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Bible News Roundup – Week of September 4, 2016

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Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Release New Journal the Word™ Bibles
Bible Gateway Blog post
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Palace of Westminster Launch for God’s Justice Bible
Christian Today
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—God’s Justice: The Holy Bible—An Interview with Tim Stafford
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—God’s Justice Bible at The Justice Conference

#WHYBible: New Campaign to Reach Millennial Christians
CBN News

UK Christian Set for Mars Would Read Bible on the Red Planet
Premier

Forum at Yale Offers Chance to Discuss Views of the Bible
New Haven Register

Canadian Bible Society Partners with International Student Ministries Canada to Distribute Scriptures
News Release

Wycliffe Translates New Testament into Lubwisi for Babwisi people in Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mission Network News
Read multiple Bible translations on Bible Gateway

Bible Society of Nigeria Translates Holy Bible Into 24 Nigerian Languages
allAfrica.com

Bible Society of Nigeria Conducting Marathon Public Bible Reading
Nigerian Tribune

Wycliffe Associates Develops New Tool for Translating the Bible for Speakers of Languages with No Written Form
News Release
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—Wycliffe Associates—Helping to Translate the Bible Where Persecution of Christians Is Severe: An Interview with Bruce Smith

Vincennes Indiana Free Methodist Church, Known for Its Bible Quizzing, Celebrates 125 Years
Vincennes Sun-Commercial

UK Church Reads Bible Aloud Non-Stop for Three Days
Premier
TheBibleLive.co.uk

Marathon Bible-Reading Event Gets Underway at UK’s Winchester Cathedral
Bible Society

Iowa Bible Readers Kick Off Marathon
The Daily Nonpareil
The Oskaloosa Herald: Bible Reading Marathon Comes to Mahaska County Iowa

Bible Brought 3,000 to This Rural New Jersey Town in the 19th Century
NJ.com

Increase in Christian Persecution in India Reported
Premier
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—I Am N: An Interview with Cole Richards and Jason Peters
See resources on the topic of Christian Persecution in the Bible Gateway Store

Ancient, Biblical ‘Jacob Sheep’ Ready to Return to Israel After Hamilton, Canada Stay
CBC
Read Genesis 30-31 on Bible Gateway

500-Year-Old Torah Scroll ‘Gift of a Testimony’ to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Baptist Press

Gift of 1859 Bible Comes to New Mexico Church
Mountain View Telegraph

Jerusalem Biblical Temple Floor Designs ‘Restored’
BBC News
The Christian Century: Archaeologists reconstruct Second Temple stone floor on Jerusalem mount
Read about the Second Temple in Easton’s Bible Dictionary on Bible Gateway

Pope Gifted with Bible in Baluchari Silk by Mamata
NewsX

1.6 Million People Now Attend 100 of America’s Largest Churches Each Weekend
Christian Newswire

67% of Evangelicals Have Looked for a New Church to Attend
Christianity Today

Church to Pay Off Congregation’s Debts Up to £50,000
Premier
Read about Giving in the Dictionary of Bible Themes on Bible Gateway

Church Bell-Ringers Shortage in UK Prompts Concern
BBC News

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