Journeys: Scaling Digital Discipleship
In today's increasingly digital world, discipleship represents one of the greatest needs for Christians. Churches and mission agencies regularly create valuable devotional content and courses that guide believers through various themes, topics, and books of the Bible. However, this content is typically distributed through traditional paper formats that lack scalability, or through websites and emails that compete for attention in an already crowded digital environment. This makes it challenging for Christians to find quality time for spiritual growth in their busy lives.
Many ministries recognise the potential of mobile apps to deliver discipleship content directly to their communities. However, the path to launching a custom mobile app comes with many challenges:
- High development costs, in the 10’s of thousands
- Technical expertise is a significant barrier
- Complex design and architectural decisions
- Long time to launch
- Limited capacity and resources
These challenges have historically prevented many churches and ministries from leveraging mobile technology to its full potential for discipleship purposes.
Solution
Drawing from 12 years of experience working with diverse ministries worldwide, the Journeys platform was developed to address these specific challenges.
The backend provides:
- A specialised CMS designed for Bible content.
- Course delivery optimised for engagement
- Multilingual support for global reach
- Offline access to ensure content availability anywhere
Impact
The Journeys platform has transformed how ministries deliver discipleship content:
Currently serving over 170,000 monthly users Facilitating 1.5 million sessions of discipleship content Supporting over 30 different languages
Organisations using Journeys can now deliver high-quality discipleship experiences directly to their communities' mobile devices without massive technical expertise or financial investment. The platform's scalability allows ministries of all sizes to create professional-grade apps that would otherwise be beyond their reach.
By removing technical barriers and dramatically reducing costs, Journeys is empowering churches and mission agencies to fulfil their discipleship mission more effectively in the digital age, meeting believers where they are, on their mobile devices, with transformative content that deepens their faith journey.