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With more than 800,000 members, Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, is at the forefront of a global phenomenon. Often located in stadium-like venues, megachurches attract at least 2,000 believers every week, and can grow to attract tens of thousands of people. And while the USA may have started the trend, the future of these churches may lie in the rest of the world. Read more at The Washington Post.
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has announced the winners for the 2015 Christian Book Award program. Presented annually to the finest in Christian publishing since 1978, the Christian Book Award program honors titles in seven categories: Bibles, Bible Reference, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Children, Inspiration and New Author. Read more at Christian Book Expo. Then browse these titles in the Bible Gateway Store.
⇨ See more Bible-related stories in this week's Bible News Roundup.
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What countries use Bible Gateway the most? How many Scripture annotations do Bible Gateway users make each month? What are the site’s most-used features? Rachel Barach answers these and other questions in a new interview at the website Living With Faith. Read more.
When you search and find individual Bible verses on Bible Gateway, very often you want to quickly see how those particular verses fit in to the flow, context, and understanding of the complete chapter where each one resides. It’s simple. View the screenshots and learn more.
Pastor, adjunct professor, and author J.D. Greear wants people to stop judging a church's "success" by its seating capacity and put more emphasis on its sending capacity. In his new book, Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches That Send (Zondervan, 2015), he unpacks 10 'plumb lines' to use to reorient a church’s priorities around God’s mission to reach a lost world.
Read this excerpt from the book.
Has archaeology confirmed the existence of any of the people mentioned in the Bible? In his Biblical Archaeology Review article “Archaeology Confirms 50 Real People in the Bible,” Purdue University scholar Lawrence Mykytiuk identifies figures from the Old Testament that he says have been confirmed archaeologically. Read the interview.
What triggered the West's passion for scientific, medical, and technological advancement? How did the biblical notion of human dignity inform the West's social structure and how it intersects with other worldviews? How did the Bible create a fertile ground for women to find social and economic empowerment? How has the Bible uniquely equipped the West to cultivate compassion, human rights, prosperity, and strong families? Bible Gateway interviewed Vishal Mangalwadi about his book, The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization (Thomas Nelson, 2012).
Read this interview.
The International Network of Children's Ministry (INCM) has adopted the International Children's Bible (ICB™) as its official Bible translation. The ICB is the first version of the Bible translated specifically for children. INCM will host the launch of kidscanreadthebible.com. Read more. Read the ICB on Bible Gateway. And
browse ICB editions in the Bible Gateway Store
Scripture engagement is interaction with the biblical text in a way that provides sufficient opportunity for the text to speak for itself by the power of the Holy Spirit, enabling readers and listeners to hear the voice of God and discover for themselves the unique claim Jesus Christ is making upon them.... Read the rest of this article, then see all the resource articles in the Scripture Engagement section of Bible Gateway.
This feature in the Weekly Brief is intended to help you become aware of the plethora of Bible versions available for you to freely read on Bible Gateway. This week, learn about and read the Common English Bible (CEB).
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