United Bible Societies
The United Bible Societies ( UBS , German United Bible Societies or World Federation of Bible Societies ) is a worldwide association of Bible societies . In 1946, UBS was founded by delegates from 13 countries in Haywards Heath (England) to coordinate the activities of the Bible Societies. UBS has headquarters in London and Geneva .
In 2011, 32.1 million Bibles were distributed through the 146 national Bible Societies of UBS. In Brazil alone there were 8 million copies.
Together with the Amity Foundation , established in Nanjing in 1985 , UBS owns the Amity Printing Company , a printing company founded in Nanjing in 1988 that prints more Bibles than any other printing company worldwide (more than 160 million Bibles in more than 90 languages as of 2017).
Members
As of January 2006, UBS had 141 member organizations operating in more than 200 countries and territories. They include:
- British and Foreign Bible Society (1804)
- Pennsylvania Bible Society (1808)
- American Bible Society (1816)
- Bible Society In Australia (1817)
- Bible Society NSW (1817)
- Colombian Bible Society (1825)
- Bible Society In New Zealand (1846)
- Canadian Bible Society (1904)
- German Bible Society (1948)
- Swiss Bible Society (1955)
- Palestinian Bible Society (1993)
- Alliance Biblique Universelle
- Sociedades Biblicas Unidas
- Bible Society of South Africa
- Ukrainian Bible Society
- Russian Bible Society
- Japanese Bible Society
- Hungarian Bible Society
- Dutch Bible Society
Web links
- Website of the United Bible Societies (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.livenet.ch/themen/glaube/bibel/221310-rekord_32_millionen_bibeln_verbetzt.html (accessed on: 23 August 2012).
- ^ Understanding Amity , accessed June 2, 2018.
- ↑ Columbian Bible Society ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. website
- ^ Bible Society of South Africa website
- ^ Dutch Bible Society website