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Sermonary from Ministry Pass recently finished its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and now everyone can get it. Justin Trapp, the creator of Sermonary, offers this online sermon preparation tool to help simplify the process of preparing and preaching sermons using an online tool instead of Microsoft Word or some other installed writing tool. Few preachers need all the tools available in complex word processors like Microsoft Word or even the simpler Apple Pages or Google Docs. What if we had a tool created with writing sermons and Bible studies in mind? That's what you get with Sermonary.

Recently, Oak Tree Software released Accordance 12, a small upgrade to their powerful Bible study program for both Mac and now Windows. It brings with it some new features that might make users want to upgrade. We'll take a look at the user interface and new features and see what makes Accordance 12 different than the other power-user Bible programs available.

Over the past year, we've tried to ramp up our worship software reviews here at ChurchTechToday. While other kinds of software like church management software seem to get lots of press in the church tech space, we thought it important to put some time and energy into helping worship leaders with their software selection.

Proclaim comes from Faithlife, the same company that makes Logos Bible Software, which I recently reviewed. It's a departure from typical worship presentation software since it's designed with the online syncing component in mind. Install Proclaim on your church's worship presentation computer, the office computers, and home computers of each team member who helps build worship presentations. It also interacts with other services from Faithlife and their great Logos Bible Software. We reviewed Proclaim back i

Logos 7 is the latest version of one of the most power and complex Bible software packages available for scholars, preachers, Bible students and laypeople. We'll take a look at the update and show users the most useful features in this powerful package. Who should give Logos 7 a serious look and does it offer enough value to make it worth the expense? Let's start with an overview before checking out the new features.

Today's Bible software includes incredibly powerful tools, ready for Sunday school teachers and seminary professors alike. Bible study software can be a huge investment--with costs ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Here, we'll take a look at the five best Bible software options available on the market today. These all run on both Mac and Windows, although the last two use emulation software to run their Windows software on a Mac, so Mac users should probably focus on the first three options.

Worship software has been around since the end of the last century, but with many churches still using PowerPoint, Keynote, or other business-centric presentation software, you may think, “What’s the big deal? Why shouldn’t we stick with what works?” ProPresenter 6 answers with features that should stop people from asking that question and make business leaders ask, “Why should I stick with PowerPoint when there’s ProPresenter?”

MediaShout recently released a major update to their worship presentation software giving MediaShout 6 a cleaner and more tightly integrated user-interface. They’ve streamlined the process of editing the slides users create speeding up the process of importing lyrics and working with other slide show elements like Bible passages. They also Liturgies, a new kind of Cue that creates what many churches call a responsive reading, where the leader and congregation read scripture together out loud.