![]() The UK as far as I can ascertain, has never published the percentage figures of preferred Bible versions while the US did so up to and including 2017 – through the Barna-generated results published in the American Bible Society’s annual “£State of the Bible “ Report. The reason is, I think, rather obvious – many NIV’s published in the US are destined to be sent and read abroad! Conversely, although the KJV is consistently placed as the second or third best seller, its true readership is under-rated, as non-ECPA organisations publish and distribute this version! Of course, ECPA will not disclose any information related to its bare dollar and unit sales figures! May I again say that published sales figures, whether in dollar or unit value, often bear little relationship to the Bible version that is actually preferred and used by a serious Bible reader? For example, while the NIV figures as the US top seller, it has also figured poorly, in the American Bible Society’s reports, as the preferred Bible. NIV is first, but by how many more sales did they make. For how many preferred or used each translation over other translations? It would be good to know the true statistics, and not sequence. I am doing research for my EPQ and was wondering if you knew the statistics for the most popular Bible used in the UK for private study compared to the United States? So, I’ll sign off, thanking you for the opportunity of putting forward the data.Īn acquaintance, who follwed the matter, has noticed the following two queries to you, which are germane to what I had written :. I take it that folk are not really bothered about the matter. I am surprised not to have received comment on the matter of the data on Bible literacy and preferred Alas! None was so I exited, on 7th July 2020, with the following words : Yes, the schedules did have a lot of statistics in them but I hoped that some comments on them would be forthcoming. In turn, I submitted a number of schedules, arising from an in-depth project on Bible literacy, preferred Bible versions, etc., both in the US and also in the UK. ![]() In June 2020, you posted, and commented on, the ECPA unit Bible sales for the year to January 2020. With nearly 40 years of ministry experience, Thom Rainer has spent a lifetime committed to the growth and health of local churches across North America.
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