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July 8, 2001
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Polish Bible Society Honours Work of Adventist Leader

Warsaw, Poland, 06.07.2001. (APD)   The National 
Committee of the Bible Society in Poland has awarded 
the title "Honorary Member of the Bible Society" to Dr. 
Bert B. Beach, director of inter-church relations for 
the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide. The honour, 
awarded at a June 12 ceremony, has been given to only 
three other people.

Beach's support of the work of the Polish Bible Society 
has spanned more than four decades. In giving the 
award, Bible Society leaders called Beach "a spokesman 
for reconciliation and freedom in Poland." While Poland 
was still under communist rule, Beach carried Bible 
Society documents from Warsaw to England to avoid 
unnecessary complications. Beach says that over the 
years he has encouraged Adventist Church members to 
support the Bible Society as a way of "getting involved 
in something beyond their own communities." 

"This honour came as a total surprise to me," says Beach. 
"It is really an honour to the Seventh-day Adventist 
Church in Poland and its great support of Bible 
translation and distribution of the Scriptures."