Charity Focus
Bible Society is working to see a day when the Bible’s God-given revelation, inspiration and wisdom is shaping the lives and communities of people everywhere.
Just over 200 years ago a 15-year-old Welsh girl, Mary Jones, walked 28 miles in her bare feet just to buy a Bible.
Her story helped lead to the founding of the Bible Society and a commitment to make the Bible available throughout the world.
200 years later, the Bible Society is still meeting the challenge to make the Bible available to everyone and to help them gain an understanding of the Bible’s value for them and their communities.
In the wider world context, this involves working in partnership with 140 other national Bible Societies, helping them respond to the needs and opportunities they face.
In England and Wales, the emphasis involves
- working especially with the worlds of the media, politics, arts and education to show how the Bible connects with life.
- resourcing and helping churches and their members have confidence in the Bible by living it out.
- making the Bible available for prisoners, refugees and people in special need.
The Bible Society now makes available many resources online including online access to the Bible.
Click to search the Bible in various versions and languages >>
Bible Sunday is the last Sunday of October when the Bible Society provides churches with extra resources to discover the riches of the Bible and get to know God better and live his way.
If you would like to learn more and how to support them, visit the web site of the Bible Society >>
The logo/image on this page are reproduced by kind permission of the charity.
- St Mary’s Parish Office
- Osterley Rd
- Isleworth
- Middlesex
- TW7 4PW
020 8569 7312 (Parish Office)