The BLESS App helps followers of Jesus love the people who already live nearest to them. Sign up as a Light and it gives you your fifty closest neighbors, then a daily reminder to pray for and bless five of them by name — Begin with Prayer, Listen, Eat, Serve, and Share.^1
Chris and Karen Cooper founded the Mapping Center for Evangelism and Church Growth in 1997, convinced that if believers could see their neighbors by name they would pray, and if they prayed they would go. More than 18,000 churches across all fifty states later used that work.^1 Bless Every Home became the BLESS App after The Flourishing Cooperative acquired it in 2024. Palau took over leadership in February 2026, folding the platform into a global evangelism ministry that has served cities for more than sixty-five years.^1
Churches can map attenders, see which homes Lights have adopted, and hear when new residents move nearby.^1 The individual app is free; churches can add optional partnership tools.^2 Native apps ship as BLESS — Everyday Evangelism.^4 Dave and Jon Ferguson first named the five practices in B.L.E.S.S.: 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World.^3
