Message of hopeSUVA, Fiji — Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iliola showed strong support for Bible Week, held by the Bible Society in the South Pacific between June 29 and July 7. He featured in a 30-second television advertisement which was funded by the government and broadcast in the run-up to and during Bible Week. Other initiatives associated with Bible Week, the theme of which was ‘God’s Word Gives Hope’, included the distribution to pastors of 15,000 copies of a Bible Week Study on the Gospel of John, and visiting churches with a mobile film show. In the Solomon Islands, Bible Week events included a seven-a-side football tournament and a children’s Bible quiz. Many people attended the closing ceremony at the Melanesian cultural village, at which contributions were made by theological students and members of the South Seas Evangelical Central Church. (WR 370/8 - 9.02) e-206 |