Bible
Society work in Malawi
Bible Society in Malawi
PO Box 740
Blantyre
Malawi
Tel: +(265)-1821443/ 1824842
Fax: +(265)-1833091
E-mail: bsmalawi@malawi.net
Country Data:
| Area: | 118,484 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 9,933,868 (1999) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$190 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 58% (1998) | |
| Religions in % of Population (1996): | Protestant |
35.0%
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| Roman Catholic |
28.0%
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| Muslim |
18.0%
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| Traditional Beliefs |
16.5%
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| Other |
2.5%
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| Official Language: | English | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1880 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1966 | |
| Date of Full Membership in UBS: | 1988 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
|
Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
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| 72,609 | 1,205 | 66,802 | 45,223 | 0 | 0 |
Latest News #370 – ‘You cannot open this Bible, but it is not a closed book’ (September 2006) [PDF]
Scottish Bible Society supports holistic ministry in Malawi (July 2006)
New Testament in Tumbuka speaks to blind man’s heart (June 2006)
Partnerships and new formats point the way in Malawi (April/May 2006)
Audio Scriptures help Sena people to engage with God’s Word (April/May 2006)
‘Please don’t take away our Scripture broadcasts,’ say radio listeners (April/May 2006)
Bereaved mother’s recitations ‘just a revelation from God’ (Aug./Sep. 2004)
Chiyao translation team perseveres despite slow progress (November 2003)
New Bible is ‘special treasure’ for ex-prisoner (October 2003)
Faith Comes By Hearing — Stories from Africa (October 2003)
Latest News (October 2003)
Latest News (June 2003)
Latest News (June 2003)
UBS fellowship asked to pray for Malawi e-230 (March 2003)
New vehicles take Bibles into all parts of Malawi (March 2003)
Mother’s powerful testimony at HIV/AIDS fundraising event (Feb. 2003)
Focus on Malawi:
Hard-hit Malawi has insatiable appetite for
the Word of God (November 2002)
Reading the Bible in a Malawian context: the
Catholic Church takes steps to reach Malawian peoples (November 2002)
Bible translation ‘faces challenges’
(November 2002)
Focus on Malawi:
Christian students
busy for God on the campus (October 2002)
‘Even Paul had to struggle... but it
makes sense now’ (October 2002)
Hard travelling: adventures in a two-wheel
drive (October 2002)
Distributing Bibles since 1924 – and
still going strong! (October 2002)
Faith Comes By Hearing flourishing
on radio and cassette (October 2002)
Bibles unsold as Malawians face stark
choices (September 2002)
Faith Comes By Hearing
welcomed in township schools (July/August 2002)
Malawi food crisis affects Bible distribution
(July/August 2002)
New FCBH agent gets busy (April/May 2002)
Thousands of Scriptures reach Malawi flood
victims (March 2002)
From ‘utter darkness’ to light:
a prisoner’s testimony (July/August 2001)
Opportunity 21
projects take off in Malawi (June 2001)
Malawi
Greets Sena New Testament (October 2000)
Africa News in Brief (July/August
1999)
