Weekly
Partner Briefing
Dear Partners and Readers,
This is your page that will be updated every other week as we approach April 18-25, 2026.
A few key headlines that everyone needs to know:
Interviews with our key national spokespersons are out that you can share with your audiences – Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron and BJ Arnett (Released on Monday!)
We will have our big announcement on our current headliners for the Opening Celebration on April 18th going out in about a week – but currently those are Candace Cameron Bure, Cameron and BJ Arnett, Patricia Heaton, Pastor Mark Batterson, Pastor Allen Jackson, David Barton, Congressman Michael Cloud, Tony Perkins, Matt Potter of Pray.com, Doug Deason for Great American Pureflix, Jordan Lorence for First Liberty Institute, Kyle Lance Martin of Time to Revive and Bunni Pounds of Christians Engaged who will be calling the nation to repentance and back to the Word of God. Worship artists are Leeland and Phil King. This page is almost done and will be released soon.
Return: Our Gen Z Summit is up and running for America Reads the Bible for April 21-24 for young adults 18-30 years old.
Hosted by our young adult director for Christians Engaged Abby Ralph, we will be pouring into 180 young people for this epic event with Members of Congress, a Capitol tour with Tim Barton, tons of speakers like Pastor Ronnie Floyd, Pastor Lucas Miles, Brian Barcelona, Evangelist Ross Johnston, Jaco Booyens, Kyle Martin, Bunni Pounds, State Representative Alyssa Brown and more. Make sure all of the young people that you know are aware of this incredible event as it will sell out soon.
Every month – we are having prayer meetings, mobilization meetings, Gen Z and pastors meetings. We need your help to stir up others to join us. Please join all of these groups here and get involved. We need you!
Individual Reader Reminders
& Announcements
Deadline for Reader Agreement, headshot, and title is this Friday, 1/16
If you are a reader and responsible for yourself – please make sure you have returned your agreement, your headshot and title to carley@christiansengaged.org and jayme@christiansengaged.org.
Pre-Recording Video due 1/31 - Please make plans now to record your pre-video of your Bible reading by 1/31. This deadline will sneak up on us, so please read the instruction package attached and get it on the calendar with a videographer at your ministry, church, or locally.
IMPT: Please do not send your video files directly to us, as they are too large to process. Kindly follow the Video Transfer Instructions on page 5 of the instruction package for details on where and how to upload your pre-recorded video of the assigned Scripture passage.
IMPT: READING INSTRUCtIONS
Many have asked whether readers should announce the book, chapter, or headings. No, only read the text of the scripture.
Reading notes: If you are assigned to start a book of the Bible, do not state the book name on your recording. Just read the words in your passage. Do not state what you will be reading or who you are. We will handle this with on-screen text both live and in any way we need to use the recording. Simply read the assigned passage from the approved translation (KJV-ER). You do not need to read anything in parenthesis or any definitions that accompany the text.
WHERE TO LOOK WHEN READING
It’s fine to look up and down while reading. I’ve seen a few approaches now from various readers who have submitted videos:
Teleprompter - tough at close range unless you post edit for eye tracking. We can “see you read”. Also, the live reading will not have teleprompter, each reader will need to hold or use a podium for their materials.
Podium – shows the top of the head a lot and it’s a long way up and down (depending on how you’re set up). Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it’s a little clunky
Holding the Bible – this seems to work well, especially for those who do it while standing. It looks natural and the placement is higher than the podium so the face is seen more… many may not have the exact translation so I suspect some are printing and placing the printed pages in their Bible. Page turning feels natural in the examples I’ve seen
Any of these approaches can work well.
We will all be reading from the KJV-ER (King James Version, Easy Read) published by Whitaker House Publishing. Your specific passage in our approved translation can be looked up here: https://biblehub.com/kjver/ At the VERY top of the page, select your book of the Bible and chapter, then use the drop down under “Bible” to scroll to and select “KJV EASY READ”.
I’m also attaching the reader instruction booklet so it’s handy. Key info on pages 1-5 and note the FILE TRANSFER info on page 5 so you know how to send us those videos when they are complete. Don’t email us, the file will be too large for you and for us.
If you don’t hear back from us by the end of February, all is well. We’ll be reviewing these in February.
Join us at the Opening Celebration
April 18, 2026 | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Reception then 90 Minute Program – 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Each reader in the program has the ability to come to our opening celebration on 4/18, if you so desire and to bring one guest, but we will need to know by 2/15 if you are taking that opportunity to guarantee your spot.
We understand it will not be convenient for readers reading in the middle of the week or later in the New Testament, but we wanted to make you aware that it is an option for you. Please get the names and the emails for you and your guests to carley@christiansengaged.org when you can, but those will not be guaranteed past 1/31.
Book Your Travel
The Holiday Inn is our conference hotel and the information is at the bottom of this page or book at the Hyatt Place by the Museum of the Bible. Both hotels are nice and within a block of the Museum of the Bible.
marketing Reminders
Reminders to start planning out monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly email hits to your networks and ministries and social media posts to promote this event and movement. We can’t do this alone. We need your help to inspire people to bring their children and grandchildren to this historic moment in Washington, D.C. and for pastors, business leaders, and families to plan on how they are going to use the livestream in their communities, churches, businesses and in their family rooms.
All marketing assets prepared so far can be found here on the website and we have more to be added soon. Let us know if you need something that is not there.
We are using every avenue possible to get the word out about this once-in-a-lifetime event to make it as successful as possible, and we need your help!
As mentioned in the materials we sent, we have asked you to record a short promotional video (around 30 seconds) to share on your own social channels. The video can be simple and heartfelt — just you announcing your participation and sharing briefly what the Bible means to you personally.
When you post, please tag us (@AmericaRTBible), and request to collaborate with us on Instagram so we can share it, too! And don’t forget the hashtags to make our reach go even further: #AmericaReadstheBible, #ReadtheBible #America250.
We would also love it if you could send us your promotional videos to include on our YouTube channel as well. Please send them to info@americareadsthebible.com.
Booking our Team & National Spokespersons (Media & Churches)
We want every media opportunity we can find to amplify this movement – please consider booking us now for your programs on Christian TV, radio, or podcasts - Bunni Pounds (Visionary behind America Reads the Bible and President of Christians Engaged), Ben Quine (VP of Christians Engaged) or our national spokespersons, Candace Cameron Bure or Cameron and BJ Arnett on your programs. Reach out to Gregg Wooding at gregg@iampronline.com to get that scheduled.
Bunni Pounds and Ben Quine are also booking churches, ministry conferences and any groups where they can speak on Ezra & Nehemiah, the importance of scripture for our nation’s future, and talk about this national movement. Here is Bunni’s book flyer here, but reach out to shelly@christiansengaged.org to get that moving as the next months will fill up. Please help us amplify this message.
Ministry Partner Reminders
Deadline to get your Readers to Us This Week – Friday 1/16
The deadline for your reader’s names, agreements, headshots and titles was 12/31, but we have extended that to this Friday 1/16. If we don’t hear from you by this Friday, we will be reaching out to you to release them, so we can put high profile readers into those spots.
Again, as a ministry partner, it is your responsibility to get us their names, the segment of scripture they are reading, their headshots and titles. You can see how we are listing everyone here on the website.
Ministry Tags are Up for Data Sharing
On our livestream registration and stay informed pages on the America Reads the Bible website, we now have all of our 100+ ministry partners in a dropdown menu so when people sign up and let us know that you sent them, you will get all of the data from those people after the event. They are legally signing up for your emails. Please share this event on your emails, newsletters, your shows, and your social media, and use this as an opportunity to build your audience and build this movement together.
Pre-Recordings
Please make plans now to arrange with all of your readers for them to record a pre-video of their reading by 1/31. This deadline will sneak up on us, so please read the instruction package here and make sure all of your readers have that package and are reading the right translation (KJV-ER). Also, make sure they are recording with good cameras because if something happens to them at the last minute, their pre-recording will have to go on the live stream. Make sure to get it on their calendars now with a videographer at their ministry, church, or locally.
Please do not send your video files directly to us, as they are too large to process. Kindly follow the Video Transfer Instructions on page 5 of the instruction package for details on where and how to upload your pre-recorded video of the assigned Scripture passage.
Opening Night Tickets
If you have tickets for the Opening Celebration on 4/18 in your ministry packages, and/or the Capitol Tour that night with David and Tim Barton that will start at 9:30 pm, please get the names and the emails of your people who will be taking those spots to carley@christiansengaged.org as soon as you can. We will start programming in those tickets soon and emailing them to all participants. We will need to know if you are using those tickets or not – no later than 2/15 to guarantee them.
Book Your Travel
The Holiday Inn is our conference hotel and the information is at the bottom of this page or book at the Hyatt Place by the Museum of the Bible. Both hotels are nice and within a block of the Museum of the Bible.
Discipleship Partners Only
Discipleship Resource Page Assets – Due Now
The link and marketing assets for setting up your ministry on our discipleship resource page was due by 12/31 as we have started to set up the page and are going live on it in the next few days. We are adding the partners in order of receipt and if we do not have your assets received, we will just be adding your logo and your general website link until we get the landing page and products you are creating.
Discipleship partners – Getting A Full Page Ad
Also, Discipleship Partners, we are also going to give you a free full page program ad for the opening celebration and for participants coming to the Bible reading.
Please plan this ad around your free discipleship products that you are offering to the participants as we want every person attending or viewing to get into Bible and discipleship programs. Please make these specific to the landing page you are creating for us to funnel people to you from America Reads the Bible for years to come. Please let us know if you have other questions.
The deadline for this ad is 1/31 – so please make sure you get them together as soon as possible.
Ad Specs:
Images should be 300dpi or higher (with a max dpi of 450).
All colors must be CMYK (we will not be responsible for color shifts due to ads submitted in RGB or using spot colors).
Ad artwork is preferred without crop marks. If you choose to include them, please keep the crop marks outside of the bleed area to avoid the risk of them being visible in the printed program.
Print-quality PDF is the preferred file format. JPEGs are acceptable (please save at maximum quality). Microsoft files (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) are not accepted.
Ad Sizes:
Full-Page
5.75″ × 8.75” (W x H)
Safe Area: 4.75” x 7.75"
Discipleship Partner – Booths at Museum of the Bible
If you are not planning on using your booth at America Reads the Bible for the full seven days of Bible reading, we need to know now. Load in will be Saturday 4/18 from 9 am to 4 pm and Load out will be Saturday 4/25 from 7 pm to midnight. If you need electricity at your booth, please let us know now. You will have a basic 6-foot table and two chairs with your booth and space limited so please plan a backdrop only in your plans. Booths will be open from 9 am to 9 pm for seven days from April 19 to April 25 (outside of the final 2 hours on Saturday night).
Worship LeaderS ONLY
Make sure you book your travel now.
David Galligan, our production coordinator for Christians Engaged, will be reaching out to you in the next week or so to make sure we have every details ready for you and to answer any questions. We also have times that you can lead worship sets at David’s Tent that we can plug you into. He will go over those details with you.
everyone
Thank you again for all of your love and devotion to this project. We can’t create a national movement around the Bible without you. Reach out to our team for questions if you don’t find the answers here or at americareadsthebible.com.
Your America Reads the Bible Team
Bunni Pounds – Visionary and President of Christians Engaged (bunni@christiansengaged.org)
Jayme Thompson – Director of America Reads the Bible (jayme@christiansengaged.org)
Carley Gonzalez – Assistant to the Director of America Reads the Bible (carley@christiansengaged.org)
Ben Quine – Vice President of Christians Engaged, Pastor Relations (ben@christiansengaged.org)
Abby Ralph – 1630 Gen Z Summit Leader (abby@christiansengaged.org)
Shelly Grandpre – ARTB Meet and Greets and Assistant to the President (shelly@christiansengaged.org)
Gregg Wooding – Publicist and Media Relations (gregg@iampronline.com)
Aubrey Grasz – Communication Director and Media Relations (aubrey@fpaf.com)
Judy Palma – Invoicing and Payment Reminders (judy@fpaf.com)
Bethany Stephens – Website and Social Media (bethany@christiansengaged.org)
David Galligan – Production coordinator for Christians Engaged (david@galliganmedia.com)
Our Great American Pureflix Production Team (We love you guys!)
As well as our other incredible staff members at Christians Engaged and Family Policy Alliance who have been helping behind the scenes on this project each day and every day.
Ticketing Details
Main Event
Museum of the Bible
400 4th St. SW, Washington, D.C. 20024
April 19-25, 2026
When you register for the Bible reading, you will have access to the World Stage Theatre and the Live Presentation for up to 3 hours. You will also have access to our private art gallery and interactions with our top Discipleship Partners. Your $50 ticket also includes access to the full museum for the day.
The Museum has no designated parking. Please see the “Plan Your Visit” section of their website, for transportation and parking information: https://www.museumofthebible.org/plan-your-visit
Opening Celebration
Capital Turnaround
700 M St SE, Washington, D.C. 20003
April 18, 2026
Reception & Press Availability – 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
90 Minute Program – 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Currently, tickets for this event are limited to our ministry partners, our 420 Bible readers, and our funders. Please contact info@americareadsthebible.com if you would like to see one of our major donor giving packages, or you can donate $1000 per person here for entry. Dress code for this event will be business casual to business.
The venue has no designated parking, and nearby lots are not guaranteed to have space. Please consider ride share options. The location is 700 M St. SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. The entrance to the building is on 7th Street.
Hotel Information
Holiday Inn Washington Capitol - National Mall
Address: 550 C Street S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024
The rooms for the America Reads the Bible room block are available for individuals to begin reserving their rooms. The room rate is $254.00, plus tax (if applicable) per night for standard kings bed and/or standard queen/queen rooms.
Dates: April 17 – 26, 2026
Rate: $254.00 plus tax (if applicable) per night for standard kings bed and/or standard queen/queen rooms.
Group Code: RB4
Cut-Off Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
This is the official hotel booking for America Reads The Bible.
The last day to make reservations within the group block is Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
*Cancellation Policy: Individuals are able to cancel their reservations up to 72 hours prior to arrival to avoid one night room and tax.
*Payment: CC provided at time of booking is used to hold and guarantee room only. Credit card must be presented upon check-in to hotel.