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the Bible in action

Martin Horton

Date posted: 8 May 2026

For over two years, I have shared with you updates from the frontiers of mission. It has felt like watching a sunrise – each new Bible translation a ray of light reaching the one in five still waiting for God’s Word in their language.

This year, we are inviting people like you to help reach the “unreached” – those 3.4 billion people worldwide who live in communities without a local church capable of sharing the gospel with them. As we prayed for the unreached through our daily prayer diary last year, we remembered people like the Rofca* and the Ceren*. The reality for these people is often one of profound spiritual darkness.

the Bible in action

Martin Horton

Date posted: 1 Feb 2026

“When he’d died, I didn’t like people saying ‘Oh, he’s passed’. Or ‘You’ve lost your dad,’ as though I’d let go of his hand in the supermarket.”

That was Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, speaking on Radio 4 about the sudden death of his father.