Centers of Excellence

SMS Bible

On June 1, the Bible Society launched its colloquial Lebanese SMS-language Scripture APP on iTunes store. The APP, which is still in it trial phase, provides the four Gospels and the book of Acts in the newly created language of our Arabic-speaking young people that uses Latin alphabets and numeric…...

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Press conference and Roundtable discussion on the Peace & Justice Bible

Press conference and Roundtable discussion on the Peace & Justice Bible The Bible Society, in partnership with World Vision, organized a press conference and a roundtable discussion around the Peace & Justice Arabic Bible, July 17 & 24, 2014 respectively. The press conference was held at the Catholic Information Center…...

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Peace & Justice Bible Launched in Bkerke

The Bible Society, in partnership with World Vision, launched the Peace & Justice Arabic Bible on Sunday, June 22, 2014, in Bkerke, under the patronage of Cardinal Rai, Patriarch of the Maronite Church. The launching event took place during the morning Mass at the Patriarchal See, with the presence of…...

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Chat Bible Bil3arabi

The majority of young people in the Arab World created their own chat language that is used extensively online. The Bible Society in Lebanon pioneered this free App offering the Good News Arabic translation of the New Testament in their chat language and an audio version downloadable chapter by chapter.…...

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Lent Season at Books for Life (B4L)

The Lent season did not pass by quietly this year at our B4L Youth Center. Many Catholic schools led their students to participate in the Lent program specially designed for teenagers in order to give them a good Biblical grounding about the real sense of Easter and the Gospels readings…...

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More than 5,000 children and youth encounter the Scriptures

Nine hundred eight (908) new little faces enjoyed discovering Bible World this year. As always, it was amazing to listen to their laughters, see their excitement, and reply to all kinds of questions they asked. But if we look at the number, it is far less than what we planned…...

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“Go to the deep” Book launching

Under the patronage of Archbishop Paul Mattar of the Maronite diocese of Beirut, the Bible Society launched a new book written by Fr. Guy Sarkis about St. Peter’s faith. The book entitled “Go to the Deep” summarizes St. Peter’s journey of faith in the Gospels and Acts and corresponds with…...

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