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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- After six days on the auction block, the bid for the first ever entirely handwritten version of the best selling NIV Bible, Bible Across America, has already surpassed $6,500. The one-of-a-kind item, which features the original handwriting of more than 31,000 different people from across the country, is being auctioned off on eBay with all proceeds benefiting Biblica to support their global Bible translation and distribution efforts....
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- After nearly a year in the making, Zondervan, the world's leading Bible publisher, will put the original version of the handwritten Bible Across America on the auction block. The proceeds from the eBay auction will benefit Biblica, the translation sponsor of the New International Version (NIV) translation, the translation used for Bible Across America. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091112/DE10367 ) The original Bible Across...
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The global board of Biblica today announced its intention to update the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, the first time it has been revised since 1984. The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT), the independent body of global biblical scholars solely responsible for the translation of the world's most popular Bible, is slated to finish its revision late next year, with publication in 2011. The announcement was made at Trinity...
Streaming Audio Bible now playing on YouVersion.com ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two Bible technology powerhouses, LifeChurch.tv and Faith Comes By Hearing, have teamed up to offer free Audio Bible streaming at YouVersion.com. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090210/DC68397LOGO) Visitors to YouVersion.com can read the Bible in different versions and languages, add comments or insights, bookmark favorite verses, and even create an online Bible journal....
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry, recently launched a revolutionary Audio Bible distribution program -- Audio Bible Ambassador. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090210/DC68397LOGO) "An Audio Bible Ambassador is someone who has said, 'I want to reach the nations and make a difference for Christ by helping distribute the Scriptures through the Internet,'" explained Troy Carl, Faith Comes By...
Bestselling Bible Translation Features Innovative Online Resource DALLAS, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced last evening the winners of the 2009 Christian Book Awards during the 2009 Christian Book Expo (CBE) in Dallas. For the first time in the award's 30-year history, a study Bible was named Christian Book of the Year: the ESV Study Bible (Crossway). The ESV Study Bible, which sold more than 180,000 units within five months of...
