Volunteer Helps Bring Chinese Today to iPhones

Kevin was searching for a way to use his skill as an iPhone app developer to serve the Lord.

Back to God Ministries’ Chinese outreach was searching for someone to help make the Chinese Today devotional more accessible.

It was a perfect match.

Kevin, who lives in Bejing and reads the Chinese Today regularly, contacted the Chinese outreach and volunteered his skills to help bring Chinese Today to iPhones—something that would typically cost thousands of dollars.

“I always wanted to use my professional skills to serve God,” says Kevin. “I found the Chinese Today very helpful and I was filled with joy and energy to jump into this project.”

Recently, China announced it has reached 600 million Internet users and 80 percent of them access it through their smartphones. This creates a huge potential for God’s Word and devotional messages from the Chinese Today to become even more accessible.

As Kevin finished his work, he quickly realized just how helpful his service was. Back to God Ministries’ Chinese outreach was able to make the app free to download and so far, more than 1,000 people have downloaded the app to their phone.

“I felt tremendously honored,” Kevin adds. “This sense of honor and privilege just energized me to serve with all my best.”

Kevin has continued his service by working on an updated version of the app, keeping up with China’s ever-increasing technology.

Now, the Chinese Today is available in print, on iPhone and android apps, and through social media avenues such as facebook.com/ChineseToday, Weibo (Chinese Twitter) and sinablog (blog sites in mainland China).