This initial release was a New Revised Standard Version edition of the Bible, without the Apocrypha books.
The CEB edition included National Geographic maps, a concordance, and an updated layout.
The General Editors of the Bible were William H. Willimon, United Methodist bishop of Birmingham, Alabama and Joel B.
Associate Editors included Bill T. Arnold, Andy Johnson, Sarah Heaner Lancaster, Robert W. Wall, Laceye C. Warner, and Karen Strand Winslow.
[4] Those who worked on the Bible were drawn from eleven churches based in North America with Wesleyan roots.