East-West Church & Ministry Report
Vol. 1, No. 4, Fall 1993, Covering the Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe

Bible Societies of East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union

United Bible Societies, in its World Annual Report 1992, stated that it financed 4.8 million Scriptures for East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union during its 1991-92 year. American Bible Society is providing a $24-million gift over four years beginning in 1993 for Scripture to that part of the world.

The UBS annual report also stated that they provided material for 600,000 children's Bibles, 100,000 Bibles and 50,000 New Testaments with Psalms and Proverbs in Moscow, and 100,000 Bibles in Moldova. Societies in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and former Yugoslavia also printed Bibles. UBS reported progress in the development of a society in Bulgaria, along with importation of Bibles to the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union.

Those considering publishing or purchasing Bibles or other Christian literature should contact the Bible societies listed below to see what basic Scriptures are already available.

"Bible Societies of East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union," East-West Church & Ministry Report, 1 (Fall 1993), 10-11.

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