RX26 Winners

Gold Circle Awards

Celebrating the best innovations from the Rock community. The Gold Circle Awards spotlight projects pushing our platform in bold, inventive directions: the builds that spark ideas, raise the bar, and inspire the next wave of innovation across Rock.

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Award Type

Mobile

Award Winner

Daily Journey: Living Out Sunday's Message

Free Chapel

Free Chapel’s mobile app turns each Sunday sermon into a week of daily devotions, linked through a shared Rock attribute. People pray, commit to action steps, and save reflections as Rock notes, with progress tracked through Rock interactions.
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Highlights
  • A custom plugin imports sermon video and podcast audio, then emails staff the fields that still need input
  • 1.3 million devotion reads from more than 20,000 people
  • Each week’s devotions and group guide connect back to the sermon

Award Winner

The Summit Church - Annual Staff Retreat Experience

The Summit Church

The Summit moved its staff retreat into the Rock Mobile app, replacing printed packets, texts, and a yearly rebuilt app. Retreat group members get check-in, schedules, roommate details, and sign-ups, while staff manage room assignments in Rock.
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Highlights
  • Personalized schedule, roommate, and building details for each staff member
  • Room assignments moved from a spreadsheet to one screen in Rock
  • Built to be updated each year, not rebuilt

Award Winner

The Summit Church - "Sent Ones" Missionary Experience

The Summit Church

The Summit Church’s Rock Mobile app has a members-only area where its missionaries post prayer requests for the church. The Sending Team approves each request, urgent ones trigger opt-in push notifications, and members can leave encouragements.
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Highlights
  • Built on content channels, attribute matrices, Notes, and Interact security
  • Missionaries write their own requests and share how prayers were answered
  • Staff approval and security settings keep sensitive information protected

Web

Award Winner

Kingdomcity Website

Kingdomcity

Kingdomcity’s Rock website lets local staff at 45+ campuses manage venue, service, and photo details through content channels. It also includes custom AI chat tools and a per-campus visit form that routes guests to the right team.
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Highlights
  • Local staff manage their own campus pages as new campuses launch
  • Custom AI chat tools built on the church’s knowledge base
  • Campus visit form connects guests with local teams

Award Winner

Sun Valley Community Church Rock Website

Sun Valley Community Church

Sun Valley Community Church’s new Rock website has a home page that welcomes guests and personalizes for people who sign in. Signed-in users see their next step, Bible reading, earned badges, prayer activity, and campus news.
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Highlights
  • Personalized home page for each signed-in person
  • Dedicated welcome experience for guests
  • All-new media experience across six campuses

Award Winner

The Crossing LV Website Project

The Crossing, A Christian Church - Las Vegas

The Crossing’s new Rock website uses one home page that welcomes first-time guests and answers their most common questions. Once signed in, it becomes a personal dashboard with next steps, badges, prayer activity, and campus updates.
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Highlights
  • Guest experience focused on what first-time visitors need to know
  • Personal dashboard for signed-in members
  • Campus-specific content across three campuses

Rock Innovation

Award Winner

Group Launch: Helping People Find the Right Group

Athens Church

Athens Church rebuilt its Group Launch process in Rock, replacing an outdated group finder with an adaptive wizard. The new system streamlines communication and reduces admin work, helping people find and connect with a group faster.
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Highlights
  • Adaptive wizard guides people to the right group
  • Streamlined communication keeps people informed before their first meeting
  • Less administrative work for staff

Award Winner

Helix Registration Form for Conference

The Summit Church

The Summit used Helix to build a custom women’s conference registration form that hands off to Rock’s core payment block. The form is a reusable shell, so future conferences only need two Id values updated.
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Highlights
  • Custom Helix form handles registration needs beyond Rock’s native blocks
  • Uses Rock’s built-in payment processing
  • Reusable for future conferences with minimal setup

Award Winner

Student Passport

The Compass Church

The Compass Church's Student Passport is a mobile app page where junior high and high school students track progress across twelve spiritual disciplines. Staff use Rock Steps and Streaks data to shape student ministry and encourage next steps.
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Highlights
  • Twelve spiritual disciplines tracked in the mobile app
  • Built on Rock Steps and Streaks
  • Expected to reach 900+ students each year once fully rolled out

Judging Process

  • Winners are selected by a panel of judges from the Rock community.
  • Each project is scored by the panel, and winners are chosen based on the compiled scores.
  • Awards are given in three categories: Web, Mobile and Rock Innovation.
  • Each category recognizes two projects built with a Rock partner and one project built without a partner.