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Exhibitions, special events and publications bearing the slogan 200 Years of Bible Competence will mark the bicentenary this year of the founding of German Bible organisation Württembergische Bibelanstalt. The organisation’s Bible publishing work is now undertaken by the German Bible Society, founded in 1981, while its Bible-related ministry in the Württemberg region is undertaken by [...]
Maundy Thursday, April 5, will see the staging in central Rotterdam of a performance which uses words and music to tell the story of Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection. One of the sponsors of The Passion, which will be broadcast live, is the Netherlands Bible Society. The Passion was staged for the first time last [...]
Father Zvjezdan Linić is keen to encourage the thousands of people who attend his seminars to read the Bible regularly. What he lacks, though, is practical tools to guide them. This is why he is warmly embracing the West Balkan Partnership’s Calling the Harvesters project. This Roman Catholic evangelist is extremely popular in Croatia, drawing [...]
“What the Lord has said will stand for ever” (1 Peter 1:25). This is the slogan under which the Bible Society of Lithuania celebrated its 20th anniversary and the fact that God’s Word unites the country’s Churches. The Bible Society is the only interconfessional organisation in Lithuania which is actively distributing the Bible on a [...]
Around 20 blind people from the organisation Resources for the Blind were among more than 6,000 participants in the Philippine Bible Society’s May They Be One Bible Run. Holding a rope for guidance, they took their place among families, work colleagues and school and church groups in a high-profile event designed to assist towards achieving [...]
Many young people in Austria are unfamiliar with the Gospels. This is why the Austrian Bible Society is partnering with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students to invite young people, especially students, to engage with the Gospel of Mark. Markant means ‘distinctive’ or ‘striking’ in English – and that is what young people who are [...]
When the Bible Society of Malawi launched a Scripture recital contest last year to encourage people to engage with the Scriptures, it didn’t anticipate the enormous interest it would generate across the country among people from all ages and walks of life. Hoping to attract 6,500 participants, the Society was amazed when 13,000 people turned [...]
Women’s World Day of Prayer (WWDP) is a global, ecumenical movement of informed prayer and prayerful action, organised and led by Christian women who call people together on the first Friday in March each year to observe a common day of prayer and who, in many countries, have an ongoing ministry in prayer and service. [...]
Encouraging children to make a difference through personal acts of kindness or reconciliation is the aim of a new initiative that the Netherlands Bible Society is taking part in. The project, called Kids’ Express, was launched last week by the Dutch Protestant Church. Developed in partnership with the Netherlands Bible Society, it consists of a [...]
From Sunday, October 2, to Sunday, October 9, the Word of God swept through Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The Bible Society of Slovenia, together with more than 80 partners, held the fourth Bible Marathon – a week-long continuous reading of the Bible in which over 1,000 readers took their turn. A free translation of [...]
