September 17, 2004
Selected verse from the Bible by SMS
US mobile users can subscribe to a daily Bible scripture sent by text messaging thanks to mfaith.
Mfaith sends a carefully selected verse from the Bible to registered subscribers each day at about 11:00 AM.
For example, “With men this is impossible, but with god all things are possible (Matt 19:26),” is an uplifting scripture that Mfaith subscribers might receive.
The service is deliverable to wireless carriers in the US and Canada including, AT&T, Cingular, T-Mobile and others, according to a company press release.
Related services:
-- Texting faith New religious text messaging services have been launched in the Philippines: The Mobile Rosary, the Mobile Way and Daily Reflections.
- Cell Phone Users Are Finding God - A daily service called The Seven Spiritual Laws, which features the holistic teachings of Deepak Chopra. Currently available from two U.S. mobile operators, the service provides daily aphorisms as well as diet tips and an inspiring image.
-- Pope's on U.S. Phones - Verizon Wireless launched a new cell phone service in the United States that will allow subscribers to receive messages from the Pope...
-- Why Don't You Ever Text Me Back, Jesus? - A service promising to answer people's prayers with a text message apparently sent by Jesus has been shut down after complaints by Finland's mobile services watchdog.
-- Russia Launches the First Bible SMS-School - A new public Bible SMS-school has opened in the department of youth in Voronezhsko-Borisoglebskaya Diocese, in Russia. Students can text the Diocese asking to be connected to the free delivery of teaching materials. Then, they will weekly receive a message with a text of the Old Testament, for instance, along with assigned homework.
-- For additional stories and a roundup of religions around the world who are using text messaging to spread the good word, cf SMS, SMS good for the Soul and SMS and Religion category in Textually.org.
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