The majority of Bible Gateway users responding to an online survey say they read their print Bibles when Scripture is read aloud in church.
We asked Bible Gateway Blog readers to complete this sentence: “When Scripture is read publicly in worship service, I….” More than 6,000 of you voted. Of that number, 48% chose the phrase, “follow along using my print Bible.” Twenty-one percent said they “follow along with the text projected on the church screen.”
Only 13% “follow along using my mobile/tablet Bible app,” 10% “simply listen without looking at the words,” and 2% pray.
Two percent said they “daydream” while Scripture is read, another 2% said they “don’t attend worship services,” and a final 2% chose “other” as their response.
It’s interesting that nearly half of the users of Bible Gateway, who are comfortable reading digital forms of Scripture here, prefer to use their print Bible editions during the public reading of the Bible in corporate worship.
[See results of our other Blog polls]
Our next Bible Gateway poll asks “What’s your Bible reading goal in 2015?” Cast your vote below and then visit our Bible Reading Plans page to select the flexible and customizable reading plan that’s right for you to use according to your own pace and interest.
[See our blogpost, Read the Bible at Your Own Pace with Bible Gateway’s New, Improved Bible Reading Plans]
What’s your Bible reading goal in 2015? (select up to 3)
- Read through the entire Bible, Genesis – Revelation (25%, 1,824 Votes)
- Read a verse a day (15%, 1,076 Votes)
- Read through the Bible chronologically (13%, 941 Votes)
- Read through the New Testament (11%, 790 Votes)
- Read using an Audio Bible (10%, 712 Votes)
- Read through the Gospels (6%, 474 Votes)
- Other (6%, 434 Votes)
- Read through the Old Testament (6%, 433 Votes)
- Read using the Book of Common Prayer (4%, 316 Votes)
- Read through the Epistles (4%, 273 Votes)
- What goal? (3%, 193 Votes)
- Read a verse a week (2%, 122 Votes)
- Read through the Pentateuch (1%, 103 Votes)
- Read using the Common Lectionary (1%, 102 Votes)
- Read a verse a month (1%, 57 Votes)
Total Voters: 4,194
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