Projects
These are the projects we are working on.
Door43
We are building Door43, which is:
- A Project - Door43 is a project to create discipleship tools that are not just free of charge but are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license, giving anyone, anywhere the freedom to translate, adapt, edit, improve, re-purpose and redistribute the tools for any ministry need, without any legal concern or copyright infringement.
- A Network - Door43 is an open-membership network of followers of Jesus Christ all over the world who believe in the vision of creating free and open discipleship tools for use by anyone, anywhere, in any language. We are working together as a massively distributed, international team of believers to create them.
- A Workbench - Door43 is an on-line workbench that uses a wiki engine as a platform for drafting, discussing, editing, refining and distributing open discipleship tools.
In addition to developing the Door43 wiki, we are building mobile phone applications that connect to the platform for downloading and using the resources. Eventually, we plan to make these applications read/write so that the global church can create and digitally their own resources using their mobile phones.
Open Bible Stories
Our primary ministry project is Open Bible Stories, a project with the goal of seeing
"30 stories of the Bible (from Creation to the Second Coming) in text, audio and mobile phone-optimized video formats, in every language."
Other Projects
In addition to Open Bible Stories, we are also planning for and beginning development of these projects:
The Open Bible Translation – The Bible in every language, free to translate, use and redistribute anywhere, in any format, for any ministry purpose, without restriction or limitation.
The Open Bible School – A modular Bible training course intended to be translated, adapted and freely distributed to anyone in any language, in both audio and text formats.
Open Study Notes – Free and open historical, cultural and linguistic study notes of every verse of the Bible, intended for translation and adaptation into any language and culture.
The Open Bible Handbook – A free and open handbook of key Bible terms, topics and maps to help anyone in any language better understand the Word of God.
The Open Christian Library – A growing collection of free and open Christian literature, studies, essays and other resources, intended for translation and use in any language and culture.
The Open Worship Project – Free and open worship songs of the global church, pre-cleared for any ministry use in any language and culture.
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