Scripture Engagement Essentials

Research

State of the Bible 2014

The American Bible Society and Barna Group published their annual research on the State of the Bible, "a comprehensive study of Americans' attitudes and behaviors toward the Bible". For 2014, they identified six trends: Bible skepticism is now “tied" with…

RichardApril 9, 2014

Children Research

Pass It On – Bible Society Research 2014

In 2014, Bible Society in the UK launched Pass It On, a campaign to encourage parents to read, watch or listen to a Bible story with their child. An accompanying Research Report is available for download. Among the findings are:…

RichardFebruary 10, 2014

Digital Research Young People

How Technology is Changing Millennial Faith

The Millennial generation of young people are known as "digital natives". According to recent research carried out by the Barna Group in the USA: "the most common way Millennials are blending their faith and technology is through digital reading of…

RichardOctober 21, 2013

Research

Umuhimu wa Biblia: An investigation into how Tanzanian Christians perceive and engage with God’s Word

MA dissertation: Bible & Mission, Redcliffe College. Abstract: This study examines both what Tanzanian Christians think about the Bible and the way they engage with it, through a review of the literature on Bible use in Africa and primary research…

RichardSeptember 10, 2013

Language Issues Research

Contextualised Language Choice in the Church in Kenya

Fuller Graduate Schools, School of Intercultural Studies Doctor of Intercultural Studies dissertation Abstract: This dissertation explores the missiological opportunities, challenges and implications of growing multilingualism among people who are fluent in two or more languages. I look at the cognitive…

RichardAugust 7, 2013

Advocacy Bible Study

IFES Scripture Engagement

"Scripture engagement is about all of life. It is listening and responding to God’s Word alone and together with others. It is digesting and living out the Word in every relationship and circumstance. It is unashamedly and competently sharing God’s…

RichardJuly 25, 2013

Children Research

For the Bible tells me so?

Abstract: The flat narratives presented in Children’s Bibles typify the assumption that children are incapable of engaging theologically and critically with the Biblical texts. The manner in which Biblical stories are told to children during their formative years can have…

RichardJuly 24, 2013

Research

Local Ownership in a Language Development Program: Will it Lead to Sustainable Use of Scripture?

"Bible Translation organizations for too long operated under the false assumption that if the Bible was translated, people would be changed by its message. This theory, while rightly acknowledging the power of the Holy Spirit, neglected a full understanding of…

RichardJuly 23, 2013

Bible Translation Research

Bible Translation in Christian Mission

Abstract: After participants had been told of the processes of Bible translation during a prayer partners meeting of Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT), one of them asked, "After the people have been given the Scriptures, what…

RichardJune 10, 2013

Advocacy

Jump Into the Word Blog

On the jumpintotheword blog, Dr Lawson Murray, President of Scripture Union Canada, shares regular reflections on issues of Bible engagement: "Is God’s Word part of you? Are you consumed with longing for it? Is it embedded in your soul –…

RichardJune 1, 2013

Scripture Engagement Essentials

State of the Bible 2014

Pass It On – Bible Society Research 2014

How Technology is Changing Millennial Faith

Umuhimu wa Biblia: An investigation into how Tanzanian Christians perceive and engage with God’s Word

Contextualised Language Choice in the Church in Kenya

IFES Scripture Engagement

For the Bible tells me so?

Local Ownership in a Language Development Program: Will it Lead to Sustainable Use of Scripture?

Bible Translation in Christian Mission

Jump Into the Word Blog

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