About Door43

Door43 exists for one reason:

To remove every obstacle for the spiritual growth of the global church

It's the same story all over the world. New believers want to grow in discipleship but existing discipleship resources are restricted by copyrights, so the global church cannot legally translate and adapt them for effective use in their own language and culture. Copyright restrictions on discipleship resources create a legal obstacle for the spiritual growth of the global church.

It is true that "the worker is worthy of his wages" (which copyrights preserve), but when brothers and sisters in Christ are in a spiritual famine, we believe it is important to consider the principle of 1 Corinthians 9:12:

This is especially true when we realize that we have...

An opportunity too good to hinder

Consider this:

Internet and mobile phone technology provide the greatest opportunity for the advance of the Gospel since Gutenberg's printing press.

Within a few years we will have the technical capability of distributing discipleship resources to every single person in the world, over mobile phone data networks. But the only content that can take advantage of this incredible opportunity is content released under open licenses so that it can be legally translated and distributed without restriction with and for the global church.

The future of the global church is Open

Door43 is an online workbench where the global church can openly collaborate in a new generation of unrestricted discipleship resources. Anyone, anywhere is already pre-cleared to legally use Door43 resources for any ministry purpose.

Want to help? Join us in the Open Bible Stories project and help us achieve the vision of "30 stories of the Bible in every language and in mobile-ready audio and video".

You may also be interested in reading about the Attribution-Share Alike License under which we are releasing everything on Door43.

Door43 is a self-selected, online community that believes in the vision of working together to equip the global church with unrestricted discipleship resources, using the technology God has given us.

In short: Door43 is built by you. If you want to be a part of equipping the global church with free & open discipleship tools, please consider joining us. We need your help and would love to have you join the team!

The Door43 project is open and free for anyone or any ministry to use. The project is managed by Distant Shores Media.

For more information about Door43, read the pages below:

• What we believe - Our statement of faith.
• Content quality - Can discipleship resources created by anyone in an open platform be trusted? Actually, yes they can, when the quality control process is implemented well. Read about the Door43 content quality process here.
• Legal Information - Find out about the Door43 copyright, policies, credits, disclaimers, etc.
• Frequently Asked Questions - The most common questions (and answers) about Door43 and the "unrestricted" approach to discipleship resources.
• Help Pages - Information on all sorts of topics pertaining to how to use Door43.
• The 5 hinges of Door43 - The key "hinges" on which Door43 hangs.
• What Door43 is not - Understanding what Door43 is not may be as helpful as understanding what it is.
• Door43 and missions - Where does Door43 fit with world missions?
• Looking ahead - What else is planned for Door43 as it grows?