Timothy Gothra

I didn't set out to build an app. I set out to solve my own frustration.

I've been in ministry since I was 16 years old. Over 24 years of preaching, teaching, leading teams, running meetings, and trying to keep it all together. I'm a husband, a father of three, and a lead pastor in Indiana — and I've wrestled with every tool pastors are expected to use.

Google Docs that fight you on Scripture formatting. Five apps open just to study, write, and cross-reference. Sermon notes on your Mac that don't show up on your iPad. Group texts that bury the important stuff. Team meetings that feel productive until everyone forgets what was decided by Tuesday.

I know these problems because I've lived them — every Sunday, every staff meeting, every late-night study session.

Before pastoring full-time, I ran a design studio serving churches and companies — branding, marketing, organization, team planning. That work taught me something: the tools you use shape how well you serve. When the tools are clunky, the work suffers. When the tools disappear into the background, the calling comes through.

That's why I built Tallē.

I wanted a writing experience where Scripture lives inline — drop a verse, switch translations, format beautifully — without the copy-paste gymnastics. I wanted documents that sync effortlessly between my desk and the pulpit. I wanted a way to translate a sermon in real time for the missionaries and multilingual congregations who shouldn't need a separate app for that. I wanted a team space that doesn't feel like Slack — something light, focused, and actually helpful after the meeting ends.

And I wanted all of it to be beautiful. Because the Words we're preparing deserve tools worthy of them.

Tallē isn't built by a tech company that studied ministry from the outside. It's built by a pastor who's been on the inside for two decades — and who finally got tired of waiting for someone else to build what we need.