PORTLAND, Oregon/CBN NEWS – Tucked away in a quiet Portland neighborhood is an animation studio that is opening the Bible to millions in a new and fresh way.
An idea of some college buddies has become one of the most successful ways for people to understand the Bible.
During their college days, long-time friends Tim Mackie and Jon Collins would kick around ideas on how to get more people to read the Bible and understand it better.
After attending Bible college together, Jon served as a pastor before beginning a career making explainer videos for large companies. Tim got his PhD in Hebrew Bible and Jewish studies (serving as a teaching pastor at Madison’s Blackhawk Church while studying at the University of Wisconsin Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies), [then] becoming a pastor and seminary professor. Then they decided to combine Tim’s Bible knowledge and Jon’s creative abilities, and BibleProject was born.
Less than ten years later, BibleProject has created over 180 videos and 350 podcast episodes over the internet, with over 620 million views in over 200 countries, and over five million subscribers worldwide, even offering seminary-level classes.