Forum of Bible Agencies Award of Excellence …
Philadelphia, PA. The Forum of Bible Agencies – North America (FOBA-NA) recently presented its first-ever “Award of Excellence” for 2015 to YouVersion and OneHope for their efforts in developing a digital Scripture resource for children called the Bible App for Kids. The Award will be given each year for a significant contribution to the cause of Bible translation, distribution or engagement.
“The Bible App for Kids perfectly symbolizes two things the Forum stands for,” commented FOBA-NA Chairperson Mr. Whitney T. Kuniholm, “best practices in Bible-related ministry and effective collaboration among Bible-focused organizations.”
The Bible App for Kids is a free, downloadable mobile application that helps children experience the Bible in 41 separate stories. The App is available in 11 languages across multiple platforms and is designed to help children fall in love with God’s Word.
Since its release in November 2013 until 2015, The Bible App for Kids has been downloaded more than 9.3 million times, making it the world’s most popular Bible story app. In addition, it has become one of the top apps in the “education” and “Bible” categories. Based on that success, YouVersion and OneHope have just released The Bible App for Kids Storybook Bible, a full-colour 416-page hardcover book featuring 28 Bible stories easily understood by children but enjoyed by entire families.
YouVersion is a ministry of Life.Church, a multi-site church based in Oklahoma, and globally online atlive.life.church. YouVersion is also the creator of The Bible App, which helps adults engage with God’s Word; to date (2015), it has been downloaded over 200 million times.
OneHope is an international ministry that reaches children and youth worldwide with God’s Word – more than a billion kids in 145 countries have encountered a OneHope Scripture program since 1987. OneHope conducts research with children and youth, leaders and educators worldwide, and collaborates with thousands of local churches and ministries, local governments, schools and non-governmental organizations.
The Forum of Bible Agencies – North America is an alliance of 40 organizations (Scripture Union is one of these organizations) with a combined constituency of over 5 million volunteers and contributors, reaching 100’s of millions of people of all ages with Bible-related ministries each year. Through the Forum, like-minded organizations partner in planning and producing resources that enable more people to make the Bible and its life-changing message part of their lives. The North American Forum is affiliated with the Forum of Bible Agencies-International. The Canadian Bible Forum is affiliated with the North American Forum.
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Summary
In 2015, the Forum of Bible Agencies – North America (FOBA-NA) presented its first “Award of Excellence” to YouVersion and OneHope for creating the Bible App for Kids, a digital Scripture resource for children. The app, available in 11 languages, has been downloaded over 9.3 million times and has become the world’s most popular Bible story app. This initiative aligns with FOBA-NA’s focus on best practices in Bible ministry and collaboration among Bible-focused organizations. YouVersion, part of Life.Church, and OneHope, an international ministry, are recognized for their significant contributions to Bible engagement and accessibility.
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