UBS World Report
December
2001, Number
365
How can
the Bible help Cameroon’s pygmy people?
See Focus on Cameroon
n This elderly
Baca woman became a Christian when she fell ill (more...)
Contents
Attacks on the USA:
Policeman sees Bible’s power in aftermath
of attacks on USA
Chaplain gets ‘tough questions’ after
September 11
Mother and daughter turn to the Bible
Scripture verse strengthened fireman in World Trade
Center ruins
 Tarahumara
Christians find the old ways less than sacred Ø
(Mexico)
Many ministries but a single Saviour (Mexico)
Plans for Scripture distribution in Honduras,
Nicaragua and Cuba following Hurricane Michelle
Distribution earns thanks from the great and the
good (Uruguay)
New translation is a success from north to south
(Brazil)
 The
Bible in Bulgarian Braille: Ivan Tanev’s monument Ø
Positive response by media to new Turkish
Bible
Uzbekistan ‘calm’;
Bible Society ‘in good heart’ despite military action in Afghanistan
New Scripture a symbol of church unity in Poland
The Gospel of Luke in Finnish Romani launched
The Amazing Journey to continue for third year
(Ireland)
New Russian Scripture to boost evangelism
 Focus
on Cameroon and Burkina Faso:
How can the Bible help Cameroon’s
pygmy people? Ø
Photo story: an elderly Baca woman who accepted
Christ (Cameroon)
How God touched the heart of a young pygmy man
(Cameroon)
New Bible House to grow Bible work in Burkina
Faso
A Bible to unite families (Burkina Faso)
Photo story: Young girl reading a New Reader Portion
(Burkina Faso)
FCBH program sparks successful self-help scheme
(Burkina Faso)
Warm welcome for the modern Lingala Bible (DR
Congo)
 Thailand
focus:
Making
the Bible available in Thailand
Crossing Thailand with God’s Word
Ø
A Bible-centred school
Christian communities welcome new Bible Society
distribution centres
Islanders welcome Futunian New Testament
Bishop Malik urges Christians to be ‘Christ-like’
following massacre; Pakistan Bible Society plans response to
crisis
Bible Society launches first Children’s Bibles
in Indian languages
Bible news in
brief
Bible people in the
news
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