UBS World Report
June
2001, Number
360
 God’s
Word: Healing for traditional healers, hope for lonely shepherds
Contents
| Scripture
Distribution Report 2000 |
Millennium celebrations
and Olympic Games push Scripture distribution to 633 million
Message of hope for
Iraqi children
Fresh hope
and faith (Iraq)
Bible Society staff beaten, Scripture books ...
blankets burnt in violent attack (Georgia)
 Chechen
refugees overjoyed to receive Bible Society Scriptures
Scripture launch makes history in Uzbekistan
Entire Gospel broadcast on Austrian national
radio
Scriptures bring joy to flood-hit Western Ukraine
New Bible House in Tajikistan renovated
and furnished
Snapshots from Azerbaijan
 Proclaiming
God’s Word, cover to cover, coast to coast (Canada)
Bolivian floods
prompt emergency appeal
Christ, cultures and computers (Canada)
Dedicated team make huge strides with modern Mohawk
Bible (Canada)
 Audio
Scripture project brings hope to Lesotho’s shepherds
Miracle opened God’s Word for shepherd
(Lesotho)
Bringing the Bible into politics (Lesotho)
Traditional healer sings thanks for Scripture gift
(Lesotho)
A five-shillings pledge helped write the Turkana
Bible (Kenya)
Bible Society in Burundi seeks ways to provide
Scriptures for victims of war
Opportunity 21
projects take off in Malawi
Bible Society distributes Scriptures to victims
of Mozambique’s latest floods
Hope for Nigeria
 Bible
Week distributions bring blessings to Filipinos
God’s Word takes centre stage in Philippine
history
Thailand focus:
Aid and outreach from the MV
Doulos community
Sharing a passion for Christ
The Akha Old Testament –
a foundation now in place
The search for God
The Bible in Sa – “Our hope for the new
millennium” (Vanuatu)
A great Leap of Faith (Wanurr, Vanuatu)
Bible
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