v1.1.7PatchAug 9, 2026Current
An AI Operator that runs the screen like your media team
Your screen keeps up with the message. The AI Operator follows the preacher from the first point to the last, offering verses throughout and putting up the ones it is sure about. Kerygma now saves each service as an audio recording too.
Added- The AI Operator now acts on the verses it is confident about, sending them live on its own instead of leaving them in Related for someone to click
- Record the sermon: turn on "Record sermon audio" in Settings and every service is saved as an MP3 in your Documents folder, under Kerygma and then Recordings
- Ten more translations, thirty-three in total, including Pidgin, Edo, Ibibio, Tiv and Fula
- Live Display now shows every screen connected to your computer with its name and size, laid out the way Windows and Mac show them
- The Free plan now shows clearly which translations are included and which come with Pro
Improved- Scripture suggestions now come through the whole sermon. They used to appear only after a long pause, which rarely happens while a preacher is in flow, so the AI sat silent through most of a message
- Say "verse eighteen of the same chapter" and Kerygma uses the chapter being read, not one mentioned earlier in the sermon
- A verse you call by name goes live the first time you say it. Before this, some verses had to be called twice
- Your microphone list updates the moment you plug one in or take one out, with no restart
- Kerygma remembers your microphone by name and tells you when it is missing, instead of failing silently
- Licence and connection messages now match the look of the app instead of standing out in red
- Auto structure in the song composer now puts three lines on each slide
Fixed- Related no longer lists the same verse twice, and never shows a verse at zero percent
- Transcription no longer stops working after a long pause in the service
- A sermon recording is no longer lost if the app restarts in the middle of a service
- Changing translation no longer pushes whatever is in Stage Preview onto the screen
- The Audience and Projector buttons no longer disagree with each other after saving
- The projector returns to its own screen when you reopen Kerygma
- Press Escape to leave the projector when it is covering your main monitor
- The song composer no longer saves the first song you searched for after you load a second one
v1.1.6PatchAug 3, 2026
Smarter AI Operator and the AI judge on every plan
This release makes the AI Operator more accurate, brings the AI verse judge to every plan, adds quick output buttons, and fixes Mac installs.
Added- Audience and NDI buttons in the top bar, so you can turn each output on or off without opening Outputs
- Pay in Naira through Bachs, and gift Kerygma to another church from the pricing page
- The AI verse judge now works on every plan: Plus is unlimited, Pro gets 40 minutes per week, Free gets 10 minutes per week. Minutes reset every Monday
- The judge now runs in the cloud, so there are no more large model downloads
Improved- The AI Operator corrects itself quickly when the preacher misspeaks
- Fewer wrong verses reach the screen. A verse only goes live when the preacher's words support it
- The update window can now be closed. Required updates will remind you again on the next launch
Fixed- Mac: Kerygma now opens normally after download instead of showing the damaged app message
- Windows: the installer now sets up Windows Firewall so other computers can see the NDI feed
- Clearer messages when NDI output cannot start
v1.1.5PatchJul 24, 2026
Built-in NDI and a faster way to find any verse
This release removes the separate NDI setup, adds an in-app announcements bell and a first-run tour, and lets you find scripture just by typing the words of a verse.
Added- NDI output now works out of the box, with no separate NDI Tools install needed on any computer
- Find scripture by its words: in Go to Reference, type a phrase the preacher quoted and Kerygma finds the verse for you
- An announcements bell in the top bar shows new features and update alerts right inside the app
- Choose the theme for your NDI feed directly in Outputs, without opening Theme Studio
Improved- Go to Reference now shows the real verse as you type, with Open in Preview or Send to Live on every result
- The transcript and detections panels now open at full size, and you can still resize them to taste
- Pick which screen shows Live Output and it moves there instantly, and Kerygma remembers your choice next time
- Keyboard shortcuts across every menu now work, including Ctrl+G to jump to a reference and Ctrl+Enter to send live
- Improvement on the AI Operator beta which is about 5% more efficient
Fixed- NDI output was missing on computers that did not have NDI Tools installed
- Go to Reference could get stuck showing loading and never display the verse
- Ctrl+G and most other keyboard shortcuts did nothing when pressed
- Session notes could occasionally stop before the end on longer sermons
v1.1.4PatchJul 16, 2026
Songs mode & Director Mode: Kerygma now carries the whole service.
Worship and the Word. Kerygma now runs your song lyrics live, with play order and one-click sections. And when the preaching starts, the new Director Mode listens and puts the right verse on screen without a hand on the keyboard.
Added- Songs mode: a full lyrics workflow beside Scripture. Build a song library, write and edit songs in the composer, and send sections live. Verse, Chorus, Bridge, exactly like the tools you already know.
- Bring your songs with you: import from EasyWorship, ProPresenter 6, OpenSong, OpenLyrics, or plain text. You can also search for lyrics online, with suggestions appearing as you type.
- Play order: set the order once (Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Bridge) and step through the song in sequence, live.
- A look of their own: songs get their own theme, separate from scripture, so you can style lyrics one way and verses another.
- A background per song: set a background on a song and it applies automatically every time that song loads.
- Director Mode (beta): turn on one switch next to the Translation menu and Kerygma follows the sermon. It hears the reference, waits until it is sure, and sends the verse live. Steady, with no flicker and no jumping back and forth. It walks with the preacher verse by verse and moves long passages forward screen by screen, never pulling the congregation backwards.
- "You know the scripture...": when the preacher quotes a verse without saying the reference, Director Mode recognises the quote, even in the preacher's own words, and brings up the scripture with a note telling you what it found.
- A real update experience: when a new version is out, Kerygma shows you what's new with Download, Remind me later, and Skip. A working "Check for updates" button now lives in Settings, under About.
Improved- Pause means pause: pausing the session now fully stops listening. Nothing is heard and nothing is spent until you resume.
- Honest connection status: the cloud transcription indicator now reads Offline when the connection drops, and a refresh button reconnects on the spot. No more restarting the app mid-service.
- Export for everyone: File, then Export Transcript, is now available to every church.
- Media library housekeeping: right-click any background to delete it, and importing a video no longer flashes a playback window. Thumbnails appear quietly on their own.
- Session notes, easier to read: clear sections for the big idea, themes, excerpts, and references, with a proper retry if generation fails.
- A leaner download on Windows, and the About panel now shows the real version number with working Licenses, Privacy, and Acknowledgements links.
Fixed- Saying "is" or "am" mid-sentence can no longer be mistaken for Isaiah or Amos and send the wrong verse live.
- "Next verse" by voice now respects the part of the passage already on screen.
- Signing out fully signs you out. No more paid features or extra translations lingering on a signed-out machine, and no more garbled church name in the title bar.
- Opening Kerygma twice no longer launches two copies.
- Starting a session no longer switches Director Mode off.
v1.1.3PatchJun 17, 2026
Theme Studio: make the verses on screen look like your church.
The way scripture appears on the projector is now yours to design — the font, the colours, the background — and what you see while you build it is exactly what the congregation sees.
Added- Theme Studio: a full editor for your live verses, where you set the typography, colours, shadow, and layout and save each look as a theme you can switch between.
- Three ready-made themes to start from — Default, Pure White, and Parchment Light — so a church has a polished look on the first Sunday without designing anything.
- Background choices for every room: a solid colour, a clean transparent background for streaming, or a green-screen background for OBS and vMix lower-thirds.
- Keep one look on the projector and a different one on your stream, each set on its own.
- "Mirror a screen" sizes your design to the exact resolution of the display you're sending to, so verses are never cropped or stretched.
Improved- What you see is what goes out: the Stage Preview, the Live Output, and the Theme Studio preview now match the projector and the stream exactly — same font, same spacing, same background.
- Long passages still split into clean, readable slides, now sized to whatever font you've chosen for the theme.
Fixed- A background colour now always takes effect on the projector and the stream, instead of quietly falling back to black.
- The verses on the operator's monitors no longer look bigger or wrap differently than what actually reaches the screen.
v1.1.2PatchMay 25, 2026
Built for Sundays that run long. A reliability pass for full-length services.
The verses follow the preacher more naturally, the operator screen feels calmer, and the moments when something goes wrong now have a clear way back.
Added- A new candidate list keeps the verses Kerygma is most sure about, so the operator can pick them at a glance instead of catching each one as it flashes past.
- Pin and resize the right-hand panel that give the chapter view or pinned verses more room when you need it.
- When Session Notes don't appear, a clear "Try again" button asks Kerygma to write them once more.
Improved- The live transcript scrolls itself as the preacher speaks, and quietly stays put if the operator scrolls up to re-read a line.
- Long services no longer "go quiet" partway through — Kerygma keeps the connection to its cloud features alive in the background.
- Session Notes now show one of three calm screens: generating, ready, or a friendly recovery view if something went wrong.
- The bottom of the operator screen is split evenly between detection and candidate verses, so neither one shouts over the other.
Fixed- If something fails behind the scenes, Kerygma now explains it in plain English instead of showing a technical error.
- When the preacher reads through several verses in a row, the projector moves to the next verse on its own; no more clicking each one.
- "Try again" for Session Notes works on any sermon you've opened, not just the one currently in progress.
v1.1.1Patch23 May 2026
macOS is now stable alongside the Windows build.
The native Mac installer is ready for church booths, with the same Sunday workflow as the Windows release.
Added- Stable macOS build for churches running Apple laptops in the booth.
- Universal DMG download for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
- macOS download route now falls back to the latest GitHub release asset if release metadata is unavailable.
Improved- Download page now presents Windows and macOS as stable builds.
- Docs now include first-run setup for both Windows and Mac operators.
- Release copy has been tightened around the current v1.1.1 build.
Fixed- Removed older macOS beta language from public install guidance.
- Updated stale fallback download links from the old 1.0.x release stream.
v1.1.0PatchMay 20, 2026
Twenty-three Bible translations, voice-driven switching, and motion backgrounds for your projector.
Windows and macOS builds published from the release desk.
Improved- 15 new translations including Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa — 23 total.
- Switch translations by voice mid-sermon ("give me the Passion translation").
- Motion backgrounds for the projector and NDI output — drop in a video or image and it composites behind every live verse.
- Verse-range highlighting in the chapter sidebar with auto-scroll to the verse on Live.
- macOS installer for churches running Apple laptops on the booth.
- Faster speech recognition with less delay between words spoken and verses appearing.
- Sign in once and the cloud engine switches itself on automatically.
- Three free translations available to everyone (KJV, NIV, NKJV); Pro and Plus unlock the rest.
- Toast when a verse isn't in your active translation, so missing references no longer fail silently.
- Cleaner first-launch flow — Kerygma opens straight to the app while speech models download in the background.
- Crash reports now upload automatically and securely on next launch — no dialog, no friction.
- Help → Send Feedback dialog goes straight to the team.
- Session Notes summary works for full-length sermons, not just short readings.
- Cloud engine label correctly reflects whether transcription is actually running.
- Live Output window stays out of Alt-Tab and won't be closed accidentally during a service.
- Reference line ("Genesis 1:26 · KJV") now appears correctly on NDI output.
- Church name updates immediately after sign-in.
v1.0.5PatchMay 16, 2026
Long passages and oversized verses auto-split into multiple slides
Long passages now split into clean, readable slides. Each operator panel has its own controls so previewing doesn't change what's on the projector.
Improved- "Slide X of Y" indicator and arrow controls on each operator panel
- Independent slide controls for Stage Preview and Live Output
- Amber verse-number markers inside multi-verse slides
- Slides re-flow automatically when the live font size changes
- Settings Cancel reverts every change
- Search Scripture lookups paginate the same as voice detections
- Next / Previous Verse walks through passage ranges one verse at a time
- Larger, bolder slide indicator on operator panels
- No more multi-reference flicker on Live when verses are spoken back-to-back
- Live no longer reverts to a stale verse from a cumulative cloud transcript
- Verse numbers stay visible after a font-size-driven re-paginate
- Slide indicator stays off the projector output
v1.0.4PatchMay 15, 2026
RNNoise + auto-gain audio preprocessing (Settings → Audio Processing toggles now actually work)
The current public Kerygma build. This version makes the app clearer for Free, Pro, and Plus users while keeping the media-booth workflow simple.
Improved- Toast notification when a spoken verse is out of range
- Out-of-range fallback no longer steals Live from correctly-detected verses
- LLM badge purple styling + per-reference cooldown stops AI suggestion spam
- Voice/explicit detections now highlight the active verse in the chapter sidebar
- Partial-transcript regex parser tightened: "verse 16" no longer false-matches Esther 2:16
- Mid-session mic switch documented as audio-quality-dependent (use webcam mic over laptop builtin)
v1.0.3PatchMay 15, 2026
First public release of Kerygma
This build focused on helping a church get from download to first launch with less friction.
Improved- Real-time verse detection with paraphrase support
- 8 Bible translations (KJV free; NIV, ESV, NLT, NKJV, NRSV, RSV, MSG on Pro+)
- 35 min/week Deepgram cloud trial on Free; unlimited on Pro/Plus
- Pro: local AI verse-suggestion judge
- Plus: cloud Claude Sonnet AI, sermon summary, cloud sync
v1.0.2PatchEarlier build
More reliable startup before a service.
A stability pass for the moment that matters: opening the app, starting the backend, and getting ready before the sermon begins.
Fixed- The app reports backend startup more clearly when something takes longer than expected.
- Live Output waits more reliably for the backend before showing session state.
- Reduced noisy detection updates while a service session is starting.
v1.0.1PatchEarlier build
First-run setup felt less rough.
The first patch after launch tightened the setup path for churches trying Kerygma for the first time.
Improved- Audio input selection became clearer during setup.
- Opening Live Output for the first time became easier to understand.
- Free-tier copy was adjusted so new users knew they could start without a card.
v1.0.0MajorInitial release
The first public Kerygma release.
The first version of Kerygma for churches that want verse detection without building a full tech team around it.
Added- Live transcription and scripture detection workflow.
- Built-in Live Output window for putting verses on screen.
- KJV Bible support and local-first operation.
- Windows installer for the media-booth laptop.
That is every public version of Kerygma so far. Older internal builds live outside the public release stream.
