The Christian Commons (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Tim Jore

ISBN 10: 1530507235 / ISBN 13: 9781530507238

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

About this Item

Paperback. Only in the last 100 years has world missions been built on a foundation of "all rights reserved." This model is both legal and ethical, but it has limited reach. The missions task is immense, and millions of people in thousands of people groups are still waiting to receive even one biblical resource in their own language. There is another way to equip the global church for spiritual growth. Christians all over the world can use 21st century technology to openly collaborate in the creation of unrestricted biblical content in any language. These unrestricted biblical resources - the Christian Commons - can be legally translated, adapted, built on, revised, redistributed, and used, by anyone, without hindrance, today. Unrestricted biblical resources can reach more people, in less time, with less expense, more effectively. The past may have been closed. The future of the global Church is Open. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Christian Commons (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1530507235
• ISBN 13: 9781530507238
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Only in the last 100 years has world missions been built on a foundation of "all rights reserved." This model is both legal and ethical, but it has limited reach. The missions task is immense, and millions of people in thousands of people groups are still waiting to receive even one biblical resource in their own language. There is another way to equip the global church for spiritual growth. Christians all over the world can use 21st century technology to openly collaborate in the creation of unrestricted biblical content in any language. These unrestricted biblical resources - the Christian Commons - can be legally translated, adapted, built on, revised, redistributed, and used, by anyone, without hindrance, today. Unrestricted biblical resources can reach more people, in less time, with less expense, more effectively. The past may have been closed. The future of the global Church is Open.

About the Author

Tim grew up overseas and, after earning degrees in Biblical Studies and Linguistics, worked for ten years as part of a Bible translation organization. He served in Brazil, Papua New Guinea and Thailand in various translation-related roles before joining a small ministry organization where he started the unfoldingWord project, focused on providing unrestricted biblical content intended to serve the global Church in every language.