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DigOct08:DigJul05 10/8/2008 2:12 PM Page 8 India staff members process applications and letters from around the world - and fill Shepherd’s Staff book orders • The book is well developed and catered for all. Thank you and God bless. • We find the book very useful. Can we ask for a dozen for our other church workers? While the book has already been published in 17 languages, Edith said the church leaders in the Philippines are praying for one more edition: “We’re looking forward to having the Shepherd’s Staff books in Tagalog [Philippine-language] version because this is the dominant request of our leaders, pastors, missionaries and men of God here in the Philippines,” Edith said, noting these additional reader comments: • “The book is of great help to enhance my learning about the Word of God. Can we request also books in Tagalog version?” • “How we wish and pray that you have available Tagalog version. The book is really good if it will be translated in Tagalog. Thank you and more power to you.” INDIA: New Heights The Shepherd’s Staff books for China – and other parts of the developing world – are printed in India, where World MAP partners with India Bible Literature to produce and distribute not just the books, but also many editions of ACTS Magazine, including French, Spanish and Swahili as well as English and seven Indian dialects. Because of low printing and postage costs, and economical wages for efficient Christian workers in India, World MAP is able to stretch its resources to reach a larger number of church leaders. IBL was founded in the mid-1950s by Dr. William Scott and his wife, the late Dr. Joyce M. Scott; their vision and burden was to place a portion of Scripture in every home in India – a country with 1.1 billion population. Their own innovative programs, reaching 20 million people on an annual basis, target the needs of India in such a way as to bring about a long-term impact. In a relationship with World MAP that has grown steadily since 1980 and now includes annual seminars as well as publishing ventures, IBL reaches beyond the borders of India; it now impacts the world. “It is always a joy and privilege to partner with the wonderful people at World MAP,” said IBL Executive Director E. Velayutham. “We pray and hope that it would grow to new heights in the days to come.” 8 • WORLD MAP DIGEST Indian pastors agree, as evidenced by these recent letters: Pastor N. Samuel, of Khammam, Andhra Pradesh State, South India writes: “The Shepherd’s Staff is wonderful and very much helpful in my ministry. Each and every article is inspiring, motivating, encouraging and edifying and it lifts me up to be strong in the Lord”. Elder L. O. Panwok from West Bengal says: “The Shepherd’s Staff is a treasure of rich subjects and more and more as I study, I feel inadequate and [it] makes me humble. It has been a great help to my spiritual life and ministry”. Pastor S. F. Thanga of Mizoram notes: “I continually use The Shepherd’s Staff in the Crusades – very helpful to prepare messages”. Pastor M. Ninghor from Manipur shares: “The ACTS Magazine helps me a lot in teaching as well as in spiritual life. It is also very easy to understand and the topics are valuable in our daily lives and profitable in giving the sermon during church service”. Rev. Prabal J. G. Minz of Ranchi, in Jharkhand State, says: “I am associated with the ACTS Magazine and World MAP since 1980, which has edified my spiritual growth and enlarged my biblical knowledge to a great extent. These in turn have helped me to serve my congregations more effectively for His Great Glory. I thank you whole-heartedly and pray that God bless the ACTS Magazine through the coming years”. Editor’s Note: With your ongoing prayers and financial support, World MAP will continue to provide ACTS and The Shepherd’s Staff in current language editions and possibly new ones, such as Tagalog and Arabic (a project that is underway). During the upcoming holiday season, please remember that your $5 gift will provide a subscription to ACTS or a copy of The Shepherd’s Staff to a church leader who will indeed “praise the Lord for your work and effort”. You may use the coupon on the back of this magazine to designate your support. God can work miracles through the ministries being built – and leaders strongly built up – by the God-glorifying equipping your partnership provides. WMAP
DigOct08:DigJul05 10/8/2008 2:14 PM Page 9 From the printing press in India... In partnership with World MAP supporters and Pastor John Morrow of Living Word Christian Ministries, Intl., more than 25,000 copies of El Cayado del Pastor (the Spanish edition of The Shepherd’s Staff) have been placed into the hands of Latin American church leaders. This fall, 10,000 leaders in Honduras and Guatemala were the most recent leaders to receive the book because of this valued partnership. To church leaders in Latin America To date, World MAP has given away 870,317 copies of The Shepherd’s Staff to readers in 140 developing nations! COLOR LEGEND The Shepherd’s Staff Distribution 293,627 ENGLISH 356,313 CHINESE English Spanish Swahili Russian Tamil Malayalam Bengali Oriya Portuguese French Urdu Chinese Telugu Hindi Marathi Indonesian Chinese 356,313 English Int’l 222,903 Spanish 56,872 English Philippines 40,225 Swahili 33,912 English India 30,499 Portuguese 24,692 French 22,057 Telugu 16,898 Russian 16,057 Urdu 8,987 Tamil 8,929 Malayalam 8,670 Hindi 8,537 Indonesian 7,500 Oriya 3,067 Bengali 2,475 Marathi 1,724 WORLD MAP DIGEST • 9
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