The BIBLE changes lives
Millions of people around the world do not have access to the Bible but long to have a copy of their own. The Bible-a-month Partnership is a commitment by the Scottish Bible Society to twelve different projects each year where Bibles or Bible-based resources reach those who need and want them.
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Project Updates
In 2018, our Bible-a-month Partners prayed and gave generously to projects around the world. Here are some updates on just a few projects that you have helped support last year:
Namibia
Thanks to your support over the past year, the Bible Society of Namibia have begun translating the Bible into the Oshikwanyama and Oshindonga languages. The translation team have finished the Gospels and are progressing with other books. An engagement workshop is planned with pastors who will help to develop Bible Study materials from the book of Mark. The focus will be on youth, the target group of the new Bible translation.
Laos
When Loe (pictured) received a Bible and read it for the first time, she thought ‘This is the story of Jesus!’ and was excited to read about his miracles. “When I am afraid or lonely or stressed, I read the Bible and feel comforted. I have read all four Gospels and am reading Genesis now. I give thanks to God for the people who help me to go to school, know God and have a chance to study the Bible. May God bless them.”
Honduras
Thanks to your support, a further 3,500 Bibles have been produced and are ready to be distributed to police in Honduras, the most violent country in the world. A meeting was held at the Police Technological Institute with pastors, leaders and volunteers supporting Bible studies in police offices nationwide. Leaders and volunteers continue to run the Prisoner’s Pilgrimage Programme. At the end of the programme, prisoners receive a diploma and a Bible. More than 1,500 prisoners have graduated nationwide, with many lives changed thanks to this project.
August 2019
Israel
Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.
Luke 9:60 (NLT)
Proclaiming the Word of God throughout Israel
Sharing the Word of God at an outreach event in Israel
There is a growing openness and seeking within Israeli society that creates an excellent opportunity to present the true and full message of the Word of God, the Good News in Jesus Christ, for people to hear, know, and be saved.
In addition to that, the local body of believers in Israel is growing and cooperating in reaching out to society.
The Bible Society in Israel, together with local congregations and believers, is engaging with people from all walks of life – Jews and Arabs, secular and religious – who are seeking meaning and truth for their lives. The Bible Society will be providing them with the life-changing Word of God and outreach materials in Hebrew, Arabic, and other local spoken languages (such as Russian, Amharic, English, and French).
Pray that doors remain open in Israel for outreach and ministering. Please pray also for hunger in people’s hearts to seek God.
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