A note to our ministry family before you read this. I shared the article below because the story behind it has been sitting on my heart, and I want us to sit with it together. Hillvue did not reach 15,000 people because of a clever program. They reached them because ordinary believers refused to stay quiet, year after year, for thirty-five years. That is the part I cannot get past. The fruit came from faithful people and a holy expectation, not from resources. So here is what I have been praying about, and I want to put it in front of you. Some of us may have thirty-five years ahead of us, and some of us may have five or ten. But every one of us has the next season, and we are standing at the start of it. And for the first time, we have a tool in our hands that those before us never had. Used wrongly, AI is just noise. But used in a biblical way, submitted to the Spirit and never set above Him, it could become to our generation what the printing press was to the Reformation, a way for ordinary people to carry the unchanging gospel further and faster than they ever could alone. Picture it with me. Imagine every believer in this room able to answer a friend's hard question about the faith at midnight, gently and truthfully, instead of going silent. Imagine reaching people in their own language, following up with every new believer so not one of them slips through the cracks, and freeing our teachers from busywork so they can do what only a human shepherd can do, which is love people face to face. AI will never be born again. It will never weep with the grieving or hold a hand at a hospital bed. It cannot replace a single one of us, and it must never try. But it can hand the ordinary believer more time, more reach, and fewer excuses for staying silent. Now run that forward, however many years the Lord gives you, whether it is five or thirty-five. If we start today, faithfully and humbly, what might He do through a people who paired the oldest message in the world with the newest tool, and who expected Him to save?

Friends, I've been building an app I'd love your help testing. It's called The Letters. Give it a name and it builds a short, scripture-rooted word of encouragement from the letters of that name, for your own walk, as a gift for someone you're discipling, or as a memorial for someone who has died. The verses are real scripture, and you can save it as a PDF, cards, or text. Upfront on cost: Most all my creative apps now use the most capable AI models, which are also the priciest to run, so the final version will be on a paid tier to cover that. But during development I want everyone to use it freely. What I need most right now is troubleshooting. Please try it on different devices and both paths (encouragement and memorial) and tell me what breaks or feels off. A single sentence is plenty if that's the time you have. When you drop a comment in this thread, it helps me most if you mention your device and browser, what you were doing, and a screenshot if you can grab one. Thank you for helping me find the rough edges. Link: The Letters · Scripture Written for One Heart

I'm hard at work on redesigning and consolidating the other Skool community: importing courses, reorganizing, changing the name, updating links and URLs, building out a new course structure, and more. Over the next few days, things might look a little messy in here at times, but trust that I have a plan. This new community is going to look and function at an incredible level. P.S. Just a reminder that 50% of the content will be public and free, but we'll still offer paid tiers as well for implementation, apps, and other extras (a freemium model). I've already turned on 20% affiliate commissions, and I'll be updating the paid plan information tomorrow. I'm pointing this out because even if you invite someone and they choose the free option, they might upgrade to a paid plan later, and you'd receive a referral fee when that happens. Just make sure you use your special "Invite Link" under the picture bubbles, or grab the link on your phone by tapping the "..." in the upper right. Finally, if you spot something that isn't working, let me know with a comment in this thread and we'll get it fixed right away.

Update: Name has now been changed to "Ministry Unlocked" and community about page URL is now: https://www.skool.com/ministryai/about You'll notice I used "ministryai" in the URL instead of repeating the community name. That was intentional. AI is a massive search term right now, and since it's not in my title, I worked it into the URL instead. If you have your own community, consider doing something similar with whatever keyword matters in your space. Also, you'll notice the main community card now has text centered so it appears perfectly in square ads being run by Skool. --- As I build this new community for the long term, I want the name to reflect something bigger than any single technology. AI is the vehicle right now, but ministry transformation is the real mission. After a lot of thought I am currently leaning towards "Ministry Unlocked" as the group name. I'll then have a sub headline with AI as part of the current explanation. Here is my thinking. Names tied to specific technologies can feel dated over time, but a name that sells transformation stays relevant no matter what tools or strategies we are using five years from now. For searchability I will keep AI in the URL for now, so you get the best of both worlds. That said, this community is yours as much as it is mine and I would love to hear your thoughts. If you have a name suggestion that captures the vision of transformation, growth and faith meeting technology, drop it in the comments. I am all ears before I make this official. What do you think of Ministry Unlocked? I mocked up an image to get a sense of the feel.

Glad you're here. Here's the quick rundown: - We're folding in our paid community into this one - 50% of content will be free going forward - If you need extra help or detailed implementation, that will be available inside this same community - This is a "Freemium" model, which means all content threads are open to anyone - Free posts are courses are public (you can share any link and anyone can view it without signing in) - Premium and VIP tiers will also be available soon Right now, I'm focused on moving the best existing content into this community and designing this space to last long term. Things may look a little rough around the edges during the transition, and I appreciate your patience while everything gets dialed in. If you need anything, let us know. Introduce yourself with "one word" in our main "Welcome Post"