United Bible Societies
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The United Bible Societies (UBS) is a worldwide association of Bible societies
. In 1946 delegates from 13 countries formed the UBS, as an effort to coordinate the activities of the bible societies. The first headquarters were London and in Geneva. The current General Secretary of The United Bible Societies is Michael Perreau.
The UBS has 145 member societies, working in more than 200 countries and territories. They include:
Bible society
A Bible society is a non-profit organization devoted to translating, publishing, distributing the Bible at affordable costs and advocating its credibility and trustworthiness in contemporary cultural life...
. In 1946 delegates from 13 countries formed the UBS, as an effort to coordinate the activities of the bible societies. The first headquarters were London and in Geneva. The current General Secretary of The United Bible Societies is Michael Perreau.
The UBS has 145 member societies, working in more than 200 countries and territories. They include:
- The British and Foreign Bible SocietyBritish and Foreign Bible SocietyThe British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply as Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world....
(1804) - The Pennsylvania Bible Society (1808)
- The American Bible SocietyAmerican Bible SocietyThe American Bible Society is an interconfessional, non-denominational, nonprofit organization, founded in 1816 in New York City, which publishes, distributes and translates the Bible and provides study aids and other tools to help people engage with the Bible.It is probably best known for its...
(1816) - The Bible Society In AustraliaBible Society In AustraliaBible Society Australia exists to put the Bible into people's hands. They were inaugurated at the instigation of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in Sydney on 7 March 1817. The first Australasian translation was a selection of Scripture selections in the Maori language printed in 1827...
(1817) - Bible Society NSWBible Society NSWBible Society NSW is an Australian Bible society, formed through an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales in 1817 and was known as the NSW auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society...
(1817) - The Colombian Bible Society (1825)
- The Bible Society In New ZealandBible Society in New ZealandThe Bible Society of New Zealand was established in New Zealand in 1846, to supply the Scripture needs of New Zealanders and promote the distribution of Christian Scriptures without doctrinal note and comment...
(1846) - The Canadian Bible Society / Société biblique canadienne (1904)
- The Deutsche BibelgesellschaftDeutsche BibelgesellschaftThe Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft is a religious foundation regulated by public law. It is involved in publishing and in spreading the message of the Bible....
(German Bible Society) (1948) - Alliance Biblique Universelle
- Sociedades Biblicas Unidas
- Bible Society of South Africa
- Ukrainian Bible SocietyUkrainian Bible SocietyUkrainian Bible Society - religious non-profit organization, established by representatives of different Christian denominations in Ukraine, who recognize the Bible as the Word of God...
- Russian Bible SocietyRussian Bible SocietyRussian Bible Society - christian non-denominational organization for translating and distributing the books of the Old Testament and New Testament and the Bible in Russia.-Early history:...
- Japanese Bible Society
- Hungarian Bible Society
- Dutch Bible Society
- Slovenian Bible Society
- Greek Bible Society
- Indonesian Bible Society