Bible Gateway Blog

update: Thanks to everyone who has written to inquire about advertising on the Bible Gateway. We’re not currently accepting any new ads, but when that situation changes, we’ll announce it (and provide more details) on our ad page.

As you may have noticed, there are now ads on the Bible Gateway. This is a big step for us, and it’s one we’ve only taken after much prayer and discussion. Why are we placing ads after so many years of keeping the Bible Gateway ad-free? Put simply, it’s a question of financial responsibility—you can read the reasoning behind our decision at our Why Ads? page.

You’ll also find there our strict standards for advertising (we won’t be running any ads that conflict in any way with our mission to make God’s Word available to the world), and when we’re ready to start accepting new ads, you’ll find information on how to do so there as well.

So how will this affect you as you use the Bible Gateway? All of the features and functions of the Bible Gateway will continue to work as they always have, and we’ll continue to add new Bible versions and translations as we have in the past. The only change is that there’s now a new way for you to support the Bible Gateway’s ministry, by clicking on ads that interest you.

Thanks for your patience and understanding as we take this big step.

Greetings everyone!

We wanted to pop in to let you know that after a lengthy process of prayer and planning, Gospel Communications has decided to start placing ads on our online properties. For years we’ve relied primarily on donations to continue our ministry, and as much as we’d love to keep doing that, it’s just no longer feasible.

What this means is that starting soon, probably near the end of the week, you’ll begin seeing some advertising on The BibleGateway. We’ve already rolled out some preliminary advertising on some of our other sites, like Gospel.com and Reverend Fun.

We’re actually pretty excited about this change. It’s going to let us do a tremendous amount of new ministry while still being financially responsible.

Check back on this blog for more information later on in the week.

If you’re interested in reading more about why we’re doing ads, you can hop over to our explanation page (at Gospel Communications corporate site) for more details.

Blessings!

Thanks you for the over 1600 responses we’ve already received on our Verse of the Day survey!

We wanted to let you know that we’ll be closing the survey tomorrow.

Instead of having our staff picking new verses for the Verse of the Day, we thought we’d extend the offer to you to let us know what your favorite verses are. The survey is one question long, ridiculously simple and we don’t ask for personal information. Feel free to take it more than once if you have a lot of favorite verses!