The Word of God freely shared
No internet or extra hardware required.
Why offline matters
Nearly a billion people can’t afford to download audio or sign-language video Bibles.
Across the Last Mile, internet poverty is the norm.
The phones are in hand
84%
of adults in developing countries own a mobile phone.
The internet is out of reach
1 GB
of mobile data a month is more than almost a billion people can afford.
Share offline with the ethnē app
Freely Receive. Freely Give. Together.
01
The app is shared, offline
A new disciple receives the ethnē app from a friend, by Bluetooth. No internet, no app store.
!Only an Android phone can pass the app along offline. An iPhone gets the app from the App Store.
02
Join the Sharing Circle
The friend opens ethnē on her Android phone and creates a Sharing Circle. One by one, the others in the room scan the QR code and join. iPhone and Android, together.
!Only an Android phone can start a Sharing Circle. Any iPhone can scan the code and join, and once it’s in, it shares and receives Scripture like every other phone in the circle.
03
Everyone brings, everyone receives
One brings Ruth the Foreigner Who Believed, another the audio of The Birth of Jesus. Whatever one person shares, the whole group can receive in seconds, and each of them can pass it on again.
See it working
Two phones. No internet.
The audio of the Gospel of Matthew in French arrives in about five seconds.
Sharing via Android
Receiving via iPhone
Try it yourself. ethnē is free on Android and iOS.
Partner with us
Share your content.
No internet required.
Oral Bible translators
Publish each approved portion the day it’s ready. Listeners hear Scripture in their heart language and share it phone to phone that same day.
publish today →Movements and ministries
The ethnē app fits any ministry and any method. Publish your videos, audio, PDFs, and lesson plans in your own Channel. It all travels offline, phone to phone, at no cost.
upload today →The software solution
Hardware adds. Software multiplies.
Hardware can be deployed strategically where it’s needed. But nearly every family in the Last Mile now has a phone — so the Word can travel without any special device at all.
Software made to multiply
- No cost to the ministry, no cost to the next disciple.
- Runs on the phone she already owns — no shipping or customs delays.
- Native to the community — it doesn’t draw suspicion.
- The Word is entrusted from one person to the next — disciples making disciples (2 Timothy 2:2).
