June 2016 – Bible Society of the South Pacific

Whilst the early Translation of the Bible was often done by missionaries themselves, the Bible Society of the South Pacific (BSSP) was put in place to meet the need for effective scripture distribution as a means of evangelism. Like every Bible Societies in the world owing their existence to the British and Foreign Bible Societies (BFBS) which started in 1804, the BSSP began as a distributing depot for the BFBS in 1967 and located in Fiji. However, today’s vision of BSSP to make the scriptures available to every people in every language best explains the responsibility of the Society not only to Distribute scriptures, but also to Translate. The Bible Society of the South Pacific is part of a worldwide fellowship of Bible Societies known as the United Bible Societies. It is a Christian organization set up to help all churches in the South Pacific through the translation, production and distribution of the Bible within the South Pacific. It is not a church but a producer of the Bible the basic tool for all church ministries. The head office based in Fiji oversees Bible work in sixteen islands in the South Pacific.