United Bible Societies

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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:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.americanbible.org
  2. ↑ http://www.livenet.ch/themen/glaube/bibel/221310-rekord_32_millionen_bibeln_verbetzt.html (accessed on: 23 August 2012).
  3. ^ Understanding Amity , accessed June 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sociedadbiblicacolombiana.com
  5. ^ Bible Society of South Africa website
  6. ^ Dutch Bible Society website