United Bible Societies
From Textus Receptus
The United Bible Societies (UBS) is a worldwide association of bible societies. In 1946 in Haywards Heath (England) as an effort to coordinate the activities of the bible societies, delegates from 13 countries formed the UBS, with headquarters in London and in Geneva.
As of January 2006 the UBS has 141 member societies, working in more than 200 countries and territories. They include:
- The British and Foreign Bible Society (1804)
- The Pennsylvania Bible Society (1808)
- The American Bible Society (1816)
- The Bible Society In Australia (1817)
- Bible Society NSW (1817)
- The Colombian Bible Society (1825)<ref>Columbian Bible Society website</ref>
- The Bible Society In New Zealand (1846)
- The Canadian Bible Society (1904)
- The Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society) (1948)
- Alliance Biblique Universelle
- Sociedades Biblicas Unidas
- Bible Society of South Africa<ref>Bible Society of South Africa website</ref>
- Ukrainian Bible Society
- Russian Bible Society
- Japanese Bible Society
- Hungarian Bible Society
- Dutch Bible Society
