<s>
BibleGateway	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Christian	O
website	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
easy	O
reading	O
,	O
listening	O
,	O
studying	O
,	O
searching	O
,	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
the	O
Bible	O
in	O
many	O
different	O
versions	O
and	O
translations	O
,	O
including	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
languages	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
offers	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
Plus	O
,	O
a	O
membership	O
program	O
with	O
enhanced	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
's	O
engagement	O
features	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
single	O
bible	O
verse	O
in	O
all	O
English	O
bible	O
translations	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
and	O
compare	O
up	O
to	O
five	O
Bible	O
translations	O
side	O
by	O
side	O
at	O
once	O
;	O
its	O
daily	O
Blog	O
;	O
more	O
than	O
60	O
email	O
devotions	O
,	O
Bible	O
reading	O
plans	O
,	O
and	O
verses-of-the-day	O
;	O
an	O
award-winning	O
free	O
mobile	O
app	O
;	O
audio	O
Bibles	O
;	O
video	O
interviews	O
;	O
Bible	O
reference	O
books	O
;	O
shareable	O
widgets	O
;	O
advanced	O
search	O
tools	O
;	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
Blogger	O
Grid	O
;	O
a	O
retail	O
store	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
Deals	O
discount	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
's	O
online	O
bookstore	O
offers	O
more	O
than	O
500,000	O
Christian	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
by	O
Nick	O
Hengeveld	O
in	O
1993	O
at	O
Calvin	O
College	O
,	O
Grand	O
Rapids	O
,	O
Michigan	O
,	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
static	O
HTML	B-Language
presentation	O
of	O
the	O
Bible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
website	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
as	O
a	O
CGI	B-Language
script	I-Language
in	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
gradually	O
expanded	O
its	O
database	O
by	O
acquiring	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
more	O
English	O
and	O
foreign	O
language	O
translations	O
,	O
including	O
translations	O
published	O
by	O
International	O
Bible	O
Society	O
,	O
The	O
Lockman	O
Foundation	O
and	O
Wycliffe	O
Global	O
Alliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2008	O
,	O
Zondervan	O
(	O
the	O
Evangelical	O
Christian	O
publisher	O
of	O
the	O
NIV	O
and	O
TNIV	O
Bible	O
and	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
HarperCollins	O
)	O
acquired	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
from	O
Gospel	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
Joseph	O
Park	O
was	O
hired	O
as	O
president	O
of	O
BibleGateway.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
also	O
co-founder	O
and	O
former	O
CEO	O
of	O
Askville	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
owned	O
by	O
Amazon	B-Application
and	O
closed	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
Rachel	O
Barach	O
replaced	O
Park	O
(	O
who	O
became	O
Senior	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Consumer	O
Products	O
at	O
parent	O
company	O
HarperCollins	O
Digital	O
,	O
Consumer	O
)	O
as	O
General	O
Manager	O
of	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Bible	B-Application
Gateway	I-Application
hosts	O
232	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Bible	O
,	O
in	O
74	O
different	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
