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Joshua Project
The most widely used source for unreached peoples data stands at a crossroads. Help us modernize the platform that guides how the global church prioritizes its mission efforts.
Annual Users Worldwide
Users from Outside North America
Access via Mobile Devices
Our current platform, built over two decades, struggles to meet the demands of a global, mobile-first user base seeking real-time, multilingual access to critical missions intelligence.
Legacy systems from the early 2000s were built for a different era. What once worked admirably now limits our ability to deliver real-time data updates, scale efficiently, and maintain performance under growing global demand.
The missionary movement is shifting south and east. The largest missionary-sending nations are now Brazil, China, South Korea, and India— yet our platform speaks only English. Pastors in Lagos, missionaries in Bangkok, and prayer coordinators in São Paulo need Joshua Project data in their heart languages to make strategic decisions for their communities.
68% of our users access Joshua Project on mobile devices. Yet our current platform was designed for desktop-first experiences. Users struggle with navigation, data visualization, and essential features on mobile devices. Every extra second of load time, every difficult-to-tap button, creates friction precisely where we should be removing barriers to access.
Modern missions movements need contextualized, actionable intelligence. Our legacy systems can't deliver the customized insights, real-time updates, and strategic filtering tools that contemporary missions leaders require.
We're rebuilding from the ground up to serve the global church for the next generation of missions.
The Joshua Project Tech Rebuild is a comprehensive 2-3 year initiative to modernize our entire infrastructure. This isn't a simple facelift—it's a complete architectural transformation designed to serve missionaries, researchers, and missions organizations with cutting-edge technology that matches their urgency and ambition.
Joshua Project has earned its place as the neutral, widely-used source that influences strategic decisions across denominations and organizations. Now we need technology that matches our responsibility to serve the global church with the urgency and ambition of the Great Commission.
Infrastructure & Core Systems
User Experience & Mobile Platform
Advanced Features & Global Scale
2-3 year timeline based on funding
Three funding phases to transformation, each building toward a fully modernized platform for global missions.
$150K
Tech Director, basic operational increases, core software licensing
Start Foundation$350K
Tech Director + Software Engineer + UX/UI Designer, enhanced capabilities
Enable Growth$550K
Full team: Tech Director, Software Engineer, Data Engineer, UX/UI Designer
Complete TransformationDuration dependent on number of hires and volunteers, as well as depth of features (anticipated 2-3 years and keeping at least one tech director on staff post-rebuild)
Your investment multiplies impact across global missions movements, empowering organizations, churches, and individuals with intelligence that transforms strategy, accelerates timelines, and focuses efforts where the need is greatest.
Data quality improvements through real-time updates multiply effectiveness across thousands of organizations making critical resource allocation decisions for the unreached.
Multi-language, mobile-first accessibility removes barriers for missionary movements worldwide, enabling non-English speaking teams to access critical people group intelligence.
Advanced filtering and contextual data enable missions leaders to make informed decisions, identify opportunities, and allocate resources with unprecedented clarity.
Building on modern architecture and cloud infrastructure, this platform foundation will serve missions movements for decades to come, adapting to evolving needs.
The Joshua Project Tech Rebuild represents a watershed moment for global missions technology. This is more than a platform upgrade—it's an investment in the intelligence infrastructure that will guide strategic missions for generations to come.
Your partnership, at any tier, directly accelerates our ability to serve missionaries, researchers, and missions organizations with cutting-edge tools that match the urgency and ambition of the global church's Great Commission call.
