The great gospel giveaway
Have you ever asked what is the most effective way to help someone meet Jesus? asks Rachel Jordan-Wolf.
We want people to meet Jesus, and to help them do that we need to make sure that everyone can read the life of Jesus for themselves.
Have you ever asked what is the most effective way to help someone meet Jesus? The ‘Talking Jesus’ research did just that.
It turned out there were two top answers – one we can’t easily change for people: growing up in a Christian family, but one we can: reading the Bible.
The Talking Jesus research also asked non-Christians where they would go to find out more about the Christian faith.
The most obvious place was Google, but then they said reading the Bible or visiting a local church.
The Talking Jesus research also showed us that the younger generation are the most open to finding out about the Christian faith.
When a Christian mission agency went out on the streets to give out Bibles, they asked 1,500 young adults what they would look for in a Bible.
Two things mattered to those they asked – what the Bible looked like, and how easy it was to read. So, great design and simple English!
Hope Together and Biblica took these findings seriously and created some beautifully designed contemporary Gospels using an easy-to-read English translation, the NIVR.
We are now partnering again to create a stunning Gospel of John for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, which is celebrated this year.
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