SIM Literature and Media Blog

Francophone PBS Book Translation

Joel Purcell — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Great News! Translation is now complete on the French edition of Ablaze for God. This book written by Wesley Duewel is included in the set of books that pastors will receive in 2010 during the Francophone PBS conferences.

Report on the Amharic PBS

Joel Purcell — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Praise the Lord that there has been such a good response for the Amharic PBS in Ethiopia. The conferences have been well attended. We received the following report in a recent letter and want to pass it along to you to encourage you in your prayer support of these literature projects.

Latin America Bible Commentary Support

Joel Purcell — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

This project is a joint venture with SIM and Langham Literature with each seeking 50% of the total funding. In June, I was told the amount SIM would be responsible for during the year. I received word in July that a foundation had decided to underwrite the budget for the entire year! Praise the Lord for His provision.

Please continue to pray for the editors and writers of this huge effort. Pray that every writer will be accurate to the Scriptures and guided by the Holy Spirit.

Africa Bible Commentary News

Joel Purcell — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Great News! The Portuguese ABC is ready to go to print. The first print run needs to be at least 10,000 for the lowest possible price. Pray for wisdom in setting the appropriate number for printing.

Also, we praise the Lord that some support has been received towards some of the smaller translations such as Malagassy. This is the language spoken in Madagascar.

Francophone Pastors' Book Set Update

Joel Purcell — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

An exciting development in this project is the addition of the country of Congo onto the list of countries that are participating. The total number of pastors to receive the book sets will now increase to 18,000. We give thanks for this development.

Highlighting the Francophone PBS

Joel Purcell — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:59:06 +0000

Praise the Lord! SIM has decided to promote the Francophone PBS in its July ministry update mailing. Please pray that God will touch people's hearts and they will be generous and sense the urgency for this project. Historically, this has been the bedrock of support for the book set projects.

A Good Day for the Francophone PBS

Joel Purcell — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Got word today from an associate in France that another author would like to see his book as part of the Francophone Pastors' Book Set, and is willing to seek the resources to make this happen. What a great way to speed this project on to completion. This is a huge help, and a lightening of the load for raising funds.

Meeting of Africa Bible Commentary Editorial Board

Joel Purcell — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000

I felt honored to be a part of the meeting of the editorial board of the Africa Bible Commentary. We heard news of the advancement of the different translations of this book, as well as the progress of the Hippo Press, an exclusively African Press for which the ABC paved the way. In 2008, the Swahili and Portuguese translations will be printed.

French Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) Launch

Joel Purcell — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000

There were two choirs that helped us celebrate the launch of the French Africa Bible Commentary in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire today.

Francophone Pastors' Book Set News

Joel Purcell — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:00:00 +0000

Today we were informed that a foundation has decided to donate 1,000 book sets for the Francophone Pastors' Book Set project. Praise the Lord for this amazing provision! Each pastor is so important and to think of a single gift that blesses so many in one swipe is great.