Church of England expresses its confidence in the Bible London/United Kingdom | 24.02.2010 | Bible At the General Synod two weeks ago, a motion was agreed that means that the Church of England will join Christians across the country in celebrating and promoting the Bible as part of the 400th anniversary in 2011 of the Authorised Version. The Synod voted unanimously to approve a motion which expresses a confidence in the Bible and calls on churches, deaneries and dioceses to use 2011 to teach, preach and share the Bible afresh with our nation. The Revd John Dunnett, General Director of t
Norwegian Bible Society Elects Adventist Chairman Oslo/Norway | 01.07.2009 | Bible The Norwegian Bible Society (NBS), the oldest inter-church organisation in Norway, has elected June 11 Pastor Tor Tjeransen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norway, as new Chairman. It is the first time that this position has been filled by a member of a free church in Norway. Until today a bishop of the Church of Norway has been holding this position. The Church of Norway confesses the Lutheran Christian faith. The Norwegian Bible Society was established in 1816 within the C
«ESV Study Bible» named Book, Bible of the Year 2009 and Winner in the Bible Category Dallas, Texas/USA | 25.03.2009 | Bible The "ESV Study Bible" has been named the “Christian Book of the Year” by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), marking the first time the honour has been given to a study Bible. The Bible, which is in the English Standard Version (ESV), includes study notes from evangelical Christian scholars and other reference materials. Published by Crossway, it also won in the best Bible category. "This was a memorable evening in many respects," said Mark Kuyper, president of ECPA. "
New South Wales Bible Society's «Jesus. All about life» campaign Goes Statewide Macquarie Park, NSW/Australia | 04.03.2009 | Bible The Bible Society of New South Wales campaign "Jesus. All about life" will now cover all of New South Wales (NSW). It has already run successfully in Adelaide, Canberra and Tasmania. "Jesus. All about life" is a non-denominational, advertising-based, mass-media campaign which aims to increase the general public’s awareness of the person of Jesus, and what he said ‘about life’. So far, it has the support of all the major denominations including the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church,
Modern Translation of Chinese New Testament makes debut Nashville, Tennessee/USA, | 19.02.2009 | Bible The printing of 20,000 Chinese Standard Bible New Testaments, described as the first direct Chinese translation by scholars from the original Greek published by Holman Bible Publishers, reports the Baptist Press (BP). Copies are now being sold in the U.S.A., Canada and Brazil. Holman Bible Publishers is affiliated with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). "Our goal is that Chinese Christians would read this translation and love it," said Phill Burgess, executi
Adventist initiative to promote Bible study: Travelling Bible begins worldwide trip Manila/Philippines | 12.10.2008 | Bible Two-year trek destined for Adventist Church world session in Atlanta; about 50 percent of membership read Bible regularly An unusual copy of the Bible began an unusual journey on October 11 from the capital of the Philippines: A special leather-bound copy, measuring 12 by 18 inches, is written in 66 languages -- one for each book. Its trip began at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's spiritual convocation connected with the church's Annual Council business session in Manila, Philippines. C
Australian Adventist Church reaffirms Christianity Ringwood, Victoria/Australia | 01.10.2008 | Bible The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia is reaffirming Christianity in response to comments made by Dr Francis Macnab in the Australian newspaper The Age published in Melbourne on 16 September 2008. Pastor Chester Stanley, president of the Adventist Church in Australia, says that Dr Macnab is right in rejecting dogma in search of "the good, the tender and the beautiful" and is surprised Dr Macnab has not already found it in Christianity. With the provocative claim that "The Ten Comma
Audio Bible Wins Christian 2008 Book of the Year Award Orlando, Florida/USA | 23.07.2008 | Bible The Christian Book Award Winners and "Christian Book of the Year" were announced at the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Awards Celebration held in Orlando (Florida/USA) on July 13. For the first time in the award program’s 30-year history, a Bible and an audio product has won the "Christian Book of the Year" honour: The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible (Thomas Nelson) features the talents of actors such as Jim Caviezel ("The Passion of the Christ"), Golden Globe
China to permit Bible distribution to athletes at Olympics Beijing/China | 27.06.2008 | Bible The Chinese government has given permission for distribution of booklets of the Gospels, New Testaments, and full Bibles during the Olympic Games, even though it normally controls publication of the Bible. An edition of 50,000 bilingual booklets containing the four Gospels will be made available in the Athletes’ Village in Beijing and five other Olympic Cities. Additionally, 10,000 New Testaments and 30,000 Bibles will be printed. The Beijing Olympics organizing committee is allowing the fre
Solomon Islands to launch Pidgin Bible Honiara/Solomon Islands | 27.06.2008 | Bible A new Pidgin language bible will be launched in the Solomon Islands on July 6. The launch of the Solomon Islands Pidgin Bible will be the biggest event in the 2008 Year of the Bible, declared by the Solomon's government. Also the launch of the new bible coincides with the nation's 30th independence celebrations. The14 year long work carried out by the Solomon Islands Translation Advisory (SITA) group involved translating hundreds of pages from the books of the Old Testament, as well as revisi
Gospels to be specially printed for the Olympics2008 in Beijing Beijing/China | 17.06.2008 | Bible Bibles and Scripture booklets will be available to athletes in the Olympic village in Beijing and five other cities hosting events this summer, despite rumours that Bibles would be banned at the games. In a major breakthrough, Chinese authorities have given the go-ahead for the printing and distribution of 50,000 booklets with the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in Chinese and English, 10,000 Chinese-English Bibles and 30,000 Chinese-English New Testaments. The Beijing Olympic organis
China Christian Council produced first ever Jesus Film DVD Nanjing/China | 26.11.2007 | Bible Recently, Campus Crusade for Christ Asia (CCCA) and United Bible Societies (UBS) were able to support the China Christian Council (CCC) in producing their first ever "Jesus Film" DVD, packaged with the Luke Gospel booklet. The DVD comes in 8 languages and dialects: Mandarin, English, Korean, Mongolian, Lisu, Chaozhou (Teochew), Guangdong (Cantonese), Minnan (Hokkien). UBS has supported the Church in the distribution of 290,000 sets of this Video CD with a Luke Gospel portion over the past yea
50 Million Bibles printed in China Nanjing/China | 26.11.2007 | Bible On September 11, 2007, the 50 millionth Bible rolled off the Press at Amity Printing Company (APC) in Nanjing, the capital of China's Jiangsu Province. A celebration will be held in Nanjing on December 8 to celebrate this major milestone in Bible production in China. At the December celebration, the United Bible Societies (UBS) and Amity Foundation (AF) will sign an agreement to extend the Joint Venture Agreement between UBS and AF for a further 10 years when the current Agreement expires in
Christian Bookstore Manager in Gaza City kidnapped and murdered Gaza City | 07.10.2007 | Bible The manager of the Gaza Strip's only all-Christian bookstore was found stabbed to death on Sunday (October 7) in what appears to have been an act of aggression. Rami Khader Ayyad, a prominent Gaza Christian, disappeared on Saturday (October 6), following months of death threats from local Muslims. Ayyad ran the Teacher's Bookshop, which is a ministry of the Palestinian Bible Society (PBS) and the local Gaza Baptist Church. Ayyad was accused by area Muslims of spreading the Gospel. The 32-yea
German Bible Society and EKD present Chinese Bible Exhibition To German Kirchentag 2007 Stuttgart/Germany | 21.05.2007 | Bible After Hongkong, Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York the German city of Cologne will be the next venue of the Bible Ministry Exhibition of the Protestant Church of China. At the invitation of the German Bible Society (DBG) and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) the impressive display of historic bibles, over seventy information panels and Christian art exhibits will be shown during the German Protestant Kirchentag in Cologne from June 6th to 10th. With nearly 4.000 guests from abroad and over
Turkey: International Adventist Bible Conference Begins With Call to Future Efes/Turkey | 11.07.2006 | Bible "Our future is what beckons us and challenges us. And we must walk into that future without distancing ourselves from the 'wall' at our backs. We must feel its support constantly," Seventh-day Adventist world church president Pastor Jan Paulsen said during a July 8 message at a gathering of 240 Adventist theologians and scholars in Izmir, Turkey. He spoke on the second day of the 10-day 2nd International Bible Conference on the role of theology in the modern church. The conference takes plac
National Bible Week to renew the Philippine nation Manila/Philippines | 13.01.2006 | Bible The Philippines is gearing up to celebrate National Bible Week (NBW) on January 23-29. This year’s theme is "God’s Word-Power for National Renewal". Every year, the National Bible Week is celebrated nation-wide by virtue of the Philippines Presidential Proclamations 44 and 1067, which emphasize the importance of the Holy Scriptures in the life of a nation. The week-long National Bible Week is sponsored by Philippine Bible Society (PBS), the Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate of
Growing Need of Talking Bibles for Illiterate Population in India Escondido, California/USA | 16.11.2005 | Bible Talking Bibles International, a non-denominational mission-support organization, has distributed in India more than 3,000 boxes of The Talking Bible® in 18 different languages in the last 2 1/2 years. According to Baskara Chandran, Talking Bible's India Country Director, that number will grow exponentially, up to 100,000 boxes, in the next five years. The Talking Bibles are machines with God's word recorded on them for those who can't read. "Sixty percent of the population in India are illit
SMS Bible launched in Australia Sydney/Australia | 12.10.2005 | Bible Each verse of the English version of the Bible has been translated in Australia into text message-speak, so called "SMS-Language" to allow its lessons to be disseminated more easily. "The old days when the Bible was only available within a sombre black cover with a cross on it are long gone," said a spokesman for the national Bible Society. "In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth," it begins. The Bible Society in Australia scripture director George Rodriguez said only the spellin
Anglican Vicar lauches 100-Minute Bible Canterbury/United Kingdom, | 21.09.2005 | Bible A new version of the Bible -- which, according to its author, can be read in 100 minutes -- was launched in Britain on September 21. The 100-Minute Bible, which says it summarizes every teaching from the Creation to the Revelation, was written by the Rev Michael Hinton, a former headteacher, who launched it at Canterbury Cathedral this morning. Mr Hinton said that it included all the best-known Bible stories, including Noah's Ark and the story of Jonah and the whale. [img id=582 align=righ
Most U.S. Teenagers Believe In The Resurrection Washington D.C./USA | 17.06.2005 | Bible Nearly three-quarters of American teenagers believe Jesus rose from the dead and will return to judge good and evil. A little over 11 per cent do not believe it and about 17 per cent are "not sure". Only 14 per cent think he will return in their lifetime, compared with just over 45 per cent who do not. These are among the findings of a survey conducted by the American Bible Society (ABS) of a thousand young people aged between 12 and 17. Asked what they would do differently if they knew
Poland: New Bible Society Premises Herald A Bright Future For Bible Work Warsaw/Poland | 06.06.2005 | Bible The Bible Society in Poland has officially opened on May 13 new premises with a bookshop on Marszalkowska Street (ul. Marszałkowska 15A) in the capital Warsaw. In November 2004 the Bible Society has been forced to leave its premises on Warsaw’s Nowy Swiat Street, after almost 60 years of activity there. Folowing a High Court decision, the Society lost a long-running legal case, spanning more than 30 years, over the ownership of the Bible House at Nowy Swiat Street. More than 75 guests an
Bible Reading in Australia at Crisis Levels Canberra/Australia | 20.05.2005 | Bible The last Australian Church Life Survey showed that only 19% of church attendees read the Bible daily or on most days; 12% of respondents read the Bible a few times a week, 5% once a week, 27% occasionally and 37% hardly ever or never! In an attempt to improve these statistics, seven Scripture-promoting organisations have joined hands to encourage all Australian Christians to develop a habit of daily Bible reading. The Bible Society, Bible League Australia, Global Recordings, The Pocket Tes
Desired Bible Formats Changing in China Nanjing/China | 10.05.2005 | Bible For the first time in the recent history of Bible printing in China the production of pocket-sized Bibles in 2004 exceeded that of the standard-sized Bible by 500,000. The trend is continuing in 2005 with 500,000 produced in the first 4 months of the year compared with 300,000 of the standard-sized Bibles. The reason for the change in preference is an increasing demand for Bibles from young Chinese. More and more of them are asking for Bibles and the pocket-sized edition is the one they want.
Portugal: Many Reached by New Media Lisbon, Portugal | 23.03.2005 | Bible The idea started with one person. Soon others joined in and now the "Mundo Biblico" (Bible World) CD-ROM is receiving acclaim on the Portuguese Christian scene, said Arthur Machado, communication director of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Portugal. Distributed free, the CD-ROM provides a Web link and includes a Bible text, Bible commentary, photographs of Bible-related places, as well as video materials about Bible lands, antiquity and culture. "It was a private initiative of Joao Mig
Greek Bible Society Outreach During Athens Olympic Games Athens, Greece | 20.06.2004 | Bible The Greek Bible Society of Greece has announced that the country's three major Christian denominations, Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant, will be distributing 50,000 copies of a scripture portion to be called "The Apostle Paul in Greece" during the 2004 Olympic Games to be held in Athens from August 13 to 29. Based on the account of Paul's visit to Greece in Chapters 16 to 20 from the Book of Acts in the Bible, this multilingual scripture portion edition, with illustrations of Greek Artist S
New Bible Centre In Cultural Heart of Vienna Vienna/Austria | 02.05.2004 | Bible A new building being constructed by the Austrian Bible Society (Österreichische Bibelgesellschaft) is set to bring the Bible into the cultural heart of the Austrian capital Vienna. Located within the city’s museum area, the Bible Centre is intended to be a cultural attraction in its own right, both for its architecture and its contents. The old Bible House in central Vienna (Breite Gasse 8, 1070 Wien) had served the Bible Society well since the 1950s, but a few years ago it became clear that
