by Ed Lauber | Feb 24, 2015 | Front Page, News
On November 10 and 11, 2014, a Conference on the Church and Bible Translation in Africa was held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana. Represented at the conference were Church leaders, representatives of Ghanaian theological seminaries, and the leaders...
by Ed Lauber | Oct 28, 2014 | Front Page, News
Psychologists know that a young child can cope with many languages. If a child grows up in a situation where his mother speaks one language, his father another and yet another is spoken by his friends, the child will learn all three without a problem. Initially, the...
by Ed Lauber | Oct 8, 2014 | Front Page, News
The message of the Bible which we now have in a printed form did not always exist as a printed text. God’s message was delivered to Prophets, religious and political leaders and many inspired people. It was delivered to them in oral form and as such existed in oral...
by Ed Lauber | Dec 10, 2013 | Front Page, News
Human dignity seems an appropriate topic for Human Rights Day. Certainly, no person without human dignity would say that all their rights are being respected. It is in this perspective that we present this extract of the article, “Bible Translation and Human Dignity”...
by admin | Aug 12, 2013 | Front Page, News
By Dr. Paul Opoku Mensah- GILLBT Executive Director Recently GILLBT took delivery of copies of the latest issue of the Journal of African Christian Thought, the journal of the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture. Titled “New Directions for...
by Ed Lauber | May 15, 2013 | Front Page, News
This book review takes the form of a reflection on the broader theme or set of themes of the book, rather than a detailing of the book’s contents. As the title, Early Scriptures of the Gold Coast, of the book implies, it is a historical case study of the translation...