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There is a ton of opportunity in the christian media industry with huge markets. I hope more christian developers get involved and start making stuff that would

There is a ton of opportunity in the christian media industry with huge markets. I hope more christian developers get involved and start making stuff that would help believers, missionaries, churches, etc. There are so many things to disrupt. For those that are interested and want encouragement or help finding ideas. I found a christian startup slack community http://thirdpathinitiative.com/christian-startup-community http://thirdpathinitiative.com/christian-startup-community and there is also a really cool hackathon organization http://codeforthekingdom.org http://codeforthekingdom.org

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
On the one hand, Christ was the original " (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) ", on the other hand, consider what He was disrupting in the first place.
BoppreH 11y ago
> I hope more christian developers get involved According to the Business Insider article[1], Trevor McKendrick is atheist: Though McKendrick doesn't have to think about money, his booming Bible-selling business does have him worrying about one thing: his morality. See, McKendrick isn't exactly a believer in his product. "We don't believe in Christianity," he told Blumberg. "We don't believe in the Bible." "I would describe myself as an atheist." [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/atheist-makes-100000-selling-bibles-2015-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/atheist-makes-100000-selling-...
- timsayshey 11y ago
  Thanks for sharing and clearing that up, but this actually validates my overall statement all the more. We need real christian developers and there are so many opportunities to have a huge impact for the kingdom!
  - adventured 11y ago
    Why would there be a specific need for Christian developers? Sure looks like an atheist can do just as good of a job.
  - deleted 11y ago
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    - timsayshey 11y ago
      Sorry if you felt that I implied that being a christian made someone a better developer. I certainly don't believe it does. I know many great developers that aren't christians. The reason I said christian developers is because to see the needs and challenges that we face you need to "walk in our shoes" so to speak. Yeah, a Bible app is obvious but what about an app that helps missionaries in the field complete a specific task or an app for a specific church need. Many of these problems you would only realize if you are an involved christian living your faith.
      - elbear 11y ago
        Would you say we need more medical doctors who are also developers or musicians who are also developers? It would be enough if a Christian identified these issues that could be solved with software and found a developer who could build that software.
misterbwong 11y ago
I'm interested in joining your community but there are a couple things that look like red flags to me about this. 1. It costs $25 to join the slack community. Is this normal? 2. The overview" page mentions all the things in the ThirdPath coaching process but lacks one important thing-how it has anything to do with Christianity. It reads like every other startup coach/bootcamp process. Makes me think that this bootcamp is just targeting Christians because it's a big niche, not because you believe that there's truly a need for Christian startups
- arsalanb 11y ago
  No, it's not. Your religion doesn't affect how well your startup does, as you pointed out. This is just an unfortunate case of somebody using religion as a tool to sell you something you may not purchase otherwise. This is against the Slack Terms of Service. https://slack.com/terms-of-service https://slack.com/terms-of-service Clause #6.7
  - timsayshey 11y ago
    I wouldn't build a christian startup because there is something magic about the christian label. It might even fail. It's about personally believing in the mission of Christ and wanting to share the love of Christ through your gifts and talents. Also I will reach out to Slack's team to find out about the ToS. If this is truly the case then many other slack communities are in violation as well :/
    - arsalanb 11y ago
      In my opinion, you may want to drop the price tag on entry. It is widely looked down upon (eg — pay to pitch, etc) and will make you lose some credibility when it comes to discovering serious talent. Also I feel bringing religion into business (which is essentially what startups are) is unwarranted. Don't get me wrong, but there is literally no correlation here. You seem like a genuinely nice guy so I just dropped in my 2 cents, and yes, you should reach out to Slack. Best of luck, mate!
    - 11y ago
travisty 11y ago
There isn't much interest because for the most part, intelligent people don't devote themselves to things that can easily be proven false such as religion.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago

On the one hand, Christ was the original " (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) ", on the other hand, consider what He was disrupting in the first place.

BoppreH 11y ago

> I hope more christian developers get involved According to the Business Insider article[1], Trevor McKendrick is atheist: Though McKendrick doesn't have to think about money, his booming Bible-selling business does have him worrying about one thing: his morality. See, McKendrick isn't exactly a believer in his product. "We don't believe in Christianity," he told Blumberg. "We don't believe in the Bible." "I would describe myself as an atheist." [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/atheist-makes-100000-selling-bibles-2015-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/atheist-makes-100000-selling-...

timsayshey 11y ago
Thanks for sharing and clearing that up, but this actually validates my overall statement all the more. We need real christian developers and there are so many opportunities to have a huge impact for the kingdom!
- adventured 11y ago
  Why would there be a specific need for Christian developers? Sure looks like an atheist can do just as good of a job.
- deleted 11y ago
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  - timsayshey 11y ago
    Sorry if you felt that I implied that being a christian made someone a better developer. I certainly don't believe it does. I know many great developers that aren't christians. The reason I said christian developers is because to see the needs and challenges that we face you need to "walk in our shoes" so to speak. Yeah, a Bible app is obvious but what about an app that helps missionaries in the field complete a specific task or an app for a specific church need. Many of these problems you would only realize if you are an involved christian living your faith.
    - elbear 11y ago
      Would you say we need more medical doctors who are also developers or musicians who are also developers? It would be enough if a Christian identified these issues that could be solved with software and found a developer who could build that software.

misterbwong 11y ago

I'm interested in joining your community but there are a couple things that look like red flags to me about this. 1. It costs $25 to join the slack community. Is this normal? 2. The overview" page mentions all the things in the ThirdPath coaching process but lacks one important thing-how it has anything to do with Christianity. It reads like every other startup coach/bootcamp process. Makes me think that this bootcamp is just targeting Christians because it's a big niche, not because you believe that there's truly a need for Christian startups

arsalanb 11y ago
No, it's not. Your religion doesn't affect how well your startup does, as you pointed out. This is just an unfortunate case of somebody using religion as a tool to sell you something you may not purchase otherwise. This is against the Slack Terms of Service. https://slack.com/terms-of-service https://slack.com/terms-of-service Clause #6.7
- timsayshey 11y ago
  I wouldn't build a christian startup because there is something magic about the christian label. It might even fail. It's about personally believing in the mission of Christ and wanting to share the love of Christ through your gifts and talents. Also I will reach out to Slack's team to find out about the ToS. If this is truly the case then many other slack communities are in violation as well :/
  - arsalanb 11y ago
    In my opinion, you may want to drop the price tag on entry. It is widely looked down upon (eg — pay to pitch, etc) and will make you lose some credibility when it comes to discovering serious talent. Also I feel bringing religion into business (which is essentially what startups are) is unwarranted. Don't get me wrong, but there is literally no correlation here. You seem like a genuinely nice guy so I just dropped in my 2 cents, and yes, you should reach out to Slack. Best of luck, mate!
  - 11y ago

travisty 11y ago

There isn't much interest because for the most part, intelligent people don't devote themselves to things that can easily be proven false such as religion.