 Bible
Societies ready for World Cup action
SEOUL, South Korea —
The Korean Bible Society and the Japan
Bible Society are using the soccer World Cup as a valuable outreach
opportunity, undertaking a number of special distribution projects.
In particular, the two Societies have collaborated to produce a multilingual
Gospel of Luke in 10 languages. This brightly coloured, pocket-sized
Scripture will be distributed to players, team officials, organisers,
FIFA (Fédération
Internationale de Football Associations) staff and fans by mission organisations
and churches.
It contains Luke’s Gospel, along with
testimonies and colour photographs of four Christian soccer players and
a map of Japan and South Korea showing the locations of all 20 World Cup
stadiums. Eui Hyun Kwon, Production and Distribution Director at the Korean
Bible Society, welcomed the fact that the co-operation of Bible Societies
holding the copyright of the Bible text in each language has made it possible
to offer the Scripture free of charge. Another publication produced specially
for distribution during the World Cup is a Korean-Japanese Diglot Bible.
(WR 369/25- 7/8.02) e-200
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