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Our work

Technology that works where the road ends.

Four programs, one goal: put the Gospel in the hands of people beyond the internet, in their own language.

A village server case wired to folding solar panels
Solar village server kit
Team members aligning a satellite dish in a driveway
Galaxy 19 reception test
A field partner on a deployment in Peru, pointing to a solar suitcase built by Eric Johnson's students
Deployment in Peru · Solar suitcase built by Eric's students
Team wiring solar panels to a server case
In development · prototype

Satellite Village Server

A small box that receives approved Christian satellite channels and lets anyone watch them from a phone, tablet or laptop, with no technical setup.

Prototype recapOct 24, 2026
  • Managed from a web browser, with no command line needed
  • Reusable satellite profiles, starting with Galaxy 19 and its three approved ministry channels
  • Switching satellites updates the channel list straight away
  • Built-in diagnostics and one-tap Wi-Fi and network recovery
  • Works in any modern browser on Android, iPhone or a computer

The goal for the field is a small receiver paired with an Android phone that runs it, plays the content and guides setup. Today it runs on a standard satellite receiver; a smaller purpose-built board is the next step.

Next step · tuning the receiver to a second satellite

A grid of BibleTransfer123 outreach posters with QR codes
A woman holding up a Bible she has just received
People reading together at a forest gathering
v0.10 today · iOS + Android MVP 1.0 coming soon

BibleTransfer123

Before a trip, a missionary downloads content in the local language while still online. In the village, the app walks them through sharing it with each person, and everyone who receives the files can share them again. That is how the Gospel keeps moving from phone to phone.

Today BibleTransfer123 is version 0.10, a website. The iOS and Android MVP 1.0 is coming soon.

How it spreadsOffline once downloaded
  • Free-to-share videos, audio, text and digital Bibles
  • Save to a phone or a microSD card
  • Partner Libraries set their own sharing and download rules
  • Search results keep each owner's logo, credit and a link back to them
  • Cast to a projector for gatherings of hundreds
Kandili the lantern waving Open BibleTransfer123 ↗Kandili will show you around the site.
Pupils at classroom tables watching a Bible cartoon on a wall-mounted TV
A packed school hall of pupils with their arms raised
Active · 15 classrooms

Kenya Schools Project

Through the project led by Paul Stewart and District School Administrator Emmanuel Mbai, 15 classrooms now have large-screen TVs that play Bible and character-building lessons from microSD cards. BibleTransfer123 content is next.

After that comes a satellite dish at each school, then the same model in neighboring communities.

Support Kenya schoolsKenya Schools Project page
Adults seated in a hall watching a Gospel film projected on a screen
Gospel film night
A pocket projector on the floor casting a Gospel broadcast onto a paper screen during a home test
A smiling man in a maize field holding his Bible and a paper parcel
Ongoing

Digital media and translation

We build the websites and apps that hold the network together, including VillageServers.org and Eric's companion site for technical teams. We also support partners such as Renata Sanliver, who is translating the Bible into International Sign Language.

Media we carryFree to share
  • Satellite streaming with Gawahi Mission Trust on AsiaSat 7
  • Children's content from CEF, YouVersion for Kids and the Salvation Poem Project
  • Bibles in thousands of languages from Digital Bible Society
Field guides and downloads

Where this goes next

What we’re working toward.

Each campaign moves one of these programs a defined step forward.

  • Satellite Village Server: tune the prototype to a second satellite.
  • BibleTransfer123: finish the iOS and Android app (MVP 1.0), with Partner Libraries that keep every ministry's credit.
  • Kenya: a satellite dish at each of the 15 schools, then new communities.
  • Pakistan: AsiaSat 7 airtime for partner programs, with each partner's permission.