here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nFURTHER BIBLE MISSION PROJECTS<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"Belarus](\"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Belarus-BAMRG.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Belarus<\/h2>\n
In 1991, Belarus became independent from the Soviet Union, but it has remained under Russia\u2019s influence. In 1986, the Chernobyl disaster occurred in Ukraine, which affected Belarus more severely than any other country leaving it with significant environmental and human devastation. Today, 1.7 million children live in poverty with 500,000 children living in contaminated zones, which brings unbelievable suffering as many are born with genetic defects.<\/p>\n
The country has many orphans and children living in dysfunctional families where there are issues such as alcoholism or drugs. Bible Society has a long-standing ministry to orphanages, boarding schools, and hospitals where it provides children\u2019s Scriptures including Bibles, New Testaments, and portions to vulnerable children.<\/p>\n
Nepal<\/h2>\n
In 1715, Christianity reached Nepal brought there by Capuchin Friars. In 1768, following Nepal\u2019s unification, Christian groups were banned from the country. After the revolution of 1951, foreign missionaries were permitted to enter Nepal but only to perform social service work. In the same year, a church was planted in Kathmandu by Indian Christian technicians working in the area. However, church growth was slow due to a hostile cultural and political environment.<\/p>\n
In 1976, the Nepal Bible society was formed. Today, it is working to provide scripture engagement projects to women and children. It is providing audio bibles to vulnerable people including illiterate and semi- literate people, the visually disabled and disabled people.<\/p>\n
Moldova<\/h2>\n
In the 4th century, Christianity reached Moldova. Today, 90 per cent of Moldovans identify as belonging to the Eastern Orthodox Church while a further three per cent belong to other denominations. In 1991, Moldova achieved independence from the Soviet Union. In the same year, the Interconfessional Bible Society of Moldova was established.<\/p>\n
Bible Society is focusing on two key areas of work. Firstly, it is travelling to remote rural areas to serve the churches using a Bible Bus which enables it to go to places, such as marketplaces, summer camps and church outreaches. Secondly, it is distributing free family Bibles to give vulnerable families, single-parent families and elderly people access to the Word of God.<\/p>\n
Latvia<\/h2>\n
In the 13th century, Christianity reached Latvia. In 1813, the first Bible Society in the territory of Latvia was established. Latvians were early supporters of Luther and much of the population converted to Lutheranism.<\/p>\n
The churches in Latvia were harshly persecuted under both the Nazis and the Communists. Today, although the country is neither anti-Christian nor anti-religion, it remains a challenging mission field to work in.<\/p>\n
The Latvian Bible Society is working to revise the Modern Latvian Bible to make it more accessible to a new generation. It is producing the Gospel of Mark in Latvian sign language. And it is creating a new website with an online shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your contribution to Bible a Month Regular Giving this month will support the New Zealand Bible Society help make the Bible accessible to Kiwis and encourage interaction with it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":267,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[10,11,12,9],"class_list":["post-60237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bamrg-members-report","tag-bible-engagement","tag-bible-mission","tag-bible-poverty","tag-get-involved"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105739,"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60237\/revisions\/105739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzealandmarketing.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}