{"id":471,"date":"2013-08-19T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/tech-savvy-pastor-bible-app.html"},"modified":"2014-07-28T16:30:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:30:21","slug":"tech-savvy-pastor-bible-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/tech-savvy-pastor-bible-app.html","title":{"rendered":"Tech-Savvy Pastor &#038; Bible App"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hITcwTL7JXY\/UhIvqUB9VjI\/AAAAAAAADPs\/-lTuW6NDTR8\/s1600\/bible+app.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hITcwTL7JXY\/UhIvqUB9VjI\/AAAAAAAADPs\/-lTuW6NDTR8\/s400\/bible+app.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" border=\"0\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuck Berman, Chicago Tribune \/ August 15, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/bible\/id282935706?mt=8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Bible app<\/a>\u2013the app that lets you download a version of the Bible onto your mobile device. What you probably don\u2019t know is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/religion\/ct-met-bible-app-20130819,0,2321367.story\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interesting story<\/a> of how it was developed.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Bobby Gruenewald, pastor of an Oklahoma-based megachurch called LifeChurch.tv, first developed the idea for the app while waiting for a plane at an airport and wishing he had his Bible to pass the time. He flew home and registered a domain name called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youversion.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">youversion.com.<\/a>\u00a0The rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>According to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/religion\/ct-met-bible-app-20130819,0,2321367.story\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">feature story in the Chicago Tribune<\/a>, \u00a0100 million people have downloaded the app. You can get it in one of 617 versions and one of 377 languages. And Rev. Gruenewald now has 30 paid staff members, 500 volunteers worldwide, and 420 million dollars in donations.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably heard of the Bible app\u2013the app that lets you download a version of the Bible onto your mobile device. What you probably don\u2019t know is the interesting story of how it was developed. Rev. 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