Bible Society work in Austria
 Austrian
Bible Society Breite Gasse 8 A - 1070 Vienna Austria Tel: +(43)-(0)1-523-8240 Fax: +(43)-(0)1-523-8240-20 E-mail: bibelhaus@bibelgesellschaft.at |
Bible Society website |
Country Data:
| Area: | 83,858 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 8,065,166 (2001) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$25,220 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 100% | |
| Religions in % of Population (2001): | Roman Catholic |
73.6%
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| Non-religious |
12.0%
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| Protestant |
4.7%
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| Muslim |
4.2%
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| Eastern Orthodox |
2.7%
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| Jewish |
0.1%
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| Other |
2.7%
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| Official Languages: | German (federal),
Croatian: Burgenland, Slovene (regional) |
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Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1816 (first depot opened in 1850) | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1970 (Bible Committee formed in 1947) | |
| Date of Full Membership in UBS: | 1947 (as a Bible Committee) | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
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Bibles
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New
Testaments |
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| 12,532 | 7,892 | 4,663 | 0 | 2,876 | 0 |
Bible Society helps Austrians to love the strangers in their midst (July 2007)
Day of Prayer inspires outreach to needy people (May 2007)
Daily bread for body and soul at Viennese fair (April 2007)
Society ministers to refugees – and to the men who guard them (November 2006)
‘Change a refugee and you can change the world!’ (August 2006)
Plants and fruits bring the Bible alive in Austria (August 2006)
Latest News #320 – Sleepless in Vienna... (July 2005) [PDF file]
Latest News #313 (May 2005)
Latest News #306 (March 2005)
Latest News (February 2005)
Sculpture … mathematics … recipes: Austrian children explore the riches of the Bible (Oct./Nov. 2004)
The Bible touches people behind bars in Austria (Aug./Sep. 2004)
New Bible centre in cultural heart of Vienna (April/May 2004)
Competition brings Bible into Austrian schools (April/May 2004)
Society meeting needs of refugees (July/August 2002)
Entire Gospel broadcast on Austrian national radio (June 2001)
Austria’s ‘Long Night of the Bible’ a National Success (Jan/Feb 2001)
Austria Celebrates Century and a Half of Bible Work (December 20000)
Bible Exhibition Aims to Interest Non-Churchgoers (March 2000)
Bible People in the News (June 1998)
