Which Bible Version does your church use?

redleghunter · May 13, 2019

Not looking for personal choice, but what Bible versions are found in your pews? I would also assume that is the Bible version your pastor preaches/teaches from as they can say "please turn to page #X."

I know in my church most bring their personal Bible or device with a Bible App.

For my church we use the ESV. I went to a friend's LCMS Lutheran church for the baptism of his twin grandkids. I noticed the ESV in the pews there.

Hammster · May 13, 2019

redleghunter said:
Not looking for personal choice, but what Bible versions are found in your pews? I would also assume that is the Bible version your pastor preaches/teaches from as they can say "please turn to page #X."

I know in my church most bring their personal Bible or device with a Bible App.

For my church we use the ESV. I went to a friend's LCMS Lutheran church for the baptism of his twin grandkids. I noticed the ESV in the pews there.

The pastors use the ESV. The associate pastor used to use the NASB (I think they both did at one point) but changed to the ESV, at least for preaching, so that there would be continuity since we go through books of the Bible.

yeshuaslavejeff · May 13, 2019

ALL of them. (well, there's a few so bad not to be used, but for a while maybe)

St_Worm2 · May 13, 2019

Pew Bibles are NASB, but the majority of the congregation carries the ESV now (with a few KJV's and NIV's mixed in).

Senior Pastor uses the NASB
Associate Pastor uses the ESV

We project Scripture slides during the sermons, so no one has to turn to the Scripture references in either the pew or their personal Bibles during sermons anymore if they don't want to.

Our Scripture slides are normally in ESV.

Radrook · May 13, 2019

The main Bible version of the church I once belonged to was the NWT.

com7fy8 · May 13, 2019

I have heard my pastor say the New American Standard is the most accurate Bible. And this is in the seat pouches. But different ones of us use different translations.

maintenance man · May 13, 2019

For the first couple of years after are current senior pastor took over he preached from the ESV and even preached a sermon on exactly why he selected that translation. Then at some point, he decided to switch to the NIV because it is so popular - so the Bibles we pass out are NIV and he now teaches from that translation but will take quotes from other translations when they better describe what he is teaching.

Sketcher · May 13, 2019

ESV. We quietly switched to this version from the NIV after the recent NIV edit.

Jonaitis · May 13, 2019

Our elder uses the Get It Right Translation, but most people bring KJV or ESV or NASB

Anthony2019 · May 13, 2019

New International Version.

rockytopva · May 13, 2019

PloverWing · May 13, 2019

Instead of pew Bibles, we have bulletin inserts that have each Sunday's readings from the lectionary. Those inserts use the Book of Common Prayer's translation for the Psalms, and the NRSV for the other readings.

Not David · May 13, 2019

The Orthodox Study Bible:

NT: New King James Version OT: St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint

TuxAme · May 13, 2019

New American Bible.

MariaJLM · May 13, 2019

The Orthodox Study Bible, which is a combination of the NKJV and the Septuagint.

Athanasius377 · May 13, 2019

I attend an LCMS Lutheran church and we use the ESV. Some LCMS churches will use the older NIV.

Of the Kingdom · May 13, 2019

Our pastor quite consistently quotes from the KJV. Occasionally he compares it to the amplified or some other version which emphasizes his point.

Philip_B · May 13, 2019

NRSV - which has been the all but universal standard in our Diocese for some 30 years.

Concord1968 · May 13, 2019

I'm LCMS so it's the ESV in the pews.

frogoon234 · May 13, 2019

redleghunter said:
Not looking for personal choice, but what Bible versions are found in your pews? I would also assume that is the Bible version your pastor preaches/teaches from as they can say "please turn to page #X."

I know in my church most bring their personal Bible or device with a Bible App.

For my church we use the ESV. I went to a friend's LCMS Lutheran church for the baptism of his twin grandkids. I noticed the ESV in the pews there.

I go to a Independent Fundamental Baptist church and they use KJV.

Which Bible Version does your church use?

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