Church leaders from more than 40 denominations have encouraged their congregations to take the “You’ve Got The Time” challenge, a 40-day campaign of listening to the New Testament for 28 minutes a day according to the Christian Post.
With research showing that 65 percent of Americans have never read the entire New Testament, the Albuquerque, N.M.-based ministry began working with community, business, and church leaders in Houston to get churchgoers engaged with Scripture “in a meaningful way.”
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So far, nearly 59,000 churches across the country have participated in the ministry’s Audio Bible listening programs.
In Houston, about 400 churches representing 450,000 people have joined You’ve Got The Time in the first quarter of 2009. Churches that have participated from Houston include St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church and Second Baptist Church along with those of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Audio Bible comes in a variety of translations and languages.
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