A brief history of UnitedbytheCross:

When I started this site, I wanted to share resources to help people in their walk with Jesus Christ. I shared daily Bible versus from well known Bible translations and even made audio and videos that I shared as a podcast. Unfortunately, most of the resources available, even if free, are not free to share due to copyright.

The first problem was when my own church sent me a takedown request for sharing videos they made, meant for small groups. These videos were publicly available and being shared by them and other churches. When I made a video playlist for people to watch without joining a group, they pointed out that I didn’t have permission to share them and they wanted to control how their videos were presented.

My next experience with copyright was when I made Bible Scripture videos, using royalty free stock footage. The videos were taken down by Sony, because they claimed that they owned the rights to part of the video.

Christian videos, music, and even Bible translations are often protected by copyright, meaning that you are likely to have content removed from social media if you use their content in your posts.

This is why I’m going back to the beginning and removing all of the content from the site. I want to share the gospel and I don’t like the idea of some random computer AI taking down everything I produce. I’m not a preacher, programmer, scholar, writer, or musician, but everything created by UnitedbytheCross.org is Creative Commons Zero CC0. Non public domain content will be linked back to the owner, so there’s no question about ownership or permissions.

I do not use ads, request any form of payment, or want any data from you. What the LORD has blessed me with, I want to share with you.