{"id":2682,"date":"2022-08-18T07:41:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T06:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opendoorsuk.org\/?page_id=2682"},"modified":"2022-08-18T08:29:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:29:15","slug":"distributing-bibles-and-christian-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/distributing-bibles-and-christian-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving Persecuted Christians Worldwide &#8211; Bible distribution &#8211; Open Doors UK &amp; Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"standard-page \" role=\"document\" style=\"\">\r\n        <div class=\"container\">\r\n            <div class=\"row\">\r\n                <div class=\"col-xl-8 ml-auto mr-auto\">\r\n                    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bible_distribution_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bible_distribution_2.jpg 930w, https:\/\/connect.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bible_distribution_2-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/connect.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bible_distribution_2-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distributing Bibles and Christian resources<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026so that secret believers can be nourished with God&#8217;s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Open Doors UK and Ireland funded \u00a3654,310&nbsp;to provide Bibles, books and other Christian resources.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last year, thanks to you, Open Doors distributed over 1.8\u00a0million Bibles and Christian books in countries where such things are prohibited or difficult to obtain.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"float-right-wrapper\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Serving Persecuted Christians Worldwide &#8211; Bible distribution &#8211; Open Doors UK &amp; Ireland\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bible-distribution-170427.jpg\">\r\n\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need as many Bibles in our own languages as possible,\u201d says Patrick*, a church leader from a Muslim background in China. \u201cWe don\u2019t know where to find them, so please bring as many as you can. Many brothers and sisters need them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Believers from Muslim and Buddhist backgrounds are the most persecuted Christian groups in China. Mandarin Bibles can be accessed online or in government-registered churches, but many believers surviving under the radar of the authorities don\u2019t speak Mandarin. Bibles in minority languages are hard to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite increased security control and restrictions, Open Doors provides contextualised Christian materials in minority languages. We also support believers from Muslim backgrounds in developing their own materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When one believer received a Bible in his own language, his eyes brightened as if he had spotted a treasure. He held it close to his chest and said, \u201cThank you so much, brother! I\u2019ve been dreaming about having a Bible for so long!\u201d We later heard that he gave his Bible to a friend who was very interested in reading it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>* Names changed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank you!<\/h2>\n\n\n    <div class=\"responsive-wrapper\">\n\t\t            <iframe\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                    allowfullscreen=\"\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eKQGjpBkQ4I?enablejsapi=1&#038;amp\"\n                    frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\"\n                    data-gtm-yt-inspected-7530309_41=\"true\" id=\"15261753\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThank you so much, brother! I\u2019ve been dreaming about having a Bible for so long!\u201d<\/p><cite>CHINESE BELIEVER<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2683,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2682","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.8 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Serving Persecuted Christians Worldwide - Bible distribution - Open Doors UK &amp; Ireland - Open Doors Ireland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serving Persecuted Christians Worldwide - Bible distribution - Open Doors UK &amp; 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