UBS World Report
September
2001, Number
362
Bible
Comics set to break records in Côte d’Ivoire
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Secondary school student David Yao reads a Bible Comic in Baoulé
produced by the Bible Society of Côte d’Ivoire (see
story)
Contents
Graduates the key
to Bible work in China
‘I realised we need a more modern
translation’: Hu Hui Ping’s story
‘Despite opposition, Jesus wanted
me to respond’ – Shi Wen Hua
Addressing a ‘special’ audience nearly a billion
strong (India)
Bible Society in relief efforts after Philippines
volcano and typhoon
New Bible House serves unique Christian region
(India)
Vietnam Protestants
to get thousands more Bibles
BSI distributes to the ‘suffering people of Gujarat’
(India)
Whole Bible translation brings joy to Laotian
pastors
When the Church
must speak out (Côte d’Ivoire)
Record distribution predicted for Bible Comics
(Côte d’Ivoire)
Addressing Scripture needs in central and western
Côte d’Ivoire
New Bible
House needed as Bible work set to expand (Côte d’Ivoire)
New home owners given free Bibles as Zimbabwe
economy weakens
Shooting mars start of communications conference
(South Africa)
Madagascar Focus
Central warehouse to underpin O-21
programs
New translation puts Bible into today’s
language
Learning Braille with the ‘bush taxi’
Curious bequest of the Welsh Bible
pioneers
Unrest closes Society in Chad
Churches welcome new Sukuma translation;
two new Scripture programs launched (Tanzania)
Haiti Focus
Opportunity 21:
investing in Haiti’s future
O-21
changing Haiti’s children
Hope for children in poor schools
Prosperous college teaches lessons
about life
The Gospel in demand in Haiti’s public
schools
Roman Catholic schools embrace Book
of Life
Troubled Jamaica ‘needs prayers for peace’
Scriptures for earthquake victims (Peru)
Twenty-five year collaboration produces Cree New
Testament (Canada)
ABS integrates publishing (USA)
Prisoner of war
found hope in the Bible (Iraq)
Making contacts across religious divides (Turkey)
Church celebrates anniversary of AV commissioning
(Scotland)
Thriving Bible centres show ‘openness ... about
Christ’ (West Bank)
‘I felt a relief and and a pulling sensation and
I knew it was over’
– an alcoholic’s story (England)
Bible Society relaunched ‘with campaigning dimension’
(England)
Chuvash
Pentateuch given warm welcome
Christians in southern Egypt have new bookshop
Bookshop re-opens after 25 years (Lebanon)
Bible People in the News & Bible News in
Brief
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