2024 Year in Review: So Much to Celebrate
November 29, 2024
By Gregg Harris, THRU the BIBLE president
It is always a joy to look back over the year to see what God has done. We never tire of celebrating God’s incredible faithfulness to His Word and to the fruitfulness of our humble efforts to get it to anyone on earth who wants it! Here are some highlights from 2024:
Our Digital Ministry is growing tremendously. We now have more than 60 language apps available to anyone in the world! Each app has the Bible and the THRU the BIBLE teaching available. These apps have already been downloaded in more than 200 countries, and we are thrilled to see people all over the world engaging with both Dr. McGee’s teaching and the Bible in one place. Our plan is to develop more than 100 language apps to reach more people. Check out our full list of language apps—and get it in your preferred language—at ttb.bible.
THRU the BIBLE Home Groups are now in Africa! For years we prayed that God would help us develop this wonderful ministry model outside of the South Asia region. In March 2024, we held a training event with 65 pastors. Six months later, I visited Ethiopia to meet the leaders of this new ministry. They shared that we now have over 2,000 Home Groups functioning! Many people have come to faith through these weekly Bible studies and many more are being strengthened in their faith.
Bible Companions are now available in print. Our team has carefully curated Dr. McGee’s teaching into a format that is easy to read. We call them Bible Companions, and people love them! They contain study questions so you can use them for personal or group Bible study. This year we began to offer all of the New Testament Bible Companions in print.
First Ministry Partners Conference in Africa. THRU the BIBLE is expanding our network of ministry partners beyond the traditional broadcasting world. In March 2024, we gathered more than 70 leaders from 40 different ministries to share ideas for how best to work together to bring God’s whole Word to Africa.
Dedication of our new building: the THRU the BIBLE Gathering Place. In March, over 70 people joined together to celebrate the opening of our new ministry center. Our small team of committed staff are now located literally all over the world! We bring them together in our new facility for strategic meetings to plan how to reach the whole world with the whole Word.
Completion of the 5-year THRU the BIBLE Turkish satellite-TV program. In October, it was my honor to meet with a team of more than 40 people who worked tirelessly to translate and produce a high-quality Turkish TV program aired on multiple networks.
Continued growth in new languages. Several new languages are in development, but not quite ready to be launched to the public. There is a great deal of behind-the-scenes work that needs to be done before we make a THRU the BIBLE language ministry available, and this year, we have done a tremendous amount of work on a number of new languages. It will be our joy to share the specifics with you next year when these new languages go live!
Each year, our team and partners work tirelessly to offer the life-changing systematic Bible teaching of Dr. McGee to millions around the world who hunger and thirst to know God. We couldn’t do it without your faithful prayer and financial support!
God has blessed THRU the BIBLE to take the whole Word to the whole world by pairing Dr. McGee’s study programs with the Bible in hundreds of languages, featured in our teaching and contextualized Bible apps. This is made possible with global ministry partners like Biblica.com.