Lumenology for Churches

Bible study your whole church
will actually use.

Commentary, historical context, Greek and Hebrew, and answers anyone can verify. Deep enough for Sunday's sermon, simple enough for every member.

  • No library to buy
  • No training required
  • Every answer cited
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Staff plans from $14/seat. Church-wide plans from $59/mo. No contracts.

Depth Without the Complexity

The tools shouldn't be the hard part.

Traditional Bible software asks your church to buy a library, then learn to use it. Most members never make it past step one. Lumenology removes both steps.

No Library to Buy

Every member gets the core study experience. Premium leader seats add Interlinear Bible, Historical Commentary, and Word Study, with no separate library to purchase.

No Training Required

Open a chapter and the tools are right there. If someone in your church can send a text message, they can study a passage in Lumenology.

One Simple Price

Cover your pastors and staff for $14 a seat, or the whole congregation from $59 a month. No base packages, no book bundles, and no upgrade path to explain from the pulpit.

Built for Every Member

Nobody has to grow into it, and nobody outgrows it. The same chapter opens with a plain-English overview for one member and the original languages for another.

One Platform, Every Role

From the pulpit to the pews.

The same passage, opened for three very different reasons. Each person finds what they came for without wading through what they did not.

For Pastors

Tuesday-to-Sunday prep, in one place.

You know the routine. Six tabs open, three books on the desk, and the sermon still is not written. Lumenology puts the whole study workflow on one screen, so your prep time goes into the text instead of the tools.

Start with Overview to see the passage’s structure and central movement, then move verse by verse through Commentary. Because both are waiting inside the chapter, you can stay with the text instead of rebuilding context across tabs and books—and focus on what the congregation most needs to hear.
When a word or interpretation carries weight, use Word Study and the Interlinear Bible to inspect the original language. Then open Historical Commentary to see how Christians across centuries have read the passage, giving you several grounded angles on difficult questions without starting a separate research project.
Put the question to the Research Assistant and receive an answer tied to the passage, trusted library sources, and clear citations. You can follow the evidence, compare it with your own reading, and decide what belongs in the sermon instead of trusting an unsupported summary.
Move from sermon preparation to pastoral care without beginning from zero. Open the relevant passage, review its context, trace related Scriptures, and use the same cited research tools to prepare a careful response you can stand behind when someone in your church needs help.
Pastor preparing a sermon on his laptop in a church office.

For Teachers & Group Leaders

Walk in prepared, even on a busy week.

Most group leaders get their prep done in the margins: a lunch break, a commute, the hour after the kids go to bed. Lumenology turns that hour into real preparation.

Begin with Overview to understand the chapter’s structure, main idea, and place in the larger story. Themes and Timeline add the background that helps you lead with confidence, even when your preparation happens in the margins of a busy week.
Use Commentary to identify the interpretive questions that matter, then follow Cross References to see where Scripture develops the same idea elsewhere. That gives you material for discussion questions rooted in the passage—not prompts that run out after everyone shares a first impression.
When the group raises a question you did not anticipate, ask the Research Assistant without leaving the passage. Its cited response gives everyone a starting point they can examine together, so you can acknowledge uncertainty, check the sources, and keep the conversation grounded.
Three ministry leaders preparing together with a tablet, Bible, and notes.

For Everyone in the Pews

For the person who stalls out in Leviticus.

Plenty of people in your church want to read the Bible. They start in January, hit a hard chapter in February, and quietly stop. Lumenology gives them somewhere to take their questions, so a confusing passage becomes a doorway instead of a wall.

Open a chapter and start with a plain-English Overview of what is happening and why it matters. Themes and Timeline supply the connections and background that are easy to miss, so a difficult passage feels like something you can enter rather than avoid.
Ask the question that stopped you—about a confusing verse, a translation difference, or the historical setting—and get a plain-language response with citations. You can see where the answer came from, check it against the passage, and keep reading with greater clarity.
Follow Cross References when one verse points toward another, or open Themes to see an idea develop across the chapter. Each tool stays close to the passage, letting curiosity lead naturally into deeper study without sending you across a collection of unfamiliar websites.
Church member studying with her phone and a notepad at home.

Tools for Every Kind of Study

Core tools for every member. Deeper tools for leaders.

Personal member accounts cover everyday study. Premium leader seats add Interlinear Bible, Historical Commentary, and Word Study.

  1. 01Get your bearings

    • Overview

      See what a chapter is about and how it's built before you go verse by verse.

    • Themes

      Pick out the ideas that run through a passage, including the ones that are easy to skim past.

    • Timeline

      Put events in order so you know what happened when, and what led up to it.

  2. 02Hear from others

    • Commentary

      Read what trusted commentators say about the verse in front of you.

    • Historical Commentary

      Read how Christians in the first centuries of the church understood the same passage.

  3. 03Go deeper

    • Cross Refs

      Follow an idea to every other place Scripture picks it up.

    • Word Study

      Find out what the Greek or Hebrew word means. You don't need to know either language.

    • Research Assistant

      Ask a question in plain words. The answer comes with its sources.

Getting Started

Live in your church by Sunday.

There is no implementation project, no admin console to configure, and no training day to schedule.

1

Try it yourself

Tell us about your church and the passage you are preaching or teaching next. We will help you see whether Lumenology fits how your people study.

2

Bring in your leaders

Share it with your elders, teachers, and group leaders. There is no rollout project and no training session, they just sign up and start studying.

3

Hand it to the whole church

One announcement, one link in the bulletin. Anyone in your congregation can create an account and be studying in about a minute.

Rolling it out to your whole congregation?

Tell us about your church and we will help you plan the rollout, answer your questions, and find the right fit.

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Give Your Church Lumenology

Pricing that scales with your church, not against it.

Start with your pastors and staff on one invoice, or cover your entire congregation with a single subscription priced by weekly attendance. A church of 300 equips everyone for less than fifty cents per person, per month.

  • Church Staff: Premium for every seat, $14/seat
  • Whole church: Personal access for every attendee, from $59/mo
  • Premium leader seats included with whole-church plans
  • Annual or monthly billing
  • Cancel anytime, no contracts
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Lumenology for Church

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Premium for every staff seat

$14 per seat · Billed annually ($840/yr)

$15/mo less than individual Premium plans

$70/mo
Get started with your staff

Minimum 3 seats. Add or remove staff anytime. Cancel anytime.

Trusted by Pastors & Teachers

One church.
All on the same page.

“Lumenology has the simplicity to be a valuable daily digital Bible for someone new and unfamiliar with Scripture, and at the same time has the resources for pastoral research and study that make it stand out among other options.”
Van Thompson
Van Thompson, M.Div.
Pastor of Care, Highview Baptist Church
“There is a God-honoring opportunity for AI to be used for God’s glory. Lumenology makes it incredibly accessible for the everyday believer ready to take the Word seriously — and the vocational minister looking to utilize AI as a helpful tool in study.”
Caleb Hughes
Caleb Hughes, M.Div.
Lead Pastor, Fellowship Baptist Church

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from pastors and church leaders

One subscription, in one of two sizes. The Church Staff plan gives your pastors and staff Premium accounts for $14 a seat per month billed annually. The whole-church plan covers your entire congregation, priced by average weekly attendance and starting at $59 a month billed annually. Members receive Personal access, while included Premium leader seats add Interlinear Bible, Historical Commentary, and Word Study. There are no book packages or base libraries to purchase.
Yes. The Church Staff plan replaces separate individual subscriptions with one church invoice. Every seat gets full Premium access, including Interlinear Bible, Historical Commentary, and Word Study. It starts at 3 seats, costs $14 a seat per month billed annually or $17 billed monthly, and you can add or remove staff at any time. If you later move to the whole-church plan, we credit what you have already paid.
There is nothing to learn in the traditional sense. Members open a passage and find Overview, Commentary, Themes, Timeline, Cross References, and the Research Assistant. Premium leader seats also include Interlinear Bible, Historical Commentary, and Word Study. Most people are comfortable within their first session.
Yes, they are exactly who it was built for. Everything is written in plain language, and the Research Assistant lets people ask questions the way they would ask a trusted friend. No one needs to know what a lexicon is to benefit from one.
The Research Assistant cites its sources on every answer, so you and your members can verify anything against Scripture and the referenced material. Word Study is grounded in established resources like Strong’s Concordance and lexicon data. The goal is to speed up study, never to replace discernment.
Lumenology runs on the web across phone, tablet, and desktop, and there is an iPhone app. Members can study wherever they already are, whether that is a laptop in the office or a phone in the school pickup line.
Yes. Pastors use Overview for structure, Commentary for verse-by-verse work, Historical Commentary for how the church has read the passage, Word Study for the original languages, and the Research Assistant for cited answers to harder questions. It covers the full prep workflow without a library to manage.
The Church Staff plan is $14 per staff seat each month on annual billing, with a 3-seat minimum. The whole-church plan is priced by your average weekly attendance, from $59 a month for churches up to 100 people to $375 a month for churches up to 1,500. Monthly billing is available at a higher rate, and annual billing saves about 17%. If your church is larger than 1,500, contact us and we will build a plan around your congregation.

This Sunday's Text

See it on the passage you're preaching next.

Open your text and see what sermon prep looks like with Premium tools in one place. Then imagine your whole church studying with the same simple experience.

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Staff plans from $14/seat. Church-wide plans from $59/mo. No contracts.