resources for the church for a very long time and the tools the pastors use to prepare the sermons . And now we ' re just bringing that deep understanding of the church to this other area . And most importantly , getting the Bible integrated into everything .
We started as a Bible study software company , and the Bible is at the heart of everything we do . And one of the things I ' m most excited about with Faithlife Equip is that we ' re getting the Bible integrated even into what you think of as church management functions . And that ' s something that is really unique , and I don ' t think anyone else is doing .
[ WM ] Right on . I like that a lot . Now , it sounds like you designed it to play well with others . So , if I ' ve got Planning Center and some other things , it integrates well and interacts good with what I ' m already using ?
[ Bob ] Yes . We understand that most people are going to build mix and match solutions . And so , our Proclaim presentation software can read your Planning Center order of service and use that as a base for building that service and the Proclaim presentation . And we ' re using open APIs and have ways that people can connect or import or export data .
[ WM ] Now Bob you and I have known each other years probably 25 years or more . What was the impetus that got you to say , “ Hey , I want to develop resources for pastors .” Where did this come from ?
[ Bob ] Well , I wrote my first Bible software program when I was 15 years old . I went to Christian schools and had Bible class homework , and I wanted to search the Bible faster and easier . So , I ' ve certainly been doing