United Bible Societies
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.[1] The current General Secretary of The United Bible Societies is Michael Perreau. United Bible Societies is also a collaborating agency with the Forum of Bible Agencies International.
The UBS has 146 member societies, working in more than 200 countries and territories.[2] They include:
- The British and Foreign Bible Society (1804)
- The Scottish Bible Society (1809)
- The Bible Society of India (1811),
- The American Bible Society (1816)
- The Bible Society Australia (1817)
- Bible Society NSW (1817)
- The Colombian Bible Society (1825)[3]
- The Bible Society in New Zealand (1846)
- The Canadian Bible Society / Société biblique canadienne (1904)
- The Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society) (1948)
- Bible Society of South Africa[4]
- Ukrainian Bible Society
- Russian Bible Society
- Japan Bible Society
- Hungarian Bible Society
- Philippine Bible Society
- Dutch Bible Society[5]
- Slovenian Bible Society
- Greek Bible Society
- Indonesian Bible Society[6]
Magazine
The Bible Translator is a refereed journal, published since 1950, dedicated to articles about the theory and practice of Bible translation. It appears in two series – Technical Papers in January and July, and Practical Papers in April and October.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.americanbible.org/about/history [dead link]
- ^ UBS web page retrieved Jan 24, 2011
- ^ Columbian Bible Society Archived June 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine website
- ^ Bible Society of South Africa website
- ^ Dutch Bible Society website
- ^ 'Lembaga Alkitab Indonesia' website
- ^ Journal