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3 months ago -
International
(MNN) -- A large proportion of the population in developing countries live
on less $2 per day.
The poor spend a large portion of their income on food, housing or medicine, let alone buying
something as precious as a Bible.
However, Worldwide
Christian Schools is working to change that. Scott Vanderkooy with WWCS says, "Worldwide Christian Schools
concentrates on the development of Christ-centered schools in the developing
world. But approximately 80% of these children come from homes without
a Bible."
Since part of
their curriculum uses the Bible as text, owning one seems to be fairly high on
the priority list. For sponsored
students who attend the schools, though, the reality is their families simply
can't afford to buy one. Vanderkooy says, "We
started the 'My Own Bible' campaign, or MOB, to raise money for Bibles that are
bought by each school locally and then are distributed to the students'
families."
What started as
an experiment in Africa has now grown to an international project that has
taken on a life of its own. "We spend a lot of time as Christian
school people trying to integrate faith in all of life in these developing
world families," says Vanderkooy. "It's difficult to do that if those families don't have a Bible
of their own in their home that they can refer to."
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