Every book, faithfully
We animate the Bible book by book — Genesis to Revelation — staying true to the text, not a loose retelling of it. The scripture leads; the animation follows.
Animated Scripture · Every book, brought to life
The greatest story ever told,
animated for a new generation.
PrayWorks Studios turns the books of the Bible into cinematic 3D animation — Bible in a Nutshell is free for everyone, faithful to the text, and built shot by shot toward full-length feature films.
Meet the cast
The faces of the books we're bringing to life
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Free to watch, for everyone, forever
Interactive Episodes
Step inside the stories.
Every episode is built from real frames of our films — scroll-driven, scored, and faithful to the text. Read them like a book. Feel them like a movie. And six of them, you can play.
81 episodes · 9 books
Our Mission
Scripture deserves the screen it was written for.
For thousands of years the Bible has been passed on through word, print and paint. We believe the next chapter is animation — vivid, cinematic, and instantly understandable in any language, at any age.
Cinema-grade animation
Character-driven 3D animation with consistent casts, real cinematography and a visual style built to stand beside major studio productions.
Free for the world
Every animation we release is free to watch and share. No paywall between anyone on Earth and the Word — that's the whole point.
The Roadmap
Three years in,
and just getting started.
We build in public — every milestone below is real, and the next ones are funded by the people watching. Here's the road from a single upload to the films the Bible deserves.
June 2023 · Done
First sparks
The channel opens with short animated stories — Eden, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, Jericho. Small films, one big lesson: the world wants scripture on screen.
2024–26 · Done
The world shows up
David & Goliath crosses seven million views. Samson, Job and Esther follow it into the millions — and a Spanish David y Goliat proves the stories cross languages as easily as borders.
7.6M — David & Goliath
5M — Samson
2.2M — Job
443K subscribers
Happening now
The leap to real films
A new production pipeline: consistent casts, storyboarded books, cinema-grade shots. Nine books and 1,600+ shots deep — progress you can watch move:
Book of Enoch
Books of Samuel
Book of Daniel
Next
Every book, every screen
Each finished book premieres free on YouTube — and becomes an interactive episode here, scene by scene, in the world's major languages.
The goal
The Bible, feature-length
Theatrical-quality films of the whole sweep of scripture — Genesis to Revelation — free for anyone on Earth to watch. That's the road. You're on it.
37 million views. 443,000 subscribers. One mission.
The films premiere on YouTube first — subscribe and you're part of the road.
FAQ
Good questions, honest answers.
Is this faithful to the Bible?
Yes — that's non-negotiable. Every script is drawn directly from the text of the book being animated. Where scripture is silent on visual detail we make careful artistic choices, but we never rewrite the story, add doctrine, or soften what the text actually says.
Is it really free?
Completely. Watching and sharing our animations costs nothing and always will. The mission is reach, not revenue.
Who is it for?
Everyone — families, churches, schools, and anyone curious about the Bible. Animation crosses ages and languages like no other medium.
How is it made?
With modern 3D animation pipelines and a lot of craft: consistent character casts, storyboarded scenes, and cinematic shot-by-shot production.
What happens to donations?
They go directly into production — animating more books, at higher quality, faster. We publish what we're working on so you can see it.
Can my church or school use the animations?
Yes, and we'd love that — they're made to be shown. For screenings, curriculum use, or partnership, see our institutions page.
Help us give the Bible the films it deserves.
Every supporter moves us one scene closer to feature-length productions.