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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.
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 are greatly increasing as have hosting and online services costs. In addition, I personally need your support because what supported the ministry for over 20 years is no longer doing that.
Up until August 2024, the site was supported by a business (the rennovation of older mobile homes and putting 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 and supported us.
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, finish the remodeling of our 50-year-old mobile home, which had recently been totally torn apart, and build a totally reorganized life.
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’ve significantly reorganized the materials in the Bible805 ministry, am on a regular production schedule once again of podcasts, videos, and other resources. I teach live Bible classes also.
I had long dreamed of a focus only on the Bible805 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. I am close to the end of the residual savings from the business that supported me and the ministry.
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. My social security covers about half my living expenses. I also must pay the monthly ministry bills of website hosting, podcast hosting, and the host of online video production, editing services, image creation, and various software products I use to create the materials. If the ministry has been a blessing to you and if you would like to support the gift of free resources to churches around the world, please consider supporting Bible805.
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. I work many, many hours each week and do all my own not only materials creation, but I produce all the videos, podcasts, and website updates.
#2, Give direct financial support to Bible805 & Yvon Prehn. I need your help. As stated previously at this time, Bible805 is not a non-profit and there is no tax deduction for your donation. Your support is needed now for me and for the significant costs of ministry production in software, hardware, and online fees associated with the creation and distribution of the materials. This is my full-time work. I would greatly appreciate your help.
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 at: https://www.ko-fi.com/Bible805
#3 Buy Yvon Prehn books on Amazon, Review them, and ask a friend to do the same.
I’ve started writing books again and have several currently for sale as I update this (I just added a Lenten Book and Journal) 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–this is one of the MOST important things you can do to support the ministry. FYI, I only make a little over $1.00 for each book that is sold–I felt that it’s much more important to get the material out there. Help me sell lots of books and please consider financial support also.
#4, 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 (actually it seems millions these days….really…. I have almost 9,000 views of my shorts over the last 90 days, but it takes a minimum of 3 MILLION for them to pay the creator anything–but God can do it!) 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! I am extremely excited about the “shorts” I’ve been creating–do check them out!
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 podcasts, 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! Thank you for your caring and prayers and God’s great blessings to you.