 Current logo for BibleGateway | |
 Screenshot of BibleGateway homescreen | |
| Available in | 74 languages |
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| Headquarters | 501 Nelson Place,Nashville,Tennessee, 37214 |
| Owner |
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| Created by | Nick Hengeveld |
| URL | biblegateway |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1993; 32 years ago (1993) |
| Current status | Online |
BibleGateway is anevangelical Christianwebsite designed to allow easy reading, listening, studying, searching, and sharing of theBible in many different versions and translations, includingEnglish,French,Spanish, and other languages. Its mission statement is "To honorChrist by equipping people to read and understand the Bible, wherever they are". The website is free to use, but also offers Bible Gateway Plus, a membership program with enhanced services. It is currently owned byZondervan.[1]
Bible Gateway's engagement features include the ability to display a single Bible verse in many English Bible translations, the ability to display and compare up to five Bible translations side by side at once, its daily Blog, more than 60 email devotions, Bible reading plans and verses-of-the-day, a free mobile app, audio Bibles, video interviews, Bible reference books, shareable widgets, advanced search tools, Bible Gateway Blogger Grid, a retail store, and the Bible Gateway Deals discount program. Bible Gateway's online bookstore offers more than 500,000 Christian resources. It is an affiliate ofChristianbook.com.[2]
Founded by Nick Hengeveld in 1993[3] atCalvin College,Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bible Gateway was initially planned as a staticHTML presentation of theBible.[4] In 1995, the site moved to the new Gospel Communications Network (a part ofGospel Communications International). The Bible Gateway website was originally written as aCGI script inPerl. Later versions were written inC++,PHP, andRuby.
Bible Gateway gradually expanded its database by acquiring the rights to more English and foreign language translations, including translations published byInternational Bible Society,The Lockman Foundation, andWycliffe Global Alliance.[citation needed]
In late 2008,Zondervan (theEvangelical Christian publisher of theNIV andTNIV Bible and a wholly owned subsidiary ofHarperCollins) acquired Bible Gateway from Gospel Communications.[5] The sale of the site came after two years of continued financial difficulties on the part of the donation-driven GospelCom ministry.[6]
In June 2009,Joseph Park was hired as president of BibleGateway.com.[7] Park was co-founder and former CEO ofKozmo.com,[8] which was the subject of the documentary filme-Dreams. He was also co-founder and former CEO ofAskville, which was owned byAmazon and closed in 2013.
In May 2010, Rachel Barach replaced Park (who became Senior Vice President of Consumer Products at parent companyHarperCollins Digital, Consumer) as General Manager of Bible Gateway.[9]
As of November 2021[update], Bible Gateway hosts 232 versions of the Bible, in 74 different languages. ItsAlexa ranking was #744.[10]