Edited by: Michele Clark Jenkins and Stephanie Perry Moore
I was skeptical at first about *yet another* bible devoted to Black people. But I was (somewhat) pleasantly surprised by this Sisters in Faith Bible because it wasn't quite like all the others.
I like that this Bible doesn't pander to stereotypes about coloured women, nor does it ignore the real issues that women face regardless of colour. I think that any women would benefit from the devotional helps included in this Bible because they are relevant to us all.
But at the same time, this is yet another example of a publisher publishing another bible just to sell more bibles to the same old people and I'm getting really tired of that. I truly suspect that the reason that the bible remains the best selling book of all time is not because more and more people are buying it, but because Christians keep being told they need to get this new bible and that new bible because of the added content. This is saddening consumerism at its core. And the Sisters in Faith bible is an excellent example of this because of the way it is put together: clearly this bible isn't meant to be given to a new believer or someone who is far from God because its only available in the King James Version. Any new believer would be discourage by that, no matter how many excellent helps are included. This bible is obviously marketed towards the enthusiastic older coloured believers (of which I count myself one), but those people already have a bible, I guarantee you.
It's a lovely bible, but lets get together as followers of Christ and encourage our publishers to figure out how we can reach the lost, not get money out of each other.
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