The Jesus Film Project App is Cru's free pocket library for sharing the story of Jesus in a listener's heart language. Its official app page puts the JESUS film in over 2,200 languages, several feature-length films, and over 200 short films and conversation starters on a phone, ready to watch and share even without an internet connection.^1
The App Store describes more than 200 full-length movies, miniseries, and short films, all free to watch, download, and share.^4 Google Play highlights The Story of Jesus for Children, free offline downloads, a playlist creator, Chromecast, an interactive language map, spoken language samples, and a one-touch link to GodTools.^5 The ministry's FAQ adds that its films may be shown freely to as many people as you like, as long as no admission is charged.^3
The story behind it starts in 1979, when the ministry created the JESUS film; Jesus Film Project was officially founded in 1985 by its first executive director, Paul Eshleman, and the app followed in 2012.^2 Eshleman put the conviction plainly: "No one should have to learn a second language to meet Jesus."^2 The film itself is based on the Gospel of Luke, and its FAQ says every word Jesus speaks in it is a quotation from the Bible.^3 Jesus Film Project is a Cru media ministry whose statement of faith affirms one God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Jesus' virgin birth, substitutionary death, and bodily resurrection, salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone, and the Great Commission.^6
One user called this app "the best world evangelism app."^5
Notable:
- The JESUS film has now been translated into 2,320 languages, and Guinness World Records recognizes it as the most-translated film in history.^2
- Mission 865, the push to reach every language group of 50,000 or more speakers still waiting for the film, reported 756 languages completed as of late October 2026.^7
- The ministry works with more than 1,800 ministry partners, and its next project is an animated family film about the life of Jesus.^2
