The Thomas Nelson KJV Preaching Bible is a two-column verse by verse Bible with references in the footer and both chapter and verse numbers in blue to make them easy to spot. It includes special service sermon helps, leadership articles, and a concordance. Holman makes a CSB Pastor’s Bible that is laid out in a single-column paragraph format. Both contain the complete Nelson’s Minister’s Manual between the Old and New Testaments. Both are double-column and the KJV is verse by verse while the NKJV is in paragraph format. Thomas Nelson’s Minister’s Bible comes in both the KJV and NKJV translation. The Biblical text is laid out in a two-column paragraph format. The ESV Pastor’s Bible includes outlines for special services (like weddings, funerals, and baptisms) along with devotionals and articles to encourage and strengthen a pastor. Both are double-column verse by verse Bibles with references in the inside margin and a wider empty margin on the outside of the page. The same numerous ministry helping articles paired with the more traditional KJV translation. Hendrickson also makes a KJV Ministry Essentials Bible. It has 250 articles geared to various aspects of being a minister and several pages dealing not only with the standard events of weddings and funerals but with handling things like hospital or home visitations and counseling sessions as well. The Hendrickson NIV Ministry Essentials Bible is designed for anyone in ministry, not just pastors. You should usually buy either a translation they already use or one they have expressed interest in. In general, translation should be your first consideration when choosing a Bible for someone else. Links below take you to our review pages. There have been several Bibles released in the last few years designed specifically for preachers and pastors. Bible software made the list and you might want to check back next week to enter the Bible software giveaway we have coming in October. What else makes a good gift? Randy offered a few suggestions in his Gift Ideas for Your Pastor article in 2017. If he is looking for a new one he wants to choose it himself. Though this page is talking about preachers needs specifically some of the points brought up might help you narrow down your choice of Bible as a gift for anyone. Including input from other reviewers and pastors, he makes suggestions based on common uses for the Bible. In 2016 Randy did a post about Choosing a Bible for Your Pastor. They tend to have larger print compared to the size of the Bible than study Bibles do. Reference Bibles are usually good pulpit or carry with you preaching Bibles. Randy also wrote an article about the Best Reference Bibles for Pastors and Preachers in 2014. We have updated it a time or two but it still isn’t an exhaustive list. It listed most of his favorite Study Bibles at the time and is still one of our most popular posts. In 2014 Randy wrote a Best Study Bibles for Preachers and Pastors post. (Most would make great gift ideas for any serious student of God’s Word.) Lists Here are links to several of them to help you if you are in search of a gift for your pastor. We’ve made a list or two over the years and have reviewed numerous preacher aimed products. But sometimes we want to give a little more than a card or something more lasting than a handshake. Some of the best things you can do to show your pastor you appreciate him might by a handwritten note, a verbal thank you, or to show up for more services or other events at your church. October is Pastor Appreciation Month and the Official Pastor Appreciation Day is the 2nd Sunday in October, this year October 13th.
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