E100 Bible reading program endorsed by Australian pastors and church leaders

Scripture Union’s ‘E100 Bible Reading Challenge’ has been endorsed by leading Australian pastors and church leaders in a video produced to promote the program. The video can be seen at: www.facebook.com/e100australia

Pastors who feature in the video include Michael Murphy from ShireLive, Sutherland, Angelo Gratsounas from Narwee Baptist Church, Wayne Alcorn Hope Centre, Brisbane and Bruce Clarke, St Matthew’s Anglican, Manly. 

“I loved the concept of having a short-term program to build habits and disciplines into our church members lives that would give them a toe-hold to start a lifeline long journey of having a faithful, regular Bible reading habit.”  Bruce Clarke, Senior Minister, St Matthew’s, Manly.

“The one thing we can do for our people – is to exhort them and encourage them to be daily hearing God’s voice.”  Mike Murphy, ShireLive Sutherland.

“Our kids church picked it up, our youth group did it – it was a complete church wide program.”  Angelo Gratsounas, Narwee Baptist Church

“A friend of mine told me that he had done the E100 program in his church. As I heard how his church engaged with the Bible, and more and more of his people were loving reading it and really being inspired to live it out, I decided to run the program at Hope Centre.” Wayne Alcorn, Hope Centre, Brisbane.

The E100 Bible Reading Challenge features 100 carefully selected Bible readings designed to give Christians a good understanding of the entire Biblical story from Genesis to Revelation.

“The E100 program has been run in churches across Australia,” said SU’s David De Mers. “It’s exciting to hear reports back from these churches about the impact the program has had and this new video will allow other churches and pastors to hear first hand how E100 has impacted churches,” he said.

“The E100 Challenge was created by Scripture Union in the United States and has been in print form for a number of years,” David said. “Around the world, thousands of churches and hundreds of thousands of Christians have taken the challenge, reading all 100 passages over a three month period,” he said.

“The program works because it is a personal challenge designed to develop a daily Bible reading habit, it can be done in community as a church, it is flexible, and it is complete,” David said.

E100 is also available as an ‘app’ for smart phones and tablets.

“Scripture Union has recognised the need for something new and fresh to appeal to younger generations using digital technologies, and we’re excited to be able to promote daily Bible reading in a way that is relevant and appealing,” David said.

“The apps are based on the original print version but are completely self-contained which means individuals can read the Bible passages and the E100 notes anywhere,” he said.

More information on the E100 program is available at: http://e100challenge.com.au/ (where you can register for the program) or join the conversation on the E100 Challenge (Australia) Facebook page.

The video can be seen at: www.facebook.com/e100australia