CBF Launches Audio Bible Listening Campaign

[Bruce Gourley]

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You've Got The Time is a nationwide Bible listening initiative launched by Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry. Almost 14,000 churches have participated and more than four million Audio Bibles have been provided free to churchgoers.

Participating churches listen to the Audio New Testament 28 minutes a day for 40 days. Research shows nearly 70 percent of believers have not read the New Testament and many do not read their Bible regularly.

[Dave Roberts]

I have this on my computer and plan to use it for Lent.

The statistics certainly prove the old adage, "Baptists believe the Bible cover to cover as long as they keep it covered."

I'm glad CBF is promoting this. It's an excellent resource. The only problem may be that it is only available in an MP3 format which may leave some of our senior adults out of it for lack of equipment.

[Jerry_B]

We are going to use this resource as well and are excited about it. The only thing that bothered me is that the CBF labeled discs were ESV, an ok translation but can't imagine giving that to a new Christian. I sent mine back and had them ship me NIV, wished they had it in TNIV.

[Jerry_B]

We are going to use this resource as well and are excited about it. The only thing that bothered me is that the CBF labeled discs were ESV, an ok translation but can't imagine giving that to a new Christian. I sent mine back and had them ship me NIV, wished they had it in TNIV.

[Tim Dahl]

I went to a couple of presentations about this. In the end, we've decided to not do it. It isn't because of the ESV. My understanding is that the ESV is the most modern translation that they can get for free/inexpensively. The other ones just cost too much. I can appreciate that. We decided to not do it because of the lack of playability. Let me explain. My people have very few devices that can actually play the CDs. We were told the CDs would work on computers, CD players and DVD players. The problem is, we haven't been able to find one CD/DVD player that they can work with. My congregation is mostly senior adult, and most of them don't have computers, nor do they want them.

I'm sure that our situation is peculiar. Perhaps we're one of the few congregations that have very few early adapters, I'm not sure. But, it seems this will be one of those "good ideas" that won't get off the ground in our congregation.

Tim

[Big Daddy Weaver]

[Tim Dahl]

[Dave Roberts]

I saw this morning that First Baptist in Richmond is going to make this available as an audio feed on their website [url]fbcrichmond.org[/url]. That provides another accessible way for those who have Internet connections. Maybe Bruce could install one on BL for Lent. That way the MP3 files are available for listening for anyone who goes to the website.

[Dave Roberts]

I finished this on Palm Sunday with 40 days of listening. It was a good experience, but not one I'm likely to repeat. The arrangement of what to hear and when seemed to break up sense units at times. I am one who reads and then stops to think, and the voices head onward without me. Then I had to catch up and missed parts. Guess for scripture I am in the Gutenburg generation still who likes a book in his lap.

[Jerry_B]

Our church enjoyed the listening campaign. The MP3 things was a bit of an issue for some, but some generous folks stepped in and went out and bought players for the few that didn't have a computer.