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Oasis International

Africa Study Bible

A New Living Translation study Bible with 2,600 notes written by African scholars and pastors from 50 countries, available in English and French (La Bible d'etude: perspectives africaines). Also offered digitally through the Tecarta Bible app.

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Why this is listed

The main study Bible written from inside Africa; French edition serves francophone Africa.

How to start

  1. Open oasisinternationalpublishing.com (opens an external site) and read what Oasis International says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Confirm the cost and level fit: paid, introductory, over weeks.
  3. Note the tradition — Broadly evangelical. It will shape what you are taught, and that is worth knowing going in.
  4. Put the first session in your calendar now. The gap between reading about study and doing it is a calendar entry.

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