World Report
November 2000
Number 355

North
Korea:
Eyes on
the Future
Let’s Send Bibles to North Korea!
Gospel ‘Popular Beyond Expectation’ at Olympic Games
Scriptures Offer Hope to Zimbabwe’s HIV/AIDS Sufferers
Denmark’s Bible Journey 2000 Adventure

Contents

World

Visual Bible Gives Opportunity 21 a Boost
Bible Societies Seize ‘Golden Opportunity’ of Olympic Games for Outreach

Asia-Pacific

Let’s Send Bibles to North Korea! (Korea)
Bible Centre for Young People: A Year in the Life (Korea)
Scholars Busy During Visit to Seoul (Korea)
Bible Works its Power in Camps of West Timor (Indonesia)
Gospel ‘Popular Beyond Expectation’ at Sydney Olympics (Australia)
Local Church Offers Children Gospels on the Sports Field (Australia)
‘God Helps You Deal With Victory and Defeat’ – Olympic Volleyball Player’s Testimony (Australia)

Africa

Scriptures Offer Hope to Zimbabwe’s HIV/AIDS Sufferers
New Testament Brings ‘Hope, Pride and Self-Confidence’ to Zimbabwe’s Ndau People
Transkei Celebrates Bibliathon
Scriptures for the Deaf ‘Break New Ground’ in Afrikaans Translation Work (South Africa)

Americas


‘After the Tapes Came... ‘
(Guatemala)
How Hearing the Word Changed the Whole Family (Guatemala)
‘Listening to God’s Word Gave Me Peace, Hope and Faith’ (Peru)
Blind Men Lead People to Christ Through FCBH (Peru)
Great Faith of Quechua Believers is a ‘Light to the Nation’ (Peru)

Scripture Distribution Brings Message of Life to Places of Death (Mexico)
Bible Translation into ‘Simple Spanish’ (Mexico)

Europe-Middle East

Rejoicing in the Ruins (Chechnya)
Denmark’s Bible Journey 2000 Adventure
EPF To Be Replaced (England)
Christian Satellite TV Station to Produce Discipleship Series (England)
Reaching Out to Slovakia’s Roma People


Looking Back: Indo-Pacific (India & Tahiti)
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