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Dallas, Dec. 14, 2005 – Internet-based “bible.org,” providers of the only modern English Bible translation in the world offered completely free for ministry purposes, and the Global Pastor’s Network, announced today that they have partnered to coordinate efforts to help distribute the first edition of the “NET BIBLE^®” online for free download from /. The Global Pastor’s Network is a growing coalition of Christian ministries and denominations working together to build the premier community of pastors worldwide utilizing online, on-air and on-ground means.

“This partnership means that our mutual goals of planting 5 million churches and winning 1 billion souls to Christ over the next decade will help equip everyone who wants access to a Bible anywhere in the world,” said James O. Davis, cofounder, president, and CEO of the Global Pastor’s Network.

Ministry officials point out that anyone anywhere in the world with an Internet connection is able to use and print out the NET BIBLE without cost for personal study, preaching, teaching, and training others. And anyone who wants to give away the Bible can print up to 1,000 copies of the NET BIBLE and distribute them for free without the need for written permission - or print millions of copies of the NET BIBLE and distribute them for free by contacting bible.org.

Pastors without extensive libraries, missionaries and Bible translators in the field, and people in countries where access to Bible study materials are restricted or prohibited will all benefit from access to a contemporary English translation with extensive notes available on the Internet.

“The NET BIBLE^® is an entirely new translation from the ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic texts,” said Dave Foran, executive director of bible.org. “A team of over 25 top scholars, experts in the Biblical languages, worked directly from the best currently available texts. The result was 60,932 translators’ notes and citations pulling from more than 700 scholarly works. The significance of the online translation means that the NET BIBLE was read, studied, and checked by more eyes than any Bible translation in history.”

The two ministries plan to cross promote resources and links as they build towards the Global Pastor’s Networks pastors conference called “Soul Millionaire,” January 25-27, 2006 in Orlando, Florida.

For more information about Global Pastors Network or the “Billion Soul Global Pastor’s Conference,” visit www.soulmillionaire.org or call toll-free 1-888-295-4518. For more information about the NET BIBLE please go to www.bible.org.

The Global Pastors Network began in 2002 as resource for meeting the Church’s need for trained and equipped pastors. Dr. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ and Dr. James O. Davis, co-founders, wanted to provide ministry leaders around the world with the best Christian leadership training available in the most efficient and affordable way possible. Though Dr. Bright died in July 2003, his vision and legacy live on through the leaders he inspired. Bright called GPN, “the most important project I have ever been part of in my life.” The Global Pastors Network is at the forefront of the movement to train millions of pastors and Christian leaders for the billion-soul harvest, all for a fraction of the time and cost of traditional education. A ‘Summit meeting is scheduled for November 1^st, 2005 in Baltimore.

Bible.org is a non-profit (501c3) Christian ministry headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The Ministry launched in 1994 to leverage the Internet as a powerful new force in Christian ministry. In the last decade bible.org has grown to serve millions of individuals in more than 170 countries by providing thousands of trustworthy resources for Bible study free online – including a new translation of the Bible (the NET BIBLE^®).