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Bibles featuring an article by him called
‘How to Stay in the Vine While Digging
in the Dirt.’ Upon receiving it, the miners
asked Peter his favourite verse. He replied
with John 15:13,
saying “every time
the rescue team
gets called to an
emergency, each
team member
puts their life on
the line for those
they rescue”. One
miner told Peter
that what he said
was very profound
and they would
treasure the
passage. They were
not Christian.
The Miners
Bible has a
fluoro orange
cover allowing
miners to take it
underground. It
issues that miners are struggling with like
loneliness, fear of safety and anxiety. So we
provide Bible based pastoral prayers, they
can use. It has wonderful testimonies of
people who have
been impacted by
the gospel in the
mining industry.
“It is our desire
to see the word
of God spread
throughout
the mining
community in
Australia.”
Since the Bible
launched it’s
gained overseas
recognition and is
being considered
by ‘International
Miners Mission,’
for use around
the world. “It’s
a friendly and
useful tool for
features twenty
Christians to use
Peter in the rescue stretcher
colour pages of
to reach out to
miner-specific
content including testimonies, prayers,
guidance and information about ‘Out of the
Pit’. Its purpose is to provide support and
encouragement for those in the resource
sector, mainly working on remote sites,” said
others in the
industry, is pocket sized and easy to hand
out to people,” said Mark Hemans. Please
pray for the work that the Bible Society and
‘Out Of the Pit’ do as they work to reach
different communities, tailoring to each
Mark Hemans, Network Pastor from ‘Out Of specific need.
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the Pit’. “One of the unique aspects about
the Bible is that it’s for those dealing with
Timothy Adkins
Media and Communications Officer
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