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Bibles for America (BfA) is a non-profit, non-religious organization〔(California Corporation Registry )〕 dedicated to distributing free copies of the New Testament Recovery Version study Bible〔Jo Tigerlily. “Bibles for America.” ''Newsvine''. NBCNews.com, 22 Dec. 2007. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.〕 and Christian books by Witness Lee〔http://www.witnesslee.org/〕 and Watchman Nee〔http://www.watchmannee.org/〕 in the United States and Puerto Rico. Since its inception, BfA has distributed over one million copies of the New Testament Recovery Version as well as 1.2 million Christian books in 10,000 cities.〔http://www.biblesforamerica.org〕 ==History== BfA was founded in the spring of 2000 in Irvine, California by a group of Christians in Southern California with the following statement of faith:〔http://www.biblesforamerica.org/StatementofFaith.aspx〕 *The Bible is the complete and only divine revelation, inspired by the Holy Spirit. *God is eternally one. He is also eternally the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, the three being distinct but not separate. *Christ is both the complete God and the perfect man. He was divinely conceived in the womb of a human virgin, lived a genuine human life on earth, and died a vicarious and all-inclusive death on the cross. After three days He resurrected bodily and ascended to the heavens. He is now in glory, still fully God and fully man. He will return to reign over the earth in the millennium and in eternity. *The Spirit, the third of the Trinity, is equally God. All that the Father has and is, is expressed by the Son; and all that the Son has and is, is realized as the Spirit. *Man is unable to fulfill the requirements of God’s righteousness, holiness, and glory, and thus is in need of God’s salvation. Because of Christ’s death on the cross, which fulfilled all of God’s requirements, God forgives, justifies, and reconciles those who believe in Jesus Christ and His work. *The believers, based on Christ’s redemption, are regenerated by God with His Spirit that they may become His children possessing His life and nature. They enjoy a daily salvation in His Body in this age and the eternal salvation in the coming age and in eternity. *The New Jerusalem as the consummation of God's salvation will be the mutual habitation of the redeeming God and His redeemed elect for eternity. Since its beginning, BfA has operated based on this faith to carry out its mission. Its theme verse is 1 Timothy 2:3b-4: "Our Savior God, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth." BfA recently incorporated more Christian literature by Witness Lee and Watchman Nee into its repertoire and continues to distribute the New Testament and Christian books through its website and various distribution events. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bibles for America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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