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🗓️ 30 November 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

YouVersion’s Bible App was one of the very first apps available to install on an iPhone. Since launch, the app has been installed on 400 million devices worldwide, giving people all over the world—including nations where Christians are persecuted—free access to God’s Word.

But Brian Russell, the man who leads the YouVersion team, doesn’t have a background as a tech entrepreneur. Instead, his background is ministry, including living and doing gospel work in a closed country.

Listen as Brian talks about his ministry work, how VOM influenced him, and the how the Bible App was created—as a side project. He’ll also share about the reach YouVersion has today and the impact it’s making by putting God’s Word into the hands and hearts of people all over the world.

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0:00.0	Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend and one of the things we have to be thankful for is how easy we have access to God's word.
0:09.0	Over the last decade, 400 million people have connected with God's word by downloading
0:15.8	the U-version app.
0:18.0	Brian Russell is executive director of U-version, and he isn't resting on this success.
0:25.0	There are 7.5 billion people in the world.
0:28.0	400 million is really not that incredible.
0:30.8	It's a good start.
0:32.0	We're on the ground floor, we're just getting started. We believe the best is yet to come.
0:39.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate
0:45.0	them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life of
0:50.5	the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of
0:54.0	his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton's we hear their
0:57.8	inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
1:02.1	radio network. Welcome again on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:03.7	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs radio. My name is Todd Nettleton and we are in the
1:08.0	studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with Brian Russell. Brian is the Executive Director of U version and you
1:15.8	probably have heard of U version. I would suggest that many of our
1:20.4	listeners probably could pull out their phone right now and pull up the
1:24.3	you version app. Brian, welcome to the Voice to the Martyrs radio.
1:28.8	Thanks so much, Dodd. I'm really excited to be here and happy that I didn't have to travel too far to get here today.
1:35.0	That's true. Where is you version headquartered?
1:38.0	So we are headquartered at the headquarters of Life Church, which is in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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