Monday, Oct. 27, was a historic milestone for the Modern English Version of the Bible. It went live today on the YouVersion Bible App.
That means any of the 156 million people who have downloaded the app can read the MEV on their tablet, smart phone or desktop computer. It is one of 1,037 Bible translations in 731 languages on the popular Bible app.
When we decided to release this word-for-word update of the King James Version, we knew the MEV must be available digitally. That’s a process that was completed today. If you have YouVersion, I encourage you to check out the MEV. It’s listed alphabetically in the list of English translations.
If you haven’t downloaded it, I urge you to do so. According to the Washington Times, 66,000 people are using the Bible app every second.
This amazing app was the brainchild of Bobby Gruenewald of LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, Oklahoma. He had the idea while standing in a TSA line while he was traveling in 2006. He thought, “Why not have the Bible available to everyone everywhere digitally?”
At first it was available only as a website. A couple of years later when Apple introduced apps it became an app.
LifeChurch.tv is a multi-campus church that is one of America’s biggest churches. For Easter this year, its combined attendance was slightly less than 100,000. As one of its many outreaches, LifeChurch.tv has underwritten the development of the Bible app. It has never charged for it. The goal is to get the word of God into the hands of as many people as possible… Read More
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