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 years, reports Kua Wee Seng, UBS’s China Partnership Coordinator.

The Luke Gospel portion is in the Revised Chinese Union Version (RCUV). It is the first time the RCUV Scripture is published and distributed in Mainland China. The revision of the Chinese Union Version is led and managed by Hong Kong Bible Society (HKBS), and the RCUV New Testament has been completed and published by the Bible Society.

"Storytelling is the fundamental way that people communicate around the world," said Green, executive director of the film project. "Through the "Jesus Film", we can tell the incredible story of God’s love in a simple way that people can relate to—and we can do it in their heart language."

The original "Jesus Film", produced by Campus Crusade for Christ International debuted in U.S. theaters in 1979. With a viewing audience of more than 5 billion, the "Jesus Film" has been shown around the world—often in remote, Third World locations using a makeshift screen and portable projector. For many audiences, it’s their first look at a movie image. In July 2007 the film reached an astounding milestone with the debut of its 1,000th translation. The "Jesus Film" Project plans to continue translating the film into 500 new languages which include every language with more than 100,000 speakers.

The "Jesus Film"Project is a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, International (CCCI), one of the world’s largest nonprofit, interdenominational organizations, founded by Bill and Vonette Bright in 1951.