friday and then preached at the beautiful Palm Sunday service organized by the Bulgarian evangelical believers of Las Vegas. As we prayed with the people for the remaining of the warm Sunday evening, preaching Salvation in Sin City became more than a slogan. This world claims that “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”, but what happened in the Bulgarian evangelical church in Vegas on Palm Sunday is written in Heaven.

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

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Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

Traveling Schedule | Follow us on Twitter | Ministry Website | The Volvo

Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

Traveling Schedule | Follow us on Twitter | Ministry Website | The Volvo

Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

Traveling Schedule | Follow us on Twitter | Ministry Website | The Volvo

Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

Traveling Schedule | Follow us on Twitter | Ministry Website | The Volvo

Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

Traveling Schedule | Follow us on Twitter | Ministry Website | The Volvo

Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

Traveling Schedule | Follow us on Twitter | Ministry Website | The Volvo

Written by: Dony & Kathryn Donev

All pictures made on Nokia 5800XM courtesy of the Mobile Ministry Magazine

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Written by: Mobile Ministry Magazine

We’ve talked about the use of SMS to send money to one another and various places before. But, what about using your mobile device in a physical manner?

Given that many churches use the option of electronic payments from their websites, would it be a stretch to take that to a mobile device? So, instead of there just being a bucket in front of the church, there would be someone holding an iPhone/iPod Touch (owned and tracked by the church) and then using the updated PayPal application, collecting tithes/offerings from those who’d like to transfer funds that way

Sure that might make for a slightly longer time in the offering line, but would be a neat way to use mobile in a context that people recognize, and in many ways exercises more stewardship than checks and credit cards (PayPal won’t let you transfer money you don’t have).

I like the idea and think it has very far-reaching implications if someone/company/church were innovative enough. But for now, I would love to know if anyone is doing it (or now planning to). Your thoughts?

This post originally appeared on Mobile Ministry Magazine