YouVersion Connect is the portal where churches, ministries, content partners, and Bible publishers manage their presence inside YouVersion's Family of Apps: the Bible App, Bible App Lite, and Bible App for Kids.^1 Rather than asking people to download another app, an organization shows up where its community already reads Scripture. YouVersion says more than 15 million people engage in the Bible App daily.^1
Churches claim a Church Profile with their logo, service times, and Featured Plans, and attenders tap "Set As My Church" to stay connected.^2 From the portal, a church posts updates, shares Plans and Events, and appears in Discover, while content partners publish Plans and videos from a Partner Page and group Plans into Collections.^1 Bible publishers use Connect to bring Scripture to readers in their heart language, distributed securely and with proper attribution.^1 Insights track follower growth, engagement trends, and content performance, and teammates can be invited to manage the Page and content together.^1
YouVersion presents Connect as one ecosystem for the organizations that fill the Bible App with local churches and teaching content.^1 The scale is already large: over 24,000 churches use YouVersion to serve their communities, and more than 7,000 creators share Scripture-based resources as content partners.^1 The pitch to churches is to keep the congregation engaged all week, not just on Sundays.^1
Pastor Tom of Christian Assembly Church says, "When it comes to teaching, sharing, and spreading God's Word, no other group is doing it like YouVersion. It's one of the most strategic and cost-effective ways possible to get God's Word to people everywhere, every day."^1 Ps. Andrew of Sydney, Australia, says, "Since claiming our Church Profile, we've had people show up on Sundays who first connected with us through YouVersion."^2
Partnering with YouVersion and using YouVersion Connect is free for content partners, and every church feature, Profiles, Plans, Posts, Events, and Insights, is free for ministries.^2 Each path starts at YouVersion Connect.
Notable:
- Church Insights are anonymous and aggregated, covering popular verses and trending Plans, and unlock once five or more people tap "Set As My Church"^2
- Content partners apply and are approved before publishing, and YouVersion says a large ministry is not required^3
- Churches set up their Church Page at connect.youversion.com^4
