Introducing Bible Quest – a new online resource!

At Biblica we are motivated by the belief that God’s Word radically changes lives, and that everyone everywhere, deserves to experience its Truth for themselves. One aspect of that is to support new ministries who are coming up with fresh and exciting ways to encourage and enable people to read God’s Word, by allowing them to use the NIV text.

As a youth leader, Paul Lee is passionate about encouraging young people to read and engage with the Bible on a daily basis.  Using his knowledge and skills working as a developer for an online advertising company, Paul set about creating Bible Quest – a free online Bible reading challenge, which takes you on a virtual journey around mainland Britain, from Land’s End to John O’Groats.

Watch this short video of Paul providing an overview of Bible Quest:

When he first developed Bible Quest, Paul was initially only able to use public domain Bibles, but as he continued to develop the project further, he believed the NIV translation would be really beneficial for users because of its accessibility and familiarity. When Paul got in touch with us, we were delighted to be able to support this innovative project!

“As a small-scale ministry project, I wasn’t sure of the response I would get from Biblica when I first contacted them. But I prayed about it, shared the idea with my small group, and to my surprise and delight Biblica were willing to help. Through Biblica’s support, Bible Quest is now even more accessible, and will hopefully become a valuable resource for many people”.

Why not watch this short video to hear some first-hand stories of those who have used the resource, and share the project with young people and youth leaders who might benefit!

Do you want to support us as we help small ministries like Bible Quest get God’s Word to more people – visit https://www.biblicaeurope.com/give-now/

Living Breath Videos

“Living Breath Videos” produce dramatised Bible readings, using the NIV translation, for churches and other ministries.

Last month we were delighted to partner with them on their virtual launch night which included the premiere of Living Breath’s first full book of the Bible, Ruth.  Susie, an actor and performer, and Ben, director, writer and videographer, who together set up Living Breath, reflecting on the launch event, said:

We are really grateful to everyone who came to see what we are doing! It was so exciting to engage with some new people, and see the positive impact of simple Bible readings.  We are so passionate about sharing the Bible and exploring new creative ways of helping more and more people experience it in a fresh way”.

Many people joined us online, here is a selection of how they reacted:

“Wow absolutely enthralling and refreshing. Powerful tool for so many different environments. As a person with dyslexia I can see this format working very well in a small group discussion session”. Lachlan.

“This was so powerful, so refreshing! Well done Ben and the rest of the team”. Julie.

This was brilliant, looking forward to hearing more, so accessible and alive”. Carol.

As we move closer to Christmas Living Breath are working hard on a video of the first two chapters of Luke’s gospel, bringing the nativity story to life in a new and exciting way. Looking further ahead Biblica are excited to be working with Living Breath on some dramatised readings from the NIrV Accessible Edition: Psalms.

We are delighted to share with you Living Breath’s latest video, The Beatitudes, with actor Gideon Asuming in the role of Jesus.

To find out more and access a growing library of dramatised Bible readings visit  www.livingbreath.co.uk.

Dionne Mutambisi

Finance Officer

Dionne joined Biblica in January 2023. As a detail-orientated accounting and finance professional she has been meeting the accounting needs of companies, not-for-profit organisations and individuals for over 12 years. Dionne lives in Bournemouth with her husband and three children, Heavenly-Joy, Daniel-Jesse and Josiah-James. Together they attend City Gate Church. Dionne serves as a governor for two local Church of England schools.