Study Bibles for the World

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Most pastors worldwide lack training and resources to help them teach God’s Word. You can help change that. Today, Chris Larson and J.D. Bridges join Nathan W. Bingham to discuss a bold initiative from Ligonier Ministries to equip 500,000 pastors with the Reformation Study Bible.

Support Study Bibles for the World with your donation today. Every gift of $25 sends a study Bible to a pastor in need. Donate $50 or more to receive a Reformation Study Bible of your own: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4289/offer

Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook edition of the Reformation Study Bible with your donation of any amount: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global

Meet Today’s Speakers:

Chris Larson is president and chief executive officer for Ligonier Ministries.

J.D. Bridges is vice president of global outreach for Ligonier Ministries.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	Here's what's at stake. The African Church is the largest missionary-sending church in the world.
0:06.0	And so missionaries are coming from Africa to the west and to the east and to the global south.
0:13.0	And the prevalence of false teaching is a real problem. You've got prosperity theology, you've got the invasion of the cults, and so we want to be able to provide good theology for these churches so that the missionaries are taking the truth with them and not exporting error.
0:33.6	If you're listening today, whether on the radio or digitally, it means you likely have
0:40.6	easy access to trusted teaching and to the scriptures. Many of us have multiple copies of the Bible.
0:47.4	We own study Bibles, have Bible apps and the Ligonier app. But that's not the case for Christians
0:53.2	around the world.
0:56.5	Many lack trusted study tools.
0:59.5	And an overwhelming number of global pastors lack formal theological training.
1:01.8	And today, you'll hear about an expanding outreach
1:05.2	and the opportunity for each of us
1:07.2	to help meet this vital need.
1:09.9	This is the Monday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm
1:13.4	Nathan W. Bingham. You've likely heard about Ligonier's Study Bibles for Africa campaign. Due to the
1:20.6	great need, your support, and the opportunities that the Lord has provided, this initiative is no
1:26.7	longer focused solely on the continent of Africa. Today, you'll hear what the Lord has provided, this initiative is no longer focused solely on the
1:28.7	continent of Africa. Today, you'll hear what the Lord has done and the response from pastors
1:34.0	who have been helped through the gift of a Reformation Study Bible. Before I introduce our guests,
1:40.3	any donation you make today at Renewing Your Mind.org, or when you call us at 800, 435-4343,
1:48.0	will go directly to support this worldwide campaign. And if your gift is $50 or more, to thank you for your generosity,
1:56.0	we'll send you your very own copy of the Reformation Study Bible. I'll tell you more about that at the end of today's episode.
2:04.2	Well, joining me in the studio is our president and CEO Chris Larson and our vice president of global outreach, J.D. Bridges.
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