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Africa Study Bible Kickstarter Campaign Wrap-up–Final Results

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by Sandy Kirby Quandt

Earlier I told you about the Africa Study Bible Kickstarter Campaign. Today I received an update I’d like to share with you.

While we raised nearly $40,000, we unfortunately did not meet our $100,000 goal. Because with Kickstarter it’s “all or nothing,” Oasis isn’t able to collect those gifts. ( No one will be charged for a pledge towards a project unless it reaches its funding goal.) However, some good news! Due to gifts previously received outside of the Kickstarter platform, we will be able to move forward with the printing of the ASB, though on a slightly delayed timeline and potentially fewer copies. We know God still has a plan for the ASB!

Although Oasis did not reach their Kickstarter goal, they are pressing on. Their website states, “With your help Oasis International will launch the Africa Study Bible across the continent. Future leaders, pastors and communities will have the material they need to be effective and grow. Parents will have the resources they need to raise godly children. Evangelists will have the tools to preach the Gospel.”

If you would like to donate to the Africa Study Bible project, here is the link to Oasis International for more information.

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How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! Isaiah 52:7 (NLT)

I wish you well.

Sandy

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Africa Study Bible Kickstarter Campaign

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by Sandy Kirby Quandt

Millions of English-speaking Africans know and love Christ, but for many, God’s word is hard to grasp. With nearly every full evangelical study Bible written from the viewpoint of the United States and United Kingdom, Africans have lacked a resource that connects with their unique experience, hindering discipleship. But that is about to change as major Christian organizations including Tyndale House Publishers, Campus Crusade for Christ, Urban Ministries Inc, and Willow Creek, led by Oasis International, are joining together to launch the Africa Study Bible (ASB), a six-year, cross-continental effort that has produced the first study Bible developed by Africans for Africans.

With the editorial nearly complete, Oasis, with the support of its partners, is inviting fellow Christians to join with them in helping get the ASB into the hands of Africans. With a goal of raising one million dollars to print the first 100,000 copies, Oasis is seeking private donors as well as launching a Kickstarter Campaign, which runs through June 16, 2016. Contributors to the Kickstarter campaign have the opportunity to receive incentives ranging from artwork prints to limited Italian leather editions of the ASB as well as all-expense paid trips to the launch of the ASB in the United States and in Africa.

Designed to grow the faith of African church members, teach them to evangelize their communities, and apply a biblical worldview to their society, the ASB uses the New Living Translation and includes 2,400 plus features such as application notes, stories and proverbs, touchpoints that link Africa and the Bible, learn notes that explain basic theology, and major theme articles that apply the Bible to key issues. Oasis plans to initially release the ASB in English with French and Portuguese translations in development. Oasis is also developing a full-featured app of the study Bible.

You can find a preview sample here. If this is something you would like to be involved with and support, please go to the Kickstarter Campaign link.

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How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! Isaiah 52:7 (NLT)

I wish you well.

Sandy

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