About Publifye
Making scripture accessible in every language.
Our Mission
Publifye exists to make the Bible accessible to every person, in every language, on every device. We combine scholarly biblical data with modern technology to serve churches, Bible students, missionaries, and developers around the world.
Our Story
2016 — Founded
TruthBeTold Ministry launched as a sole proprietorship in Norway, publishing its first 30 digital parallel Bibles across multiple languages.
2017 — 2,000 Titles
Expanded rapidly to 2,000 published titles including study Bibles, Strong’s concordances, and Bible dictionaries in dozens of languages.
2018 — The Gospels Worldwide
Published 2,000 new gospel editions, making the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John available in parallel translations across all major languages.
2020 — BibleRead App
Launched BibleRead iOS app, bringing 4,200+ biblical resources to mobile with offline access, parallel reading, and Strong’s tap-to-lookup.
2021 — Publifye AS
TruthBeTold Ministry incorporated as Publifye AS on 19 February 2021, establishing the company as a Norwegian aksjeselskap to support continued growth.
2023 — Berea Scripture Engine
Released Berea, a self-contained Bible service with 59 translations, 446,544 cross-references, and Strong’s concordance in a single binary.
2025 — AI Integration
Introduced MCP (Model Context Protocol) support across all services, enabling AI assistants to access hallucination-proof Bible data.
Founder
Jørn Andre Halseth
Jørn holds a Master’s degree in Communication Technology from NTNU in Trondheim and has nearly 20 years of software development experience. In 2016 he started publishing digital parallel Bibles, coordinating a team of 50 freelancers worldwide to produce editions in dozens of languages. What began as TruthBeTold Ministry grew into Publifye AS — a Norwegian company dedicated to making scripture available on every device and in every language.
His background spans healthcare IT (building systems for 59,000-participant research projects at HUNT), fintech (maintaining 99.9% uptime on payment platforms handling 300 million NOK annually), and biblical publishing. Today he architects the Publifye platform — from the Berea scripture engine to the AI integrations that serve churches and developers worldwide.
In Born Again, Jørn shares the honest account of his journey from a wandering life to finding peace in Christ — available to read in 36 languages.
Read Jørn’s story →What We Build
Berea Scripture Engine
Self-contained Bible service with 59 translations, 446,544 cross-references, Strong’s concordance, and 13 dictionaries in a single binary. Powers our web platform and mobile apps.
BibleRead iOS App
4,200+ biblical resources on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Parallel reading, offline access, Strong’s tap-to-lookup, and accessibility features including OpenDyslexic font support.
Digital Publishing
4,200+ digital Bible publications across Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, and Kobo. Study Bibles, parallel editions, concordances, and dictionaries in 38+ languages.
Cloud Infrastructure
28 microservices running on Docker Swarm, handling everything from analytics and email to content management and automated deployments — all built in Go.
AI Integration
Model Context Protocol (MCP) support across all services. AI assistants can access hallucination-proof Bible data directly — every verse sourced from scholarly texts, never generated.
Developer Tools
25+ MCP tools, CLI utilities, and Go libraries for the Publifye ecosystem. From documentation (pubdoc) to task management (pubtask) to deployment automation (pubbin).
Based in Norway
Publifye AS is a Norwegian company headquartered in Trøndelag county, central Norway. As a registered Norwegian aksjeselskap (limited company) since 2021 and a digital book publisher since 2016, we operate the infrastructure that powers Bible access for churches and readers across 38+ languages. With thousands of titles on Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, and Kobo worldwide, Publifye brings scripture to every device.