Download the Subsplash turns 20! Celebrating two decades of serving the local church
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August 2nd is a BIG day in the history of Subsplash—It’s our 20th Anniversary! 🎉 That’s twenty years of serving the local church, following God’s call, and making a difference in the lives of billions of people around the world.
We’re overwhelmed with gratitude for our founders, our leaders, as well as the people, churches, and moments that have defined these two amazing decades. Thanks to the 20,000 churches who partner with Subsplash, we’ve reached twenty years of innovation, ministry, and service in the name of Jesus.
The best part is—this is just the beginning! We invite you to join us to pause and take a moment of gratitude to celebrate our history and major milestones over the years. None of this would be possible without God—and without churches like yours!
Subsplash was founded on August 2, 2005 by Tim and Kristy Turner, beginning as a design and software consulting company for world-class brands like XBOX, Microsoft, Expedia, Samsung, and Cisco. The Subsplash beginnings were humble: the small team worked out of a garage with only a few people on payroll. Then, in 2008, Subsplash began developing apps for iPhones before the App Store even existed.
But for Tim and Kristy, their passion for their faith, their church, and Kingdom ministry was at the forefront of their hearts and lives. They wanted Subsplash to do more than assist world-class brands—they wanted it to assist God’s Church and make a difference for Kingdom impact.
With a heart to support their home church, Tim approached his church’s leadership to see if they’d be interested in a church app built by Subsplash. As Tim explains, “It was kind of a novelty at the time because the church was like, ‘We don’t have a budget for this. It’s totally up to you if you guys want to do it.’ So that’s when Kristy and I prayed, and we felt like God was saying trust and obey.”
And that’s exactly what they did. They trusted and obeyed God’s leading, not knowing where it would take them. But once they launched the app for their home church, the response was so strong that it confirmed what they had sensed all along—churches were eager for digital tools that could help them connect with their communities and share the gospel in new, innovative ways. As Kristy says, “The Lord was telling us to trust and obey and [we were] wanting to be faithful with that, whatever He brought our way, and it just kept growing.”
The first-ever church app went live in 2009 and was downloaded over 10,00 times in the first week! It launched even before Netflix or Hulu developed their iPhone apps. Their church app received significant attention in the press, and more and more churches started asking Subsplash about having their own church app.
Tim and Kristy quickly realized that churches around the world were in need of technological innovations, but were frequently the last ones to get it—and didn’t know where to turn for help. Subsplash began helping fill the gap, offering church apps, live streaming, easy online giving, church management software, and more as innovative solutions for the body of Christ. This mission continues today and has impacted billions of people around the world.
Over the years, the Subsplash Platform has evolved into a comprehensive suite of connected tools designed to help churches better engage their communities—starting with the first-ever church app and expanding to include online giving websites, live streaming, church management, and more.
More recently, we’ve added Pulpit AI to the platform and launched Subsplash Tap, a solution designed to make giving and connecting at church as seamless as possible
From humble beginnings in a Seattle garage to offices throughout the U.S. and now a remote-first company, Subsplash continues to innovate and grow—not just as a platform for the Church, but as a thriving workplace.
Today, Subsplash has over 300 employees serving over 20,000 churches and ministries, as well as millions of users around the world. We’re poised to equip every church with the best digital tools to continue to share the hope of the gospel with churches worldwide!
For Tim and Kristy, it all started with a dream, godly obedience, and a desire to serve their local church. Since then, their faithfulness to God has impacted their employees as well as millions of people around the world. As Tim says, “The biggest takeaway for me is that the Lord is in control, and it can be especially fun if we can be submitted to that.”
The heart of Subsplash has always been to help the local church—and over the past twenty years, that mission has never wavered. “Together, we are leveraging The Ultimate Engagement Platform™,” says Tim, “to create powerful experiences for billions of people–fueled by the same passion of making the truth of Jesus incredibly accessible to a world that needs him.”
Thank you all who have made the past twenty years amazing! Cheers to many more to come!
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