Reading the Bible with the Global Church

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As part of Biblefresh and celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, Wycliffe Bible Translators have been running a series of Bible classes called Understanding the Scriptures. Each class is taught by someone with experince of Bible translation and provides an introduction to a theological subject. The seventh in our series, the September class, was taken by Eddie Arthur. Eddie is the executive director of Wycliffe Bible Translators and spoke on how other cultures read the Bible.

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How Do Other Cultures

Read the Bible

Insights from the World Wide Church

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THE WORLD CHURCH

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16,500

4,300

1985 Figures

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ATTITUDES TO THE BIBLE IN

THE GLOBAL CHURCH

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FAITH AND CULTURE

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READINGS OF SCRIPTURE

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POLITICS

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ORALITY

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COMMUNITY

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SO WHAT?

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O would some power the giftie gie us to see

ourselves as others see us.

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Questions

• Imagine that you are a Christian in Darfur –

now read Matthew 6:25-33. What does it

mean?

• When you meet with other Christians, do you

study what the Bible has to say to you or to

us?

• What is more important: listening to the Bible

reading or to the sermon? Why?

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Questions

• What aspects your church’s mission could be

helped by contact with the global Church?

• Do you read the Bible with the Global

Church? Should you? What could you change?

• What responsibility have you towards the

340M speaking 2,000 languages with no Bible?

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