Changing the Way the World Reads the Bible.
A fundamentally different solution to the Bible disengagement problem
Confused. Frustrated. Bored.
If your experience with the Bible has felt like this, you’re not alone. The Bible is more available than ever before (the average American Christian household owns 11 copies) yet over 700 people per day give up reading it.
Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience
Winner: 2022 ECPA Bible of the Year Award
Immerse is a community-based book club experience designed to take whole congregations or small groups through large portions of the Bible, together.
The program reflects much of our approach to high-impact Bible engagement: reading a distraction-free Bible, reading at length, and having organic conversations about it together.
Hundreds of churches have read the Bible together with Immerse, and many are saying it’s one of the most meaningful things they’ve ever done.
“The Institute is committed to getting the Bible read and understood, a worthy goal that just might start the spiritual renewal this world needs.”
“Many Christian groups and movements think of themselves as ‘biblical’ while their members hardly ever read the Bible thoroughly for themselves. The Institute for Bible Reading is addressing this urgent problem with fresh research and advocacy, along with the production of ‘Readers’ Bibles.’ This is a first-rate resource to meet a first-order challenge for tomorrow’s church.”
“The leaders of the Institute for Bible Reading are among the most restless, insightful, and creative people I know. Anyone who cares about Bible engagement should beat a path to their door.”
“(Immerse) has united our church together, it has given us common ground which of course is the Bible! And called us back to our roots and what’s important to us.”
“We have chopped our Scripture up and crowded out its contents, leaving its beauty obscured and its message largely ignored. The Institute For Bible Reading is developing fresh and stunning ways of returning us to this treasure.”
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Alex Goodwin2023-11-08 05:00:002023-11-07 14:27:23Episode 63: Rediscovering the Bible’s Story w/ Alex Goodwin (The Bible Reset Pt. 3)
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Alex Goodwin2023-11-01 05:00:002023-10-31 14:10:48Episode 62: Rethinking our Bible Reading Practices w/ Alex Goodwin (The Bible Reset Pt. 2)
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Paul Caminiti2023-10-25 05:00:002023-10-24 11:12:57Episode 61: Resetting the Bible’s Format w/ Alex Goodwin (The Bible Reset Pt. 1)
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Alex Goodwin2022-10-19 10:04:002022-12-08 10:05:31Episode 60: The Choice We Need to Make (+ a big announcement)
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Alex Goodwin2022-10-05 13:36:002022-10-06 13:37:10Episode 59: A Better Way to “Apply” Bible Stories
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Alex Goodwin2022-09-21 05:15:002022-09-20 12:32:33Episode 58: Architecture, Poetry, and How the Bible Speaks to Our Hearts
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Alex Goodwin2022-09-07 06:16:002022-09-08 14:18:21Episode 57: How the Bible Narrates History
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Alex Goodwin2022-08-24 05:15:002022-08-23 15:00:58Episode 56: Supercut – From Chapters and Verses to a Better Bible Reading ExperienceOur Bible Engagement Model
1. A Bible Made for Reading
2. Formative New Reading Practices
3. Ongoing New Tools and Resources
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