Hello, sisters!
It has been our great joy to walk with you all – some of you for nearly two years now! The time we’ve spent in the word with you, teaching you and learning alongside you, has been precious and challenging and wonderful. The ministry of SheReadsTruth has been so God-driven and God-blessed. We just love doing this with you!
We have loved watching this grow – most of the time more quickly than we could keep up! And now, we are sensing the nudge of the Holy Spirit (and let’s be honest – the nudging of so many of you!) to take the leap into creating our own app-space to more effectively share and learn together!
You heard us – we’re building a SheReadsTruth app!!
(just picture us all doing happy dances all over the country right now)
We’ll be launching a Kickstarter campaign soon (with lots of sweet incentives!) to fund development of the app itself, and we’re aiming for a launch in the App Store in early July. Exciting!
Because you have each been so directly related with the growth of SheReadsTruth, we want to let you in on our plans and invite you to chime in while we’re still in the early stages of development. A new, pay-per (new) plan model is under consideration to “keep the lights on” and allow us to keep providing you with new, enhanced content. The app survey will explain this a bit further and get your feedback.
Mind taking a few minutes to tell us about yourself and your desires for this next big step?
We invite you to join us as we grow together!
xoxoxoxoxoxo,
Raechel, Amanda, Hayley and Diana
P.S. Don’t miss Part Two of the announcement , in which we answer some of your very important questions and explain more about the app, the future of the site, and our hearts about all of it!
Please be sure to take the survey if you haven’t already! It’s the best place for us to keep all the feedback in one place!
Some times its a pain in the ass to read what people wrote but this site is rattling user pleasant! .
http://www.edsheeran.co.uk
Amazing.
Eeep!! So excited for this! :)
A SheReadsTruth app would be so wonderful! I’ve actually searched for one…to no avail. So this, this is wonderful news!!
Yay!!!
I realized that my comment might have sounded a little nit-picky. I think though, that the people commenting about a tithe were really trying to say "think of this as supporting a ministry, rather than paying for a product", which is a VERY helpful distinction, in my opinion.
Totally heard your heart, Sarah! You're awesome for coming back to clarify!! YES – Tithes and offerings are different. And you're saying that if folks looked at it as supporting a ministry rather than paying for a product – it would totally make a difference. We absolutely view SheReadsTruth as a ministry, and we really do find ourselves in need of support. We would just rather give our women something to enjoy in exchange for their donation. Time will tell what the Lord has for us!
Just to clarify, I think some people probably call all their giving a "tithe" (charities, ministries outside their local church, ect.). I know we have at times. "Tithe" is a line item on our budget that covers things in addition the traditional "ten percent to your local church" or whatever. Just wanted to explain where I thought some people might be coming from on that :) I certainly do appreciate y'all making it clear that you don't want people supporting y'all with funds that they were intending to use to support their local church, though!
And thanks for the follow up post!
Comments were disabled on the updated post about The App ;) so I wanted to come back here to thank you, Raechel & Amanda, for helping us all to better understand the plans you have in mind and to explain the reasons why some options or aspects of the app aren't possible. I am looking forward to seeing the app and especially the mobile Bible. I also hope and pray that all of us in SRT, myself included, seek to come together in love and understanding as the community changes and grows. Praying that our bond will be strengthened by these changes rather than broken apart. Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday! It's beautiful here in NC today!
Yes – amen!