Hi
I just want to check. If I purchase a bible version can other users in my church group use it when they are compiling services in Proclaim?
I don't think so Aaron, the bible versions link back to your personal Logos library and the resources you own there.
The good news is that Logos Bibles are quite inexpensive and folk involved with worship planning are likely to want their own copy for reading plans, personal study etc.
Hi Aaron,Outside of the bibles that come with Proclaim their are some restrictions on how we are able to share content. As odd as it sounds these Bibles are still under copyright use with the publisher and we have not arrange for all bibles to be used by more than one person. That being said, in Logos when you purchase a bible it is registered to the one user account (username/email) and only usable by that one user account unless you were to purchase that version of the bible for multiple accounts. Many Churches create either a generic account others can login to for the presentation team (e.g. mediateam@church.com) as well as have the personal emails of members can use to login. With a shared email you can make the purchase of additional bible versions under the generic account for others to upload if needed.
Thank you Sean & Mike
Personally, I think it is rather silly to make people serving in a church's media ministry to have to purchase Bibles under their own user ID to use in Proclaim. It is not like anyone is going to be using Proclaim for their own personal use! If they are using those Bibles in Logos or the FaithLife Bible app or the web app, then they should have to purchase them, but not to use in Proclaim. If anything the cost of the Bibles should be included in the church's Proclaim subscription fee.
If anything the cost of the Bibles should be included in the church's Proclaim subscription fee.
Please don't make the cost of subscribing to Proclaim any more onerous because a church won't invest a less than a tenner for each of its worship team that is likely to have to initiate the inclusion of a bible verse that has to match exactly the translation in general use.
It is not as if there are no Bibles included with Proclaim including, for those with an anti'u' proclivity, the excellent LEB and, the ASB.
because a church won't invest a less than a tenner for each of its worship team
I’m not in agreement at all. Your implication is that we are being cheap. When it is not like as a church that we don’t already invest significantly in our media ministry, which includes paying for a FAITHLIFE Equip/Proclaim annual subscription. As a church we use the NKJV as our primary version. which is one of the more commonly used Bible versions these days, but is not included in the Proclaim subscription. So should we have to invest $60 more because we rotate 6 media team people? I don’t think so! FAITHLIFE should just make all versions available with the subscription or charge a one time 1 user fee with the Proclaim subscription. To make us pay $10 for each version for each user at a single location is insane.
I see this is an old thread, but it's still an issue. In our church for years we were using the American version of the NIV, rather than the Anglicised (UK) version which is not free, and which is the most commonly used version in churches in the UK.Displaying US spellings on screen in church is a big turn-off for many people, but I expect many churches put up with this as otherwise every leader on the worship team would have to buy a licence. The list provided here might look long, I don't see any modern versions in UK English on this list. Would Faithlife consider adding the 2011 Anglicised NIV to this list?
