Bible Society work in Belgium

A dialogue established between the Netherlands Bible Society and the Bible Society in Flanders (formerly the Flemish Bible Society) led to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding which, in turn, will see the amalgamation of the work in Flanders into that of the Netherlands Bible Society during 2004. The following reports are based on the work undertaken in 2003.

Vlaams Bijbelgenootschap
– VBG (Flemish/Flanders)

Pelderijnstraat 10
8310 St Kruis – Brugge
Belgium

Tel: +(32)-(0)50 79 10 21
Fax:+(32)-(0)50 79 10 22
E-mail: info@bijbelvlaanderen.be
http://www.bijbelvlaanderen.be

(2004 Report)

Société Biblique Francophone
de Belgique – SBFB

Rue de Tubize 123
B-1440 Braine-le-Château
Belgium

Tel: +(32)-(0)2-367-2200
Fax:+(32)-(0)2-640-0936
E-mail: contact@sbfb.be.tf
http://www.la-bible.be/

(2004 Report)

Country Data:

Area:	30,528 sq.km.
Population:	10,182,034 (1999)
Annual Per Capita Income:	US$ 24,630 (2000)
Literate Population:	99% (1995)
Religions in % of Population (1995):	Roman Catholic	83.7%
	Non-religious	8.0%
	Muslim	3.4%
	Protestant	1.0%
	Eastern Orthodox	0.5%
	Jewish	0.4%
	Other	3.0%
Official Languages:	Flemish/Dutch and French (national), German (regional)

Bible Society Data:

Beginning of organised work:	1809
Date of formation of Bible Society:	1946
Date of Full Membership in UBS:	1947

Scripture distribution in 2005:
Bibles	New Testaments	Portions	New Reader Portions	Selections	New Reader Selections
10,345	8,533	5,461	0	7,074	0

Other country served:
	Population	Beginning of organised work
Luxembourg	435,700 (2000)	1874

Bible in the centre of public life in Flanders (December 2006)
Arkventure brings the Bible alive for children in Belgium (June 2006)
Latest News #295 (December 2004)
Donors share Bible Society’s vision for prison work (Aug./Sep. 2004)
Latest News (March 2004)
Warm response to Belarus Bible exhibitions (April/May 2003)
High hopes for revised Segond Bible (September 2002)
When words alone are enough... (November 2001)