The founder and CEO of YouVersion has described the influence of their Bible app as “unimaginable” as it celebrates its billionth download less than 20 years since its inception.
The rapid development of AI has prompted questions around how far technology should go when it comes to matters of faith. However, Bobby Gruenewald believes the news that the world’s most popular Bible app is celebrating its billionth download worldwide shows the positive potential of modern technology for gospel opportunities.
The service initially launched as a website and then as an app over 2007 and 2008, and has grown exponentially since then, now offering access to the Bible in over 2,300 languages and being opened a billion times every 39 days. It has also enjoyed an increase of 18% in daily usage this year, and Gruenewald told en of how they are seeing “unprecedented hunger for Scripture right now”, in both print and digital form.
