Church & community relations

2014 was a busy but blessed year for the church relations team. There were a total of 1051 church visits that took place across Australia and 14 Hymnfest Events. The team was focussed on support for the “Get the Word Out” Project. The beauty of the Get the Word Out is that our supporters have a whole year to learn about the focus country, pray for its needs and creatively raise funds to give Bibles to its people.

In 2014 we were looking to “Get the Word Out” in China. Almost 400 people were involved in raising thousands of dollars enabling the work of Bible Society in China. This includes supporters such as Brenda who had a ‘great year of knitting’ for Bible Society’s project in China.

“The idea is when someone buys a bear as a gift for someone else, they are also giving a Bible to someone in China, i.e. ‘buy a bear = give a Bible.’ So far we’ve sold about 30. That’s 30 happy kids in Australia, 30 happy people in China with their very own Bible.”