UBS World Report
January/February
2002, Number
366
New translation welcomed
for liberty and reconciliation
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feature
× A Tzotzil
woman holds her new Tzotzil: Chamula Bible at its launch on November 25,
2001
Contents
Colleagues pay handsome
tributes to General Secretary
Scholarly Publications Catalog now available on
Intranet
‘Nothing like
this has been done with the Bible since Gutenberg’ (Sweden)
Danish Bible Society
moves into Scriptures on video
First Gospel of Mark in Khanty (Finland)
Gospel wins prizes at book fair (Hungary)
Pope praises Translation for bringing churches
together (Italy)
Broad distribution in Moldova
Society provides free Bibles for immigration centre
detainees (England)
Focus on Burkina Faso and Cameroon:
Strategic location for Society’s
next depot (Burkina Faso)
Society aims to follow printed Jula
Bible with audio version (Burkina Faso)
Impromptu distribution on the shores
of Lake Hippo (Burkina Faso)
Cultural emphasis brings opportunity
(Burkina Faso)
Moïse Kamdem: pastor, translator
and distributor (Cameroon)
Reaching audiences in northern Cameroon
70-year-old vows
to read about Jesus for himself (South Africa)
Call to ‘Pray for Burundi’ amid
fragile peace
New Bible House opened in Nairobi (Kenya)
Bible Society has key role in ‘degenerate’
South Africa – Minister
Mexico Focus:
Society set for role in ministry to
people of the Copper Canyon
New translation means ‘liberty
for the oppressed’
A long way in 10 years: the story of
Pastor Eliseo
Hungry for the Word – ideally
in their own dialect
Tales from the street
Christian witness permeates the orphanage
A verse from God’s Word is enough (Brazil)
English policeman finds New York emergency workers
open to the Gospel (USA)
‘Why I know I’ll see Chris again’
(USA)
Traffic officer
brought to true understanding of faith (Thailand)
Schoolbooks plant Christian seeds for Thai
flood victims
Million-dollar Bible launched in Australian
outback
Study looks at women’s role in light of Scripture
(Indonesia)
Huli people to get Bible in their own language
(Papua New Guinea)
Pakistan team works
hard at festival
Generous teenager gives her new computer to Bible
work (South Pacific)
Bible
people in the news
Bible news in brief
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