Author: Mark Wells
The God who Speaks
When Paul at the Areopagus addresses the crowd in Acts 17 and says “Look to this unknown god” he points to an idol that cannot speak back to the audience. Even today we still have our idols be it money, celebrity, reputation, or our work. These idols fill the place of God, and they can’t […]
Healing the Wounds of Trauma
All of us go through difficulties in life. These struggles can take different forms, but they can all result in loss and in some cases can even cause us to experience trauma. As a Bible Society, we have supported Bible-based trauma healing groups across the world which teach Biblical truths that help people to process […]
World Assembly 2023
James Diffin, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees “I wonder what language we’ll speak in eternity?” This was the question I asked myself as I stood in a service with delegates from at least 130 nations in Westerkerk, the largest church in Amsterdam, as part of United Bible Societies’ (UBS) World Assembly. The songs were […]
Confidence in God’s Word
If you were to decide one day to go sky diving, you have decided to put your trust not only in the person you are attached to but also the big piece of material that they are attached to. You have decided to put your entire life in the hands of a stranger and their […]
The Gathering
Friday the 17th of November at our Gathering was a wonderful evening of fellowship, stories and lovely big tray bakes. Meeting in the beautiful T3 centre in the House of Vic-Ryn we had a time of tea and coffee facilitated by some of our volunteers. This gave people an opportunity to find out more about […]
Providing God’s Word in Difficult Places
Despite major persecution, the church across the Middle East and North Africa is growing! But, they desperately need Bibles. Your support today is vital to help provide God’s Word to everyone who wants it. There are some places where it is simply too dangerous for me to share about the details of Bible Society work […]
Learn to tell the best story ever told
Many of us will enjoy a good story, some of us might be good at telling a story too. Simply the Story is a group which focus on telling Bible stories. We support a project using Simply the Story material in the Gulf where groups of migrants are equipped to share their faith through telling […]
Updates on our Board
Updates on our Board! We have appointed a new Chairperson to our Board of Trustees – James Diffin. James takes over from Tommy Stewart. James joined the Board in 2018 and was appointed Chairperson at our last meeting in June. He works at the Hub Belfast working with students at the Church of Ireland and […]
The Amazing Journey: Baptist Youth
Amazing Journey is a primary school assembly lesson which runs through the entire Bible in 40 minutes coordinated by Baptist Youth. It consists of big set pieces laid out in School assembly halls with actors and volunteers from local Baptist Churches coming along to help run the sessions. This project is in 98 schools across […]
‘Growing with the Bible’ Project in Pakistan
We would like to share with you about an incredible project in Pakistan; the “Growing with the Bible” project. This fantastic initiative, led by the Pakistan Bible Society, aims to bring the Word of God to Christian children and youth across the country. Through a collaboration with Scripture Union in Pakistan, they are on a […]
