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April 17, 2019 By Communications Leave a Comment

Former UBS General Secretary Rev. Dr. Ulrich Fick has passed away

With great sadness, the Bible Society movement saw the passing of one of its champions on April 11th, 2019 – the former UBS General Secretary Rev. Dr. Ulrich Fick, at the age of 95. At the time of the founding of United Bible Societies in 1946, Fick was still a prisoner of war, but he […]

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November 8, 2018 By Communications Leave a Comment

UBS and WCC offer new insights on the Bible in Christian traditions

United Bible Societies (UBS) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have released a joint publication entitled Your Word Is Truth: The Bible in 10 Christian Traditions. The book is a collection of essays by theologians and historians on how the Bible is used and understood in various traditions. Focusing on ten streams of historic […]

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May 21, 2018 By Communications 4 Comments

Scripture Distribution Report 2017: One in five Bibles distributed online

Scripture Distribution Report 2017

More than 20% of all Bibles distributed by the United Bible Societies (UBS) fellowship in 2017 were downloaded from the internet. It’s the first time Scripture downloads have been recorded separately by Bible Societies – and it shows that online distribution is increasingly significant. While overall Scripture distribution fell by 
12% globally, the number of […]

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March 23, 2018 By Andrea Rhodes Leave a Comment

How the Bible Society of Burkina Faso’s Braille Centre changed a young woman’s life

Awa Bouda, 24, is blind and a teacher at the Bible Society of Burkina Faso’s Braille Centre. She shared her moving story with Bible Society Communications Manager Gladys Guienguéré.  “I was born blind to a family that lived in the village of Goodin in Kombissiri. I suffered a lot during my childhood because of my […]

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March 12, 2018 By Communications 1 Comment

2017 Global Scripture Access Report – gathering momentum

GSAR 2017

In 2017, Bible Societies assisted in the completion of Scripture translations in 49 languages1 spoken by more than 580 million people. 2017 was a ‘first’ for 20 languages, spoken by over 14 million people. 7 communities received the very first full Bible in their language, 4 received their first New Testament and 9 communities received their first, or additional, portions of Scripture. […]

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