What is the BLESS App?
BLESS is built to equip and unleash followers of Jesus to live as a BLESSing to the people around them. It is not a program. It is a platform for recovering the way of Jesus in everyday life — helping believers practice five timeless rhythms that deepen discipleship and increase missional engagement.
What does BLESS stand for?
Rooted in the calling of Genesis 12, the B.L.E.S.S. strategy exists to inspire people to be the church — to everyone, everywhere, and every day. It is a five-practice approach to evangelism and prayer that encourages people to own the lostness of their own neighborhoods by loving God and loving their neighbors.
How does it work?
For Individuals
When you download the BLESS app and sign up to be a “Light” to your neighborhood, you will receive a list of your 50 closest neighbors. Each day, the app sends a reminder encouraging you to pray for and BLESS 5 of them by name. Over time, this creates a rhythm beginning with prayer that helps develop a consistent, focused BLESS rhythm in your life. It’s an easy but powerful way to develop a lifestyle of BLESSing for those God has placed nearby.
For Churches
A church can sign up to gain visibility into its congregation's missional footprint and activity. Upload your attenders and see them on a map — gaining insight into exactly where your people live and the neighborhoods God has already positioned them. See the homes your lights have adopted and watch in real time as your congregation saturates its own community with prayer and presence. And when new residents move into your area, BLESS notifies you — so your church can be the first to extend a welcome and begin building a relationship. Pastors and church leaders, click here to schedule a demo with a church relations rep.
The Story of BLESS
The roots of the BLESS App reach back to 1997, when Chris and Karen Cooper founded the Mapping Center for Evangelism and Church Growth. Their conviction was simple and enduring: if followers of Jesus could see their neighbors by name, they would pray for them — and if they prayed, they would go. In the years that followed, more than 18,000 churches across all 50 states and many denominations used the Mapping Center to pray for and share the Gospel with millions of homes.
That same vision gave rise to Bless Every Home, the digital tool that would eventually become the BLESS App. Built on the five timeless biblical practices of Begin with Prayer, Listen, Eat, Serve, and Share — first articulated by Dave and Jon Ferguson in their work on neighboring and evangelism — the platform gave ordinary believers a simple, practical way to love the people God had already placed nearest to them.
In 2024, the platform was acquired by The Flourishing Cooperative, rebranded as the BLESS App, and relaunched with renewed vision and purpose. In February 2026, Palau took over leadership of BLESS, bringing the platform into partnership with a global thought and action leader in Evangelism that has served cities across the world for over 65 years. Palau exists to joyfully proclaim the Good News of Jesus, unite the Church, and activate believers to reach their cities together. BLESS advances that mission — equipping Christians to live where God has already placed them, city by city, neighborhood by neighborhood, neighbor by neighbor.
The practices are timeless. The technology makes them scalable. And the story is still being written. Join the movement today.