MyChurch (and Yours) Gets Facebook Funding

September 1, 2009 in Social Network News with 2 Comments

According to Mashable, 22 Facebook-related startups made their pitches to press, executives, and potential investors at the FbFund Demo Day today. The Facebook fbFund is a seed venture fund and mentorship program for businesses built around Facebook. They’ve been working in Facebook office space for 12 weeks, building their products, and receiving guidance.

Each of these companies has something interesting to offer. Some are already established products, some have received further funding, and others are still getting all of their features built and are looking to expand.

So, check out who was on the list…

8. MyChurch: It builds social networks for church congregations.

Wow! I did some research on MyChurch just out of curiousity…According to their site:

MyChurch.org is a free online tool for churches to extend their communities between Sundays. 30,000 churches have created a social network for their congregation using MyChurch.

Each church community on MyChurch has tools specifically designed for a church to engage its members – a sermon and media library, a bulletin board for announcements and prayer requests, an event calendar to organize church activities, small groups for ministries and community groups, a classifieds board for church members to share haves and needs with each other, and tools for members to share their stories through blogs, Bible verses, pictures, and videos.

There are premium subscriptions available for a monthly fee for churches that want more disk space, support, and features

Here is a screenshot of their site