Worshippers at Aylsham Parish Church in Norfolk are asked to take their phones to services and use their handsets to answer questions which are displayed behind the vicar on a projector screen.
They can also rate hymns they like or dislike to help make future services more enjoyable, and the app has also been used to display a “word cloud” of things the congregation is praying for.
The more people type a particular word, the larger that word is displayed on the screen.
Revd Canon Andrew Beane said it “has given us an opportunity to be much more interactive in our worship”.
“I would like to think it’s pioneering,” he said. “We’re holding on to the traditional but embracing new technology to make it more relevant to society today.”
The church already offers its congregation free internet access through a scheme called WiSpire and has TripAdvisor.
It has used the voting app, developed by Swedish company Mentimeter, in three services to date and plans do so at future special events.
Revd Beane said: “Sometimes you can ask a question and people are shy, but by using the app, everybody joins in.”
He said it had not brought extra people into the church, but encouraged greater interaction between older and younger members of the congregation.
He added that the congregation are “very…
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