CrossCoders is the first venture under the Foundation and the engine that funds the rest. It runs like a real studio — paid client work covers the bills and bankrolls a queue of free builds for churches and ministries that could never afford them. AI lets a small team build like a large one, so every rand of support goes roughly ten times further. This is the proof-of-model: a mission with a business inside it, not a bucket with a hole in the bottom.
The need it closesThe people doing the most important work often have the worst tools. Good software is expensive, and small churches are locked out — a gap that only widens as technology accelerates.
CrossCoders is the engine — the first venture, built to fund the rest. As the studio grows, its surplus seeds every other venture under the roof.
A studio that gives its best work away.
Companies pay CrossCoders to build software the way any good studio would. Those margins — stretched by AI — fund a parallel queue of free builds for under-resourced churches. The same senior craft a paying client gets, the smallest church gets too. Nobody is sold a discount version of the gospel.
The back office a small church could never buy.
- A fast, modern website that makes a tiny church look established
- Giving and donation tools that actually work on a phone
- Member care, rosters and communication, all in one place
- AI agents that answer questions, welcome newcomers and free up volunteers
- Training so the team can run it themselves — it’s theirs to keep
Built to fund the rest.
CrossCoders earns, so the Foundation can give. As the studio grows, its surplus seeds the ventures alongside it — orphan care, the makers, giving & relief. That is the whole design: build an engine first, then let it multiply into every other kind of mercy the Church is called to.
How it’s coming.
- ✓ Shipped Studio live
CrossCoders is open for paid work and free church builds.
- Now First church builds
Working through the opening queue of free builds, hands-on.
- Next Public build queue
A transparent queue the community can see, fund and follow.
- Then Fund the next venture
Surplus seeds the first non-software venture under the roof.
Hands on the work.
We don’t invent names. Where a seat is open, we say so — it might be yours.
Founder & lead builder
CrossCoders — the engine
Designing, building and shipping the studio and its first free builds, hands on the keyboard.
Build partners
Developers & designers
Room for senior makers who want their craft to serve the Church.
Get in touch →Good to ask.
Is the software really free for churches?
Yes — for under-resourced churches and Christian nonprofits that qualify, the build is free and the result is theirs to keep. Paid client work and supporters cover the cost.
How can it be free?
CrossCoders is a real studio. Paying clients fund the free queue, and AI lets a small team build like a big one — so the model works without anyone being short-changed.
What kind of churches qualify?
Small and under-resourced congregations and Christian ministries that genuinely couldn’t afford this otherwise. Tell us your situation and we’ll be honest about fit.
The roof is wide. The work is only beginning.
Ideas on the heart of the Foundation — honestly marked by where each really stands. As the engine grows, these grow with it.
Youth & discipleship
Backing those pouring into the next generation of the Church.
Widows & the aged
Presence and provision for those the years have isolated.
Church planting
Helping new churches find their feet and reach their town.
Food & feeding
Backing the church feeding schemes that already serve the hungry.
Missions & the unreached
Sending help where the gospel is only just arriving.
Propose a venture
If it serves the Church and the gospel, it belongs under this roof.
Tell us the need →