It's not enough to translate the Bible; it's not enough to distribute the Bible. Our desire is to see real Scripture Engagement: people encountering God's Word in life changing ways. That's what this website is all about.
We joined together for a World Wide Scripture Engagement Consultation in 2009. To see what happened and to take part in the ongoing conversation, login or register here.
 | Monday 28 March - Friday 1 April, 2011 The Wycliffe Centre, Horsleys Green, High Wycombe, UK Sponsor: European Training Program and Wycliffe International |
What can we learn about the role of Bible Translation and Scripture Use from the past 2,000 years of Christian history? Lots! There is nothing new under the sun, but we forget some of it. Come and hear Dr. Andrew Walls tell us stories of his friends from the past. Topics in view:
- The Bible without the Church: Maori 1820
- The Gospel of God's Chinese Son: Taiping
- The Bible Plus: Scofield
- The King's Business Requires Haste: Pentecostal Discovery of Tongues
- African Elijahs and African Zions: Scripture vs. missionary teaching
- Apocalypse now: road-belong (cargo) cults of Melanesia
- How many OTs are there?
- The Wycliffe Story: what is he telling the rest of us?
- Significant translations: Hausa, Arabic
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This is a 7-page summary in French of Wayne Dye's "Eight Conditions of Scripture Engagement". The awareness of the contribution of each of these eight factors can help in developing strategies to promote the use of God's Word.
For a more in-depth discussion of the Eight Conditions (in English), see the author's article in the IJFM journal. [more...]
"Any new holy writ will be filtered through the cultural presuppositions placed upon it by their [listeners’] existing beliefs."
Beine examines how people’s view of holy writ influences their understanding and use of translated sacred writings. He looks particularly at the main beliefs about holy writ among the major world religions of Asia—Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism—comparing them with the Christian view. Further, he relates a case study of the Newar people of Nepal. [more...]
