Faith may be ancient — but its digital infrastructure is moving fast.
What started in 2008 as a simple mobile Bible app built by an Oklahoma church became YouVersion, now exceeding 500 million downloads across 1,800+ languages. That same church, Life.Church, later built free livestreaming tools used by 30,000+ congregations worldwide — not to monetize, but to scale access.
This was an early signal. Today, faith tech has quietly evolved into a serious vertical. Platforms like Pushpay, Ministry Brands, Hallow, and Glorify have reached nine-figure funding rounds and billion-dollar valuations, spanning donations, livestreaming, church management software, and devotional apps.
The driver is simple: faith institutions may be mission-led and non-profit, but they still need modern digital infrastructure. COVID accelerated adoption, but the shift stuck — hybrid worship, online giving, and mobile engagement are now the norm.
What’s emerging looks familiar: vertical SaaS, consolidation, bundled platforms, and AI-enabled tools — applied to one of the world’s largest, most under-digitized communities.
Different mission. Same transformation.
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