Thousands of people all over the world have downloaded and used the materials provided by Bible805 and I am amazed and praise God for the outreach it has. For all the years of doing this, I’ve never taken advertising or participated in any affiliate marketing links or schemes and with the exception of books that are sold on Amazon, all materials I create are free.
I felt strongly almost two years ago that the Lord wanted me to make everything free, including all the resources on the Bible805 Academy and Bible805 images and I did that. Though I never charged much before, I did for a few things and also tried PWYW (pay what you want) but finally felt the Lord wanted it all free to people who might benefit from the resources but who did not have the money to buy Bible teaching materials.
It has been gratifying to see the response of the many downloads from all over the world I believe in large measure because they are free, however, they are not free to create. Software and hardware costs as well as greatly increasing hosting and services costs.
Up until August 2024, the site was supported by a business (we rennovated older mobile homes and put in new ones for an investor) that my bi-vocational pastor husband and I had. It was incredibly hard work, but it paid the ministry bills.
Then the Lord took my husband home to heaven by a sudden heart attack, August 11, 2024. I could not do the business by myself and had to shut it down.
Many things ground to a halt in the ministry as well, as the Lord took him when our earthly home (a 50-year-old mobile home, desperately in need of rennovation) was totally torn apart. I moved in with my sister, and worked everyday on every imaginable part of the renovation. I had enough money to finish it and it took almost a year to do that. With the home renovation and working through crushing grief, not much online ministry got done. I kept teaching a live Bible class, which is as important to me as breathing and was amazed when I checked, months later that though I wasn’t adding new content, the websites were exploding with continued downloads from all over the world.
I knew God wasn’t finished with me, that He gave me a “future and a hope” and there was much for me to do and finally, now I’m doing it. I’m significantly reorganizing materials and adding new resources.
I had long dreamed of a focus only on the ministry without having to do the other job–but I never imagined this would be the way it would come about.
During all this, I used my savings to pay the ministry bills up to this point because I didn’t feel I could ask for anything when I was not putting up new material. I now am creating many new materials, along with a very exciting new podcast host and new podcasts and I need your help. Below are ways you can help me.
Bible805 is not currently a nonprofit, though in the coming year or so, I want to explore that option. But bills must be paid until then.
Personally, I own my truly adorable mobile home, my car is paid off, I have no credit card or any other debt, and I live very modestly. Though some income from the ministry would be helpful, my immediate need is to pay the monthly ministry bills of website hosting, podcast hosting, and the variety of online video production and editing services I use to create the materials.
To help do that, here are FIVE ways to support Bible805
#1, Pray for Bible805 and for me for strength, wisdom, and insight to create all God wants me to develop and to get it out to all the people He wants to reach with these materials.
Please also pray for health, strength, and protection to do all I’m called to do.
#2 Buy Yvon Prehn books on Amazon
I’ve started writing books again and have two currently for sale as I update this and hope to have lots more soon. The MOST IMPORTANT one that I would like everyone to get and share with their churches is START HERE! a plan for curious people to begin reading the Bible. The second one is a collection of images of quotes on the Trinity, entitled, The Trinity, an invitation to love, a pictorial quote collection. I priced these books as reasonably as I could, for example, the START HERE book, which is a great resource for getting people to begin reading the Bible and includes journaling pages, can be ordered for $9.99 from Amazon and it cost me $18 to print at FedX copies for my class before I published it online. PLEASE leave a review if you order a book and tell others about them.
#3, Watch the Bible805 YouTube channel–at www.YouTube.com/Bible805. At this time, if enough people watch your channel for enough hours, YouTube will pay the creator (me and the ministry). Realistically this takes many, many thousands of subscribers and many more thousands of hours watched for them to pay, but I am praying lots because not only would this supply needed monthly income for me, but those thousands of watch hours mean thousands of people are getting God’s Word taught to them! What a great Win/Win!
#4, Give direct financial support to Bible805 & Yvon Prehn. In brief, what I talked about previously is that at this time, Bible805 is not a non-profit (though I would like it to become one in the future) and it is costly to create the materials for it. There are also significant costs for the software, hardware, and online fees associated with the production of the materials. I would greatly appreciate your help in paying for them.
To do that, you can give through either a one-time gift or a monthly commitment that you can stop at any time. Click on the link that follows to do that. https://www.ko-fi.com/Bible805
#4, PLEASE tell people about the resources from Bible805. I am not able to afford any kind of paid marketing at this time and even if I could, I know the very best way to get out the word about the resources of Bible805 is for people to tell their friends. The podcast, videos on YouTube, and a rotating selection of items in the other parts of the Bibleverse are free and provide in-depth resources to help people get God’s Word into all of life. Your help in letting people know what is available is a great help to me and I pray a blessing to all you share with.
Regardless of if you choose to or are able to support the ministry or not, I cannot thank God enough for the opportunity to serve you!