When the congregation can read along, the Scripture reading becomes something everyone shares. Children follow better, visitors are not lost, and the preacher does not have to wait while people search for the page. Here is how to do it with BibleSlide.

1. Open the Bible tab

Sign in and open the BibleSlide app, then choose Bible. Pick the translation for your congregation. BibleSlide includes Bib La (Haitian Creole), Louis Segond 1910 (French), the King James Version (English) and Reina Valera 1909 (Spanish).

2. Type the reference — in any language

Type the passage the way you say it: Jan 3:16, Jean 3:16, Juan 3:16 or John 3:16 all open the same verse. You can also type a whole chapter (Psalm 23) or a range of verses (Romans 8:28-39).

Don’t remember the reference? Search by words instead — for example good shepherd — and BibleSlide lists the verses that contain them.

3. Choose how many verses per slide

Short verses can share a slide; long verses read better one at a time. Set the number of verses per slide before you present. If a passage is long, it is usually better to have more slides with larger text than one crowded slide.

4. Present live, or add it to the service

Press Present live to show the passage now, or Add to service to place it in the order of worship you are preparing — between the opening hymn and the sermon, for example.

5. Move through the slides

During the reading, move forward with the right arrow, Space or Page Down, and back with the left arrow or Page Up. A presentation clicker works the same way. Press B to black out the screen when the preacher starts speaking.

Nehemiah 8:8

So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

King James Version

Tips from experience

  • Ask the preacher for the references before the service, not during it.
  • Keep the same translation the pulpit reads from, so the words on the screen match what people hear.
  • Put the reference on its own slide at the start of a long reading so people can open their own Bibles too.

Try it now: open Psalm 23 in the free Bible reader, then present it from the app.