Host: How would you like to increase your prayer life? How would you like to get your hands on really incredible faith based content? Sign me up. Right? Have you heard of pray dot com? If you haven't, you should. Because Matt Potter is 1 of the founders, and he joins us right now, and we're gonna talk about pray dot com. Matt, thank you for being here at the Real Life Network. It's good to be with you.
Matthew Potter: Thanks for having me. Honored and blessed to be here.
Host: Of course. I love what you're doing. I love that you launched this in 20 16, and I know many people are already familiar, but some people aren't. It's it is It's about prayer, but it's about much more than that.
Matthew Potter: That's right. I tell everybody what pray dot com is. So pray dot com is the number 1 app for daily prayer and faith based content. We help with mental and spiritual health, and we keep track of a healthy daily prayer habit. We also have incredible content ranging from, you know, what the Bible has to say on finances or marriage or relationships, as well as some of the top 80 pastors from around America, and soon, pastor Jack Hibbs.
Host: Yeah. That would be great. Well, we know that this is the number 1 selling book year over year. It's the best seller of all time. But that also means that people wanna wanna access it in Where's My Phone? People want it right here.
Matthew Potter: That's right. Most people in a lot I'm not making a judgment, but a lot of people when they come to church, they're not bringing that anymore. They're bringing this with them.
Host: That's right. Really important.
Matthew Potter: That's right. Yeah. And, you know, it's important because there's actually more phones on planet Earth than toothbrushes. And a lot of third world countries have actually didn't they didn't run the lines in the ground. They have towers now. So you can go in the middle of the Amazon, and people have cell phones, and they have smartphones. It's crazy. So you can access content anywhere you are, and you can access the Bible anywhere you are in the world.
Host: It's affordable, what, 7 99 a month or so to start. And, but it's not just prayer, but but the content. But you also bring in, like you mentioned, pastor Jack, there are really great leaders that offer incredible content. So you're really you're bridging this gap. Right? So about that a little bit.
Matthew Potter: Yeah. Actually, the app's completely free. So you can download and use the app and get content from some of the best pastors around the world. But if you wanna access pray dot com's premium content where we took a 61 piece orchestra from our boy Disney voice actors and actresses, and we brought the entire Bible to life in a cinematic audio version Oh. Then that costs a monthly fee to be able to access.
Host: Well, I know you're doing great. 20 20, I think you had a million people on a Facebook for National Day of Prayer Yeah. Dot com. I mean, this is incredible. And I know you're you're really great at capturing sort of metrics and trends. Yeah. Tell me what you're seeing, in terms of trends amongst younger people. So How they're consuming.
Matthew Potter: Yeah. So big media would have you believe that people are, becoming more secular in America because they're attending church less. So we're we're using the data point of church attendance as the country is getting more secular. But believe it or not, the consumption of Christian content is up 52 percent in the last 24 months, and it's because people want church to come to them. Right. And I'm I'm not saying I'm against people going to a local church. I believe we should get that community where 2 or 3 are gathered. They should go to that local church. But now Sunday to Sunday, they can also access all of that incredible content right on their phone on pray dot com.
Host: I think the thing about, you know, about prayer and, you know, building a strong prayer life, you know, is is having a routine, having a habit. When what's my time? When do I, you know, get alone with the Lord? When do I get my my Bible open? And when do I pray? And and talk about kind of what are what are the trends and how do you how are you encouraging really strong prayer life, through pray dot com?
Matthew Potter: Yeah. You know, it's counterintuitive, but we actually popped up a pray science division. We hired PhD science researchers to do clinical trials on the efficacy of prayer And? Through a digital therapeutic. Get what you get. And wouldn't you know that frequency of utilizing, Pray dot com to connect with your faith decreases mental health symptoms. So we're seeing decreases in depression, anxiety, hopelessness, some of the things that people are feeling every single day by the frequency of prayer. Wow. And we can track it through pray dot com every time you open the app.
Host: It would be great if it were everywhere. Yes. I know that, I I think you were on the App Store, but China took you out. I don't know. You know? It's China. You know. Right? It's China, but, tell tell me a little bit about where you see pray dot com, say, the next 5 years, the next 10 years. I know you ex I mean, COVID, there was an explosion for pray dot com because Absolutely. People couldn't attend well, they couldn't. Most people weren't going to church in person when we just didn't know what was going on with the pandemic. Right?
Matthew Potter: So during COVID, we actually grew by 1600 percent. I know. That's huge. Sounds crazy. And it but a lot of companies have dropped us. For us, it continued. We have over a hundred and 68000000 shares of the prey dot com app outside the app on other platforms. So it's it's been really amazing just to see the growth. And, the future is we're going more international. We actually just partnered with Palantir, so they just joined the, S and P 500. Palantir has some of the most incredible AI tools available. And so now we're translating all of the content inside of pray dot com into multiple languages and going global. Yeah. So we've got some of the world's largest telcos offering pray dot com to their Christian population.
Host: You know, Matt, I I love how you you mentioned wanting to bring pastor Jack Hibbs on pray dot com. And, you know, we do here at the Real Life Network, and and this app is streaming. We're building a linear channel that's gonna go up in July. But I I I see us and I see our visions as sort of a band of brothers mentality.
Matthew Potter: That's right.
Host: You know, it's not like, oh, this is mine and that's yours. I think that we can really support each other and we should be supporting each other.
Matthew Potter: Yeah.
Host: So I'll talk to Jack. Maybe you should too.
Matthew Potter: That's right. Jack, let's do let's work that out.
Host: I'll give you the final word, Matt. Go ahead.
Matthew Potter: You know, pastor Jack is such an incredible guy and he's so young for all the success that he's had. Everything that you guys are doing with RON news, I mean, it's amazing. So he's got a lot of years to impact a lot of people's lives. We'd love to have him on pray dot com to reach people all over the globe. But, yeah, if you want to access the pray dot com app completely for free just by watching this news show, you can go to pray dot com forward slash matt. You can get the whole app for free. Pray dot com forward slash matt. This is the future.
Host: That's right. Matt potter, pray.com. Thanks for being with us here
Matthew Potter: Thank you.
Host: At 3 Life Network. Bye.
Host: How would you like to increase your prayer life? How would you like to get your hands on really incredible faith based content? Sign me up. Right? Have you heard of pray dot com? If you haven't, you should. Because Matt Potter is 1 of the founders, and he joins us right now, and we're gonna talk about pray dot com. Matt, thank you for being here at the Real Life Network. It's good to be with you.
Matthew Potter: Thanks for having me. Honored and blessed to be here.
Host: Of course. I love what you're doing. I love that you launched this in 20 16, and I know many people are already familiar, but some people aren't. It's it is It's about prayer, but it's about much more than that.
Matthew Potter: That's right. I tell everybody what pray dot com is. So pray dot com is the number 1 app for daily prayer and faith based content. We help with mental and spiritual health, and we keep track of a healthy daily prayer habit. We also have incredible content ranging from, you know, what the Bible has to say on finances or marriage or relationships, as well as some of the top 80 pastors from around America, and soon, pastor Jack Hibbs.
Host: Yeah. That would be great. Well, we know that this is the number 1 selling book year over year. It's the best seller of all time. But that also means that people wanna wanna access it in Where's My Phone? People want it right here.
Matthew Potter: That's right. Most people in a lot I'm not making a judgment, but a lot of people when they come to church, they're not bringing that anymore. They're bringing this with them.
Host: That's right. Really important.
Matthew Potter: That's right. Yeah. And, you know, it's important because there's actually more phones on planet Earth than toothbrushes. And a lot of third world countries have actually didn't they didn't run the lines in the ground. They have towers now. So you can go in the middle of the Amazon, and people have cell phones, and they have smartphones. It's crazy. So you can access content anywhere you are, and you can access the Bible anywhere you are in the world.
Host: It's affordable, what, 7 99 a month or so to start. And, but it's not just prayer, but but the content. But you also bring in, like you mentioned, pastor Jack, there are really great leaders that offer incredible content. So you're really you're bridging this gap. Right? So about that a little bit.
Matthew Potter: Yeah. Actually, the app's completely free. So you can download and use the app and get content from some of the best pastors around the world. But if you wanna access pray dot com's premium content where we took a 61 piece orchestra from our boy Disney voice actors and actresses, and we brought the entire Bible to life in a cinematic audio version Oh. Then that costs a monthly fee to be able to access.
Host: Well, I know you're doing great. 20 20, I think you had a million people on a Facebook for National Day of Prayer Yeah. Dot com. I mean, this is incredible. And I know you're you're really great at capturing sort of metrics and trends. Yeah. Tell me what you're seeing, in terms of trends amongst younger people. So How they're consuming.
Matthew Potter: Yeah. So big media would have you believe that people are, becoming more secular in America because they're attending church less. So we're we're using the data point of church attendance as the country is getting more secular. But believe it or not, the consumption of Christian content is up 52 percent in the last 24 months, and it's because people want church to come to them. Right. And I'm I'm not saying I'm against people going to a local church. I believe we should get that community where 2 or 3 are gathered. They should go to that local church. But now Sunday to Sunday, they can also access all of that incredible content right on their phone on pray dot com.
Host: I think the thing about, you know, about prayer and, you know, building a strong prayer life, you know, is is having a routine, having a habit. When what's my time? When do I, you know, get alone with the Lord? When do I get my my Bible open? And when do I pray? And and talk about kind of what are what are the trends and how do you how are you encouraging really strong prayer life, through pray dot com?
Matthew Potter: Yeah. You know, it's counterintuitive, but we actually popped up a pray science division. We hired PhD science researchers to do clinical trials on the efficacy of prayer And? Through a digital therapeutic. Get what you get. And wouldn't you know that frequency of utilizing, Pray dot com to connect with your faith decreases mental health symptoms. So we're seeing decreases in depression, anxiety, hopelessness, some of the things that people are feeling every single day by the frequency of prayer. Wow. And we can track it through pray dot com every time you open the app.
Host: It would be great if it were everywhere. Yes. I know that, I I think you were on the App Store, but China took you out. I don't know. You know? It's China. You know. Right? It's China, but, tell tell me a little bit about where you see pray dot com, say, the next 5 years, the next 10 years. I know you ex I mean, COVID, there was an explosion for pray dot com because Absolutely. People couldn't attend well, they couldn't. Most people weren't going to church in person when we just didn't know what was going on with the pandemic. Right?
Matthew Potter: So during COVID, we actually grew by 1600 percent. I know. That's huge. Sounds crazy. And it but a lot of companies have dropped us. For us, it continued. We have over a hundred and 68000000 shares of the prey dot com app outside the app on other platforms. So it's it's been really amazing just to see the growth. And, the future is we're going more international. We actually just partnered with Palantir, so they just joined the, S and P 500. Palantir has some of the most incredible AI tools available. And so now we're translating all of the content inside of pray dot com into multiple languages and going global. Yeah. So we've got some of the world's largest telcos offering pray dot com to their Christian population.
Host: You know, Matt, I I love how you you mentioned wanting to bring pastor Jack Hibbs on pray dot com. And, you know, we do here at the Real Life Network, and and this app is streaming. We're building a linear channel that's gonna go up in July. But I I I see us and I see our visions as sort of a band of brothers mentality.
Matthew Potter: That's right.
Host: You know, it's not like, oh, this is mine and that's yours. I think that we can really support each other and we should be supporting each other.
Matthew Potter: Yeah.
Host: So I'll talk to Jack. Maybe you should too.
Matthew Potter: That's right. Jack, let's do let's work that out.
Host: I'll give you the final word, Matt. Go ahead.
Matthew Potter: You know, pastor Jack is such an incredible guy and he's so young for all the success that he's had. Everything that you guys are doing with RON news, I mean, it's amazing. So he's got a lot of years to impact a lot of people's lives. We'd love to have him on pray dot com to reach people all over the globe. But, yeah, if you want to access the pray dot com app completely for free just by watching this news show, you can go to pray dot com forward slash matt. You can get the whole app for free. Pray dot com forward slash matt. This is the future.
Host: That's right. Matt potter, pray.com. Thanks for being with us here
Matthew Potter: Thank you.
Host: At 3 Life Network. Bye.
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