Ligonier Ministries recently partnered with the Rosemary Jensen Bible Foundation to expand its Bible campaign. The Orlando-based ministry reportedly planned to deliver 36,000 free Bibles to Africa by 2028.
Bibles for Africa
According to a report with Missions Box, the partnership with the foundation allowed the ministry to further its goal. Ligonier Ministries expects to distribute 30,000 Reformation Study Bibles to ten different African countries by the end of October.
Recipients of the free Bibles include pastors, teachers, and students. With its new partnership, the ministry aimed to distribute 100,000 study Bibles to Africa by 2028.
According to the report, the ministry's founder, Dr. R.C. Sproul launched Study Bibles for Africa. The campaign was reported to be his last before he passed away in 2017.
Sproul said that people often underestimated what they could achieve in five years.
Rafiki Foundation
According to the report, the study Bibles are distributed to a network of African villages, schools, and churches through the Rafiki Foundation.
Rosemary Jensen established the foundation to help people know God.
The foundation's website stated that the word "Rafiki" means friend in Swahili. It also aimed to help people improve their standard of living.
The Rafiki Foundation reportedly established training villages in ten African countries. These include Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia.
The different villages in Africa provide living and educational facilities. Its programs include Bible study, education, teacher training, and care for orphans and widows.
Jensen said that owning a Bible was important for everyone. She described the Bible as "a whole library in one volume."
Bible's Importance
Chris Larson told the news outlet that demographers expected more than a billion people to be born in Africa in the next decade. Larson is the president and CEO of Ligonier Ministries.
He explained that they had the critical opportunity to equip pastors and leaders with the tools to make disciples out of the next generation.
Larson said that as of today, the future of Africa is Christian. He added that there was the question of what sort of Christianity this was.
He told Missions Box that the group continued to pray that the church might not be blown away by doctrinal winds.
He noted that the Reformation Study Bible played a pivotal role in its efforts to translate the study Bible into even more languages.
According to the news outlet, Ligonier Ministries aims to proclaim and teach God's holiness. The foundation's teaching fellowship consists of theologians, pastors, and scholars.
How to Donate?
Larson encouraged people to help them fulfill their mission of distributing 100,000 Bibles to Africa. He said that many of the local pastors in the country did not have the tools to help them in their discipleship.
He also reported that many ministers have little access to theological training. Larson said that they wanted to prevent the Christians in the country from being "underfed."
Larson warned of the dangers of false teachings in Africa. He believed that ensuring that faith ministers had the proper tools would prevent this.
He urged people to help them bring the Gospel to the country. Interested parties may donate to the ministry's website.
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