PRAISE AND THANKS IN
UKRAINE
According to
Mission Network News,
the streets of Kiev in Ukraine filled with songs of praise and thanks
as approximately 200,000 people gathered to celebrate the 500th
anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Many travelled from all
four provinces just to be a part of the celebration and to thank God
for the freedom to worship and for the freedom to preach the Gospel
in their country.
A
CHRISTIAN CHARITY SHORTLISTED FOR AWARD
Inspire
Magazine reports that a Christian maritime
charity has been shortlisted for charity of the year. Sailors’
Society, in its 200th
year, will compete against six other organisations at the Charity
Times Awards in London on 3rd
October. The charity
works internationally to provide practical, emotional and spiritual
welfare support to the world’s 1.6m seafarers, regardless of
background or faith. Their chaplains and ship visitors have a
presence in 91 ports, with wider projects and services covering 30
countries.
NEW BIBLE TRANSLATION
FOR INDONESIA
Indonesia,
home of the world’s largest Muslim population, is getting a fresh
translation of the Bible. It’s been about 30 years since the last
full Bible translation was launched in the country. New
Life reports that Biblica
is translating the dated version and will
present it as a contemporary version using modern idiomatic
Indonesian.
