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Build Roadmap

Believer is being built in phases — church operations first, then streaming, then scale.

2 done2 in progress15 planned7 future

Weeks 1–6 (Current)

Phase 1 — Foundation

Church SaaS core + marketing vision live on website

  • Multi-tenant Prisma schema

    Users, churches, donations, marketplace

    done

  • Marketing website

    Home, Features, Pricing, Vision pages

    in progress

  • Church owner dashboard (demo)

    Sidebar, tier-aware nav, profile menu

    done

  • Platform creator dashboard (demo)

    Monitor churches, content, roadmap

    in progress

  • Supabase auth + real DB

    Replace demo cookies with production auth

    planned

  • Believer feed mock UI

    TikTok-style /watch preview page

    planned

Weeks 7–14

Phase 2 — Church Operations

Make churches actually run on Believer internally

  • Member CRUD + households

    Real member database per churchId

    planned

  • Finances module

    Tithes, building fund, SARS-ready records

    planned

  • Events + RSVP

    QR check-in, WhatsApp reminders

    planned

  • Stokvel / burial society

    Contributions, claims, audit trail

    planned

  • WhatsApp notifications

    Twilio / Meta Business API integration

    planned

  • PayFast billing

    Church subscription payments in ZAR

    planned

Weeks 15–24

Phase 3 — Believer Media (Streaming MVP)

Churches upload content; believers discover clips

  • Video upload pipeline

    S3/Vercel Blob + transcoding

    planned

  • Media Library (church-side)

    Full services organized by series

    planned

  • Clip editor

    Trim uploads into 60–90s clips

    planned

  • Believer feed (/watch)

    Vertical scroll, like, share, follow

    planned

  • Mood + language tags

    Filter clips by feeling and language

    planned

  • Word of the Day

    Daily scripture posts from churches

    planned

  • Church subscriber model

    Free follow → unlock full services

    planned

Weeks 25–36

Phase 4 — Growth & Intelligence

Scale discovery, live streaming, and platform analytics

  • RTMP live streaming

    OBS → Believer Live → auto-archive

    future

  • AI clip generation

    Auto-detect sermon highlights

    future

  • Featured feed placement

    Premium churches get discovery boost

    future

  • Platform analytics

    Cross-church viewer trends for creator

    future

  • Content moderation queue

    Review clips before public feed

    future

  • Multi-campus hierarchy

    Parent church + branch tenants

    future

  • Mobile apps (iOS/Android)

    Believer app + church admin app

    future