Latest Appeals http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/ We run regular appeals to raise awareness and funds to aid Bible publishing, distibution, translation and engagment in New Zealand and worldwide. The worldwide need is great and meeting this need relies on the generosity of supporters. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:05:16 CDT en-us Copyright 2008 The Bible Society in New Zealand Myanmar - Whose People are in Desperate Need http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/myanmar-whose-people-are-in-desperate-need/ http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/myanmar-whose-people-are-in-desperate-need/ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:24:13 CDT Myanmar Appeal Aug 08Through your gift to this appeal, Bible Society will be able to make urgent repairs to Bible House which Church leaders have identified as a key infrastructure for Bible distribution.  Daily, people who have lost everything in the storm come to Bible House seeking Bibles.

Your gift will also help to provide Bibles and a Scripture selection entitled ‘From Frightful Nargis to a Brighter Future’ to those who have been severely traumatised by the storm, as well as Bibles and New Testaments for distribution through churches.

Additionally, as a member of the newly formed Myanmar Christian Coalition for Storm Relief, which represents 20 Christian relief and Church organizations, Bible Society will be involved in providing cyclone victims with an emergency package which includes Scriptures as well as rice and clothing.

]]> Bibles in the Midst of Catastrophe http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/bibles-in-the-midst-of-catastrophe/ http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/bibles-in-the-midst-of-catastrophe/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:52:50 CDT Mozambique Bibles for the NeedyIn the midst of catastrophe.....
That's the time when the Bible and the comfort, hope and assurance its message brings, is most needed.
Food, shelter, clothing, medicine...they're the first priority.  But once they're supplied and applied, the soul's need for sustenance starts to cry out and that cry gets louder and louder.  That's when Bibles are most urgently and desperately needed....

In Mozambique, Bible Society has asked for our help to provide Bibles for 9,000 families, many of whom are Christians, in the wake of recent flooding which has seen 100,000 people displaced, 22,000 homes destroyed and 33,000 hectares of crops ruined.  There is an urgent need to replace Bibles lost in the floods and for the hope and assurance they bring.

In Cameroon, Bible Society is responding to the needs of refugees from neighbouring Chad, who have fled in the wake of recent violence by Sudanese rebels in the capital N'Djamena, by supplying a 'holistic package' comprising a Bible, Bible comics, rice, oil and soap.

In India, Bible Society is working to replace Bibles following the persecution of Christians by extremists of other faiths in Orissa which has seen seventy churches, five convents and 1,500 houses burnt to the ground.  Over 100,000 Christians have been displaced and many are in hiding.

By making a gift to these emergency Bible needs you will be helping to bring comfort and hope where it is most needed. 

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Download the resource booklet]]> China Appeal http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/china-appeal/ http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/china-appeal/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:49:19 CDT There are now over 100 million Christians in China creating an urgent and growing need for Bibles. With 700 million Chinese living on less than $3 a day, your gift will make a Bible affordable to such people. For every $2 of your gift you will enable a Chinese Christian to have a Bible for half the amount they would usually pay.

With the opening of the new Amity Press in Nanjing, China, the capacity is more than double that of the old press with the ability to now print more than 12 million Bibles a year. Amity printed Bibles are freely and openly available in China and possession of an Amity printed Bible in China is legal.

God has given us this unique oportunity to help support the mission to bring the Bible to the people of China. Please prayerfully consider partnering with us in this modern-day miracle of making Bibles available in Chinese for the Chinese people by making a gift today. 

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Download the resource booklet]]> HIV/AIDS - The Good Samaritan http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/hivaids-the-good-samaritan/ http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/hivaids-the-good-samaritan/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:42:13 CDT The Good SamaritanBased on the parable of the Good Samaritan in which the HIV/AIDS virus is depicted as the robbers who attacked the man on the road to Jericho, the Good Samaritan programme brings a Christian message of hope for the suffering, compassion towards the ill and the dying, abstinence before marriage and faithfulness to a lifelong partner to help combat the HIV/AIDS virus. Pictured is Armelle Mekui, the newly appointed coordinator of the HIV/AIDS project in Gabon, with two of her helpers.

The programme is being received by governments, churches and Christian agencies in Africa with a degree of enthusiasm far beyond the original expectations of the project initiators. There is a great deal of interest in African countries to expand the programme and, at this time, a further ten Bible Societies are waiting to implement the programme. The only limitation is the lack of funding!

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]]> Children's Bibles http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/childrens-bibles/ http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/childrens-bibles/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:44:39 CDT Summer 2008 Appeal - Known Only to GodToday's children are tomorrow's citizens and leaders. So many children today grow up in ignorance of the basics of the Christian faith. Yet, when they do hear about it through specially designed Children’s Bibles, they really get excited in a way few adults ever do! Bible Society has a special mission in bringing Bibles to children worldwide. We have over 550 projects to bring God’s message to tomorrow’s citizens – but nearly all these projects need our help. Will you help them, please?

Give a gift securely on our online giving page]]> Prayer Booklet 2008 http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/prayer-booklet-2008/ http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/prayer-booklet-2008/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:44:57 CDT Prayer Booklet 2008 Each year, in December, we send our supporters the annual Prayer Booklet. It suggests subjects to pray for in every Bible Society around the world during the following year. If you haven’t received one, please ask us – we’d be glad to send you one.

In the first fortnight the country of Nepal is featured in the Prayer Booklet. There is an urgent need for Bibles in Nepal. The Bible Society in Nepal has only recently been registered by the government after eleven years of failed applications. So the doors are open! We need to help them as much as we can – now! Will you please help with you gift and your prayers?

Give a gift securely on our online giving page]]> Bible needs in New Zealand and the South Pacific http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/bible-needs-in-new-zealand-and-the-south-pacific/ http://biblesociety.org.nz/latest-appeals/bible-needs-in-new-zealand-and-the-south-pacific/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:45:20 CDT Family Bibles - Family Bibles Christmas Appeal The most important people at Christmas are family. So last year our Christmas appeal focused on 'Family' – Bible needs in New Zealand and in the South Pacific, our next-door neighbours. Bibles and Scripture material for people who need them – prisoners, the elderly, hospital patients, children in schools… and in the South Pacific. This appeal is to provide Bibles for Christians who cannot afford them and for those still searching for faith. Can you please give a gift this Christmas for our friends and neighbours here and in the South Pacific?

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