YouVersion
On the YouVersion Bible app, Americans looked for hope, not arguments, in 2023
By Bob Smietana — December 15, 2023
(RNS) — Bible verses on topics like hope and peace were among the most searched for on the YouVersion Bible app in 2023.
YouVersion Bible app hires former Facebook exec to fuel growth
By Bob Smietana — January 19, 2023
(RNS) — Now in its 15th year, the team behind the popular Bible app has big plans for the future.
How the war in Ukraine dominated this year’s online searches for Bible verses
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 28, 2022
(RNS) — YouVersion reported that users' engagement with the Bible rose by 55% this year in Ukraine, which neighboring Russia invaded in February.
Gutenberg, meet Gruenewald. App builder’s YouVersion puts Bible in half-billion phones.
By Jerry Pattengale — November 19, 2021
(RNS) — This month the free app surpassed 500 million downloads. That's equivalent to one-sixteenth of the world's population.
With 330 million downloads, top Bible app celebrates 10 years
By Bobby Ross Jr. — July 26, 2018
EDMOND, Okla. (RNS) — At the beginning, YouVersion offered the Bible in 15 versions and two languages. Through partnerships with publishers and Bible societies, those numbers have expanded to 1,700 versions and 1,200 languages.
Atheists use a popular Bible app to evangelize about unbelief
By Kimberly Winston — November 5, 2013
(RNS) “There was a girl in my math class who had a tattoo about Jesus and I asked if she knew Leviticus says you shouldn’t have tattoos,” said atheist Adam Wright. “She said that wasn’t true and I opened my app and showed her the verse.”
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