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CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GOD'S WORD THROUGH AFRICAN EYES
Friend, would you believe that it has been five years since the Africa Study Bible was launched? We praise God for his faithfulness and for the leaders from across Africa who obediently answered God's call to create this unique resource.
Through your support and Oasis's partnership with donors, Christian organisations, denominations, churches, and distributors, over 100,000 Bibles and have been deployed to leaders, pastors, and believers in 22 countries throughout East, West, and Southern Africa.
"The Africa Study Bible will help us to fight shallow theology and hype and, of course, false prophets."
–The Rt Rev Samuel Egesa, Bishop of Church of Uganda, Bukedi Diocese (Anglican Communion).
Hear first-hand testimonies of the Africa Study Bible is transforming lives as more people use cultural understandings to apply Scripture to their everyday life.
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| THE 2017 AFRICA STUDY BIBLE LAUNCH
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There are still thousands more Christians who do not own a Bible. Celebrate five years of the Africa Study Bible with us by helping equip more pastors and leaders across Africa for decades to come.
Through the God's Word for Africa Program, your donation will help those who are ministering among poor rural communities to get access to the Africa Study Bible, other discipleship resources, and training.
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| BECAUSE OF YOU, La BEPA, IS AT THE PRINTERS!
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- 161 maps and graphical features
- 121 page topical index
- 2,253 total pages
We praise God for all the prayers and support you gave to make this possible.
La BEPA Launch and Training Team members, Abel Ndjerarreou, BEPA Founding Member; Augustin Ahoga, Launch & Training Coordinator French-speaking Africa; Genevieve Guei, Launch & Training Coordinator West French-speaking Africa; Barka Kamnadj, Launch & Training Coordinator Central & Islands French-speaking Africa, continue to hold a series of meetings in various countries including Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso.
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The team has presented La BEPA in workshops, showing how to get the most out of this resource and demonstrating to key participants how they can train others to use La BEPA.
“The Africa Study Bible is a timely response to thousands of Christians in Africa. The French version, La Bible d’Etude: perspectives africaines, is about to be launched. Just as I was involved in casting the vision [in English], I am more committed today to promote [La BEPA]’s launching across Africa French-speaking countries as well as in francophone diaspora beyond Africa.”
–Prof Dr Abel Ndjerareou, an Africa Study Bible contributor and Professor at Shalom Evangelical School of Theology in Chad.
Friend, help La BEPA get to Africa by giving today!
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| | SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GHANA AND MALAWI HAVE THEIR OWN BIBLES
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Scripture Union at Achimota School, Ghana, celebrating the first phase of their NLT School Bible Launch in early March 2022.
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WordSpread Foundation delivering 150 Bibles to students of Mkukula in Malawi in April 2022.
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Through Oasis's partners like WordSpread Foundation, Scripture Union, Association of Christian Schools International, and AWANA, schools and Bible clubs continue to get equipped with easily understandable Bibles.
Equipping children with a Bible created to speak in plain language and to their own context will shape the future of Christianity in Africa.
Make a difference in the life of a child. Each New Living Translation: Africa Edition Bible you provide is an investment in the future of the church in Africa, where the church is growing faster than anywhere else in the world.
"These Bibles will help the children read the Bible on their own, and they'll have hope and change their lives spiritually. They'll be able to encourage their friends when they're able to read and understand what the Bible says and invite other children to church."
–Joseph, Mkukula, Malawi.
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Hankuri Gaya, author of Influence: Leading Without Position, at a Reading Program event with children in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Ernest and Waturi Wamboye, authors of Baesics, speaking at "Boy Meets Girl" event in Nairobi, Kenya.
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EQUIPPING FUTURE LEADERS TO IMPACT THE GLOBAL CHURCH
Oasis's commitment to marrying the beauty of Africa's oral cultures with the best of modern editorial and publishing skills is growing.
Oasis authors are using both of these to not only become skilled authors, but are sharing their messages with young people in their communities to impact both the local and the global church.
Hankuri Tawus Gaya, author of Influence: Leading Without Position, organized a reading program event with children from Bankys International School and Pacemaker International School in Abuja. The children joined him to learn the secret of influencing others to take action and start change, just as young men and women in the Bible did.
"African tradition is passed down orally. You don’t find historical records of our culture. And because of that, because of the colonialism, there’s a huge forgetting of our culture. An oral tradition culture is enriched by having a culture that now, has been written down. Our traditions, truth that has been written down and years from now it will not be said that the truths from Africa were just merely passed on orally. They were written. They were found in a book published by Oasis (International) Publishers."
–Ernest Wamboye, Co-founder of The Relationship Centre Ltd (TRC) and author of Baesics
Across Africa, God is raising up men and women to build his church. Click the link below to get the latest updates on our author events and information on book releases throughout the year.
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