Because of Canadian Believers, Weeping Cubans are Hugging Their New Bibles 

Julie Brown Patton : Mar 28, 2016
The Gospel Herald

"This is a country where scraps of Scripture have been passed on pieces of paper hand-to-hand between Believers, because Bibles just were not available." -Alain Montano Hdez

(Canada)—Canadians make up the majority of foreign visitors to Cuba, and have been cheering for church congregants who are flourishing under difficult conditions on the Caribbean isle. One group decided to do more than just cheer for their fellow Christians. Canadian Bible Society (CBS) representatives plan to provide the Cuban Church, and Cuban Christians, with a million Bibles in the next 18 months. (Photo: Canadian Bible Society/via Gospel Herald)

"The Canadian Bible Society is coming alongside the Church in Cuba, a church that grows by 15 percent each year, to provide Bibles that will change lives by bringing God's Word to the people there," said Alain Montano Hdez, leader of the Believers Cuban Biblical Commission.

"This is a country where scraps of Scripture have been passed on pieces of paper hand-to-hand between, because Bibles just were not available."

Like many developing nations, Cuba's church growth outpaces its resources. "There are far more Believers than there are Bibles," said Pastor Joel Ortega Dopico, Presbyterian pastor and head of the Cuban Church Council. "Almost the exact reverse situation that we find in countries like Canada. Our initiative with our partner, Million Bible Mission in Cuba, will help to put a Bible in the hands of over a million Cuban Christians."

The Million Bible Mission is an initiative of the American Bible Society's Cuba project, whose website indicated the initiative will reach five distinct audiences: school-aged children receiving their first Bible; teens and college-age youth; adult new Believers; prisoners; and seminary students and...

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