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GBS Open Day

27 February 2024  

On 14 and 15 of February the Gereformeerde Bijbelstichting (GBS) held its annual open day in Leerdam, the Netherlands. GBS is the Trinitarian Bible Society’s sister organisation in the Netherlands, who also focus on the publication and distribution of faithful Bible translations.

TBS and GBS have a close relationship, sharing the same goals and principles. The generous support from GBS has helped TBS pursue projects that might not otherwise have been possible. In turn, TBS has been able to supply GBS with hundreds of thousands of Bibles for distribution.

There are several projects where GBS has worked particularly closely with TBS. For example, GBS supports the Chinese Bible translation project. It was with great joy that the Chinese New Testament was published early this year, and work is now ongoing on the Old Testament translation.

GBS has also supported the revision of the Spanish Bible, and the printing of 30,000 copies to be distributed across Spanish-speaking Latin America. In 2020 the GBS also generously donated funds for the printing and distribution of 100,000 Spanish New Testaments with Psalms and Proverbs.

In addition, the GBS has been working with the TBS on the revision of the Delitzsch Hebrew New Testament, alongside the Board for Israel and the da Costa Foundation, so that it is more faithful to the Greek Received Text and in a more understandable form of modern Hebrew.

Another instance of cooperation between the GBS and the TBS was in the printing of the Shona Bible when 10,000 copies were printed and distributed for Zimbabwe.

We are very grateful for the harmonious and productive relationship we have enjoyed with GBS over many years. GBS plays a vital role in the preservation and publication of the Statenvertaling across the Netherlands. It is also instrumental in the translation and distribution of Scriptures in many other languages across the world, acting as a sister society to the TBS, for which we would thank the Lord.


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