News from Manna Publications Worldwide

News from MYANMAR (Burma): Recently, Manna Bible commentaries have been printed in the capital city Yangon and in the Chin Hills near the Bangladesh border. The ministry has ceased temproarily in Yangon whilst local Christians have helped sacrificially with aid for the south devasted by the cyclone.

News from ETHIOPIA: Last November, UK Manna director, Peter Skinner, visited Ethiopia, introducing Bible commentaries to the growing churches. Pastor C. says, "We are in a great church planting movement in remote villages and have many new converts. I have been using the Manna book on Acts for three weeks and have ordered 500 copies." Acts part 2 is now ready to print in Addis Ababa for distriubtion.

News from TANZANIA: 2000 Manna books on Genesis 1-11 were printed in February, 1000 in English and 1000 in Swahili. Manna distributor Gervase Masanja says, "These books help the believers to grow in the spiritual knowledge of the word of God." 2000 copies of Genesis 11-21 were printed in April. Plans are in hand to translate the Mark commentaries.

News from FRANCOPHONE AFRICA: Our distirutor in Mali sees the publishing of Manna Bible commentaries in Bamako as a mission and as a business opportunity. He has been distributing our books in colleges and the univeristy as well as to churches. Books have been printed in Congo Brazzaville, Togo and Burundi and printing will soon commence for Dem. Rep. Congo (Kinshasa, Kasai  and Katanga) and Togo. Also in Ghana for use in Burkina Faso.

News from USA: A new Board of Reference met recently in Harrisonburg, VA, to support the ministry of Manna author Fred Morris. They approved tighter editorial guidelines for the worldwide easy English edtions of Fred's commenataries which will enable easier and more accurate translations into other languages.

                                                                     August 2008