Our Bible App
Believers of All Stripes
Think of it as a media hub where you will be able to find books, podcasts, bible translations, videos and more--in one spot, like we've never seen before. Our Bible App will be the first media outlet for Christians like you and me, with the biggest progressive audience out there.
It's the place where a transgender teen can find affirming bible texts. It's the place where your church will watch and then chat about a sermon, it's where you'll find new books and organizations that you care about.
It's an app but it's also a movement. It's about ending a stigma against what it means to be a Christian and filling in a pitfall that generations before us have fallen into. We can make that difference for ourselves and for our communities. Please donate today.
What’s the money for?
- Authors! We pay our authors and want to encourage all of us to use our life experiences as worship and learning materials. Much of this money goes into supporting the organizations that we all love
- Making sure the app gets to those who truly need it, like young adults who just need to know which way to turn
- Coding and building the rest of the app
- Licensing bibles, books and other media
- Little elves that edit, run social media, prepare marketing plans and basically create an atmosphere of hope paving a road to years of stable growth and success
When does it launch?
Our Bible App Launches June 30th, 2017. For updates on the launch, join our newsletter at: www.ourbibleapp.com
PRESS
Autostraddle, TeenVogue, Essence - June 2017 Issue, LGBTQ Nation, PBS
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Our Bible App will include:
- A library of progressive devotionals (pro women, pro LGBTQ, inclusive of other faiths, etc)
- Ability to chat with the Our Bible App community or just your friends
- Different bible translations (including translations that have gender neutral names for God)
- Various progressives authors, podcasts, videos & more.
Who is involved?
Along the way Crystal Cheatham has been joined by a team that has taken the vision to a whole new level. Eliel Cruz, Rodney McKenzie, Sophia Olkhova and Oliver Cheatham are breathing life into the gears and cogs of this thing.
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Eliel is the communications director and has sought early coverage in publications like TeenVogue and LGBTQNation.
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Rodney shares the dream of diversity and is curating a fantastic devotional library.
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Sophia could not be a more efficient editor and works with authors to make their submissions shine.
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Oliver is both Crystal's brother and the marketing genius spreading the word.
We are supported by:
Parity, More Light Presbyterians, Soulforce, Many Voices, Auburn Seminary, Reconciling Works, Lord Have Mercy Podcast, Room For All, Unitarian Universalist Association, #FaithfullyLGBT, Trey Pearson, the Reformation Project, Kevin Garcia, Two Feminists Annotate the Bible, The Christian Closet, Reconciling Ministries, Rachel Held Evans.
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