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!
Whew…I got busy yesterday and never got around to She Reads Truth, and it looks like I missed quite the party!
I think that – YES – the work that the SRT ladies put into this is very valuable, and that the desire to make money is not a bad thing…they want to be able to do more of this while still contributing to their families. I'm grateful that SRT is on their hearts and that they make it happen for the rest of us!
My only concern with the pay-per-plans is that it would create a separation between those who pay and those who don't, specifically in the comments section. As a fairly broke college student (holla, AnnaLee!) and newly married (a cheapo bottle of wine is an extravagance to us), I wouldn't be able to pay for the plans all the time. Maybe here and there, depending on what they were over, but probably not consistently. I am *very* thankful that the website will remain unchanged, though!
What I would hate to see happen is someone comment and be like "Oh man! Did you see that super sweet thingy-ma-jig?!", referring to part of the special content that came with the app, and then have a whole conversation spring up about the special features. Or maybe pay-per-plan users wouldn't even have the same comments section as the regular website…as a non-technical person, I'm not really sure how that cookie crumbles. Anywho…I would really hate to see a separation between the "haves" and the "haves not" arise, because one of the things I love about this website is that it's one big community.
Praying for you, SRT ladies, and looking forward to this new development!
Hey Rachel – we hear you! To clarify, comments will be synced across platforms. So – everyone will be discussing together! And your concern about missing out – one thing I've loved about our community is their love for God and for one another. Let's see how things shake out – I'm just guessing you might be pleasantly surprised! xoxo
AnnaLee, I LOVE LOVE LOVE you!! I love your heart….so much wisdom for a “broke college student”….I think that’s what you said. The Light of Christ shines thru your comments daily! Thank you for being you…in Christ! ;)
Yay!!! So exciting! You have been a huge blessing to me over the past year+. Thank you, ladies. I look forward to the app and sharing it with many others. Congratulations!
Thanks, Kimberly! We're hopeful that the Kickstarter campaign will be successful and will mark the start of a beautiful new chapter for the SRT community. Glad you're here!
Thank you so much, ladies, for clarifying!! I’m super excited about using this new app…especially knowing that you will have different translations to choose from and possibly (I think I remember reading this) a feature to take notes!! Yahoo!! I think, as with any change, there is a fear of the unknown. I SO want to support this ministry and will do what I can! After all, this body of believers has blessed me in so many ways! I don’t often comment, but when I do, I love the fact that this is one place I can be completely transparent about who I am…my struggles, my successes & failures. That means a lot to this “pastor’s wife”! It feels like family. Thank you, SRT, for what you do! Praying God’s provision for you!! God bless!!
You're so right that change is hard. Our knees are knocking, too! Thanks so much for your encouragement and support, Melissa!
Sooooo exciting!!! And SUCH great news for all of us!
Thanks, Kacey!!
Yes! The daily content will be consistent between the app and the site. The site will remain free. The app will be a way to engage with the daily devotionals in an enhanced, super interactive and feature-rich way. Also, you can absolutely download the app and use its features for free, even if you don’t want to read the current plans there! (With full Bible content, it can become your new, go-to mobile Bible app!) Is this making sense? Thanks for the great questions, Caroline!
Amanda, thanks for clarifying.
Of course! It needed clarification. :)
Friends! Don’t miss the second part of this post — which will answer your questions and clear up some confusion — that went up today! Here is the link: https://shereadstruth.com/2014/03/01/big-ears-big-…
We love you girls so much!! Thanks for sharing your hearts.
xoxo,
Amanda
So Amanda would the same content be available on the website for free?
Yes – exactly!!! (Hi, Caroline!)
The primary goal of the app is to provide an app-Bible space for the women. And that will be FREE (provided we are able to raise the funds in Kickstarter!!!). We're still running into expenses of operating the site as a (giant) whole, and for now, we think paid plans on the app (even though they'll be free on the site) might be a good solution.
It's a way to enhance people's experience, without excluding anyone from the community. Comments will all be synced between the app and the site – the community will stay the same – just GROW!!!!!
xoxo,
Raechel
Thank you so much for keeping the content free on the site. I am a broke single mom so I don’t have a lot of disposable income. I was so worried that those couldn’t afford would get excluded and left out of the community
You are important to us – whether you can support SheReadsTruth financially or not! Oh, there is so much more to every one of our women than that!!! We hope that shows through our words every single day!
Sounds great!