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Fact
Sheet| Name | UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES, a world fellowship of Bible Societies | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | May 9, 1946 at a conference of national Bible Societies at Elfinsward, Haywards Heath, England. The first Bible Society – The British and Foreign Bible Society – was founded in 1804. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mission | The world fellowship of national Bible Societies joins together, as the United Bible Societies, for consultation, mutual support and action in their task of achieving the widest possible, effective and meaningful distribution of the Holy Scriptures and of helping people interact with the Word of God. Bible Societies seek to carry out their task in partnership and co-operation with all Christian churches and with church-related organisations. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Members
& Scope |
145 national Bible Societies (members) or offices together working in more than 200 countries and territories (view lastest updated members list as PDF) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Interconfessional (Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Officers |
President: Dr George Barton
(New Zealand) |
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| Financial | 2005 Expenditure to support national Bible Societies: US$45.8million | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Translation | Currently UBS is involved in 688 translation projects worldwide – covering some 955 languages – and spends some US $11m a year on translation. The number of languages with at least one book of the Bible is 2,426 (comprising 429 Bibles, 1,114 New Testaments and 853 Portions) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 Worldwide
Distribution Through National Societies (rounded figures) |
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Last updated:
February 02, 2007
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