Follow the Bible Update - The President's Blog for November 6, 2009
40 DAY COUNTDOWN
Some time ago I shared with you plans pertaining to the “Follow the Bible” initiative. Well, for this week’s update, I use an article written by Nigel Coke, Communication Director of West Indies Union, as a basis for reminding you of these plans. We are now on a countdown to receive the actual Bible in West Indies Union on Friday, December 11, 2009 at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica. This past Sunday, November 1, marked a ‘Forty-day Countdown’ to the arrival of the huge multi-language Bible, which is presently on a two-year journey, covering six continents, around the world. Its trek is scheduled to end on June 23, 2010 at the 59th Session of the Adventist World Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The “Follow the Bible” initiative, which is a global event, seeks to call back Seventh-day Adventist members and the world at large to the study and benefits of following the Word of God. This unique Bible comprising of sixty-six books –each written in a different language of the world, is measured 18 inches long by 12 inches wide, weighs 16 pounds and has approximately 1,500 pages.
Pastor Derek Bignall, president of the Adventist Church in West Indies Union, explains: “In preparation for the coming of the Bible, we believe that our churches need to impact the communities in which we serve in the teachings of the Bible.” Furthermore, Pastor Bignall said, “During these forty days, the church, through its various regions, will focus on the themes of Generosity, Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Peace and Unity, Health and Wellness and Family Life.”
The countdown will include messages from the pulpit and panel discussions, which will be aired on radio and television through the church’s various sponsored programmes and facilities. In this regard, Bahamas Conference will seek to highlight most of these activities via local cable channel 53, which now allows for up to six hours of local programming. It will be helpful to observe our local countdown:
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 --Day of Spiritual Preparation
Sabbath, September 12 --Bible writing day
Sunday, November 1 -- Forty Day Countdown
November 15-21 --Bible Survey
Sabbath, December 5 --Bible Impact Day
Distribution of Bibles, Food and Clothes
December 11-13 --Bible arrives in Kingston
December 19 -22 --Bible Reading and Town Cry
Sunday, January 10, 2010 --Follow the Bible Alert
January 23-25 --National weekend for Follow the Bible
“Apart from these outreach projects,” noted Pastor Bignall, “we want to call the nation’s attention to the importance of God’s Word in our everyday life, regardless of one’s profession, class, race or religion. God created everyone and we are all in need of His help, especially with the level of crime and violence, immorality and corruption in our schools, homes, communities and government. We need to study His words and live by them.”
“This will possibly be the most traveled Bible in the history of the world as it makes its journey and momentum builds within the Adventist community,” said Pastor Mark Finley, vice president for Global Evangelism and Witness at the Adventist World headquarters. “This Bible will be preached from and read in more languages than any other book in the history of mankind. This initiative will surely restore the image of the Church, that Seventh-day Adventists really are people of the Book. We are truly people who ‘Follow the Bible’.”
Countries covered so far by the traveling Bible include: The Philippines, The Netherlands, Denmark, India, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Romania, Russia, Norway, and the Middle Eastern nations. The Bible, which was in South America last week, entered the United States of America via Miami on Monday, November 2, when it was received by Pastor Israel Leito, president of the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
Thought to Ponder:
Give me the Bible, star of gladness gleaming,
To cheer the wand’rer lone and tempest tossed;
No storm can hide that radiance peaceful beaming,
Since Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
-- Priscilla Jane Owens
Continue to Support the new Bahamas Academy.
Some time ago I shared with you plans pertaining to the “Follow the Bible” initiative. Well, for this week’s update, I use an article written by Nigel Coke, Communication Director of West Indies Union, as a basis for reminding you of these plans. We are now on a countdown to receive the actual Bible in West Indies Union on Friday, December 11, 2009 at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica. This past Sunday, November 1, marked a ‘Forty-day Countdown’ to the arrival of the huge multi-language Bible, which is presently on a two-year journey, covering six continents, around the world. Its trek is scheduled to end on June 23, 2010 at the 59th Session of the Adventist World Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The “Follow the Bible” initiative, which is a global event, seeks to call back Seventh-day Adventist members and the world at large to the study and benefits of following the Word of God. This unique Bible comprising of sixty-six books –each written in a different language of the world, is measured 18 inches long by 12 inches wide, weighs 16 pounds and has approximately 1,500 pages.
Pastor Derek Bignall, president of the Adventist Church in West Indies Union, explains: “In preparation for the coming of the Bible, we believe that our churches need to impact the communities in which we serve in the teachings of the Bible.” Furthermore, Pastor Bignall said, “During these forty days, the church, through its various regions, will focus on the themes of Generosity, Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Peace and Unity, Health and Wellness and Family Life.”
The countdown will include messages from the pulpit and panel discussions, which will be aired on radio and television through the church’s various sponsored programmes and facilities. In this regard, Bahamas Conference will seek to highlight most of these activities via local cable channel 53, which now allows for up to six hours of local programming. It will be helpful to observe our local countdown:
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 --Day of Spiritual Preparation
Sabbath, September 12 --Bible writing day
Sunday, November 1 -- Forty Day Countdown
November 15-21 --Bible Survey
Sabbath, December 5 --Bible Impact Day
Distribution of Bibles, Food and Clothes
December 11-13 --Bible arrives in Kingston
December 19 -22 --Bible Reading and Town Cry
Sunday, January 10, 2010 --Follow the Bible Alert
January 23-25 --National weekend for Follow the Bible
“Apart from these outreach projects,” noted Pastor Bignall, “we want to call the nation’s attention to the importance of God’s Word in our everyday life, regardless of one’s profession, class, race or religion. God created everyone and we are all in need of His help, especially with the level of crime and violence, immorality and corruption in our schools, homes, communities and government. We need to study His words and live by them.”
“This will possibly be the most traveled Bible in the history of the world as it makes its journey and momentum builds within the Adventist community,” said Pastor Mark Finley, vice president for Global Evangelism and Witness at the Adventist World headquarters. “This Bible will be preached from and read in more languages than any other book in the history of mankind. This initiative will surely restore the image of the Church, that Seventh-day Adventists really are people of the Book. We are truly people who ‘Follow the Bible’.”
Countries covered so far by the traveling Bible include: The Philippines, The Netherlands, Denmark, India, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Romania, Russia, Norway, and the Middle Eastern nations. The Bible, which was in South America last week, entered the United States of America via Miami on Monday, November 2, when it was received by Pastor Israel Leito, president of the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
Thought to Ponder:
Give me the Bible, star of gladness gleaming,
To cheer the wand’rer lone and tempest tossed;
No storm can hide that radiance peaceful beaming,
Since Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
-- Priscilla Jane Owens
Continue to Support the new Bahamas Academy.
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