After six years of work, a handwritten Bible calligraphy scroll spanning more than 2,600 meters was submitted for a Guinness World Record last Wednesday.
The Church of Our Savior in Guangdong launched an activity of hand-copying the Bible on September 22, serving as a special gift to God in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the church’s reopening in April 2025.
Converting to Christianity 14 years ago, a male believer in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province spent eight years making three copies of the Old and New Testaments and transcribing the “Streams in the Desert”.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a Swiss pastor launched a Bible copying campaign during the quarantine months. Positive responses soon came from many countries that people of all ages handwrote chapters of the Bible even in different languages. The handwritten Bible, also called "COVID Bible", shows the word of God can't be quarantined.
A Chinese Christian called Li Yinming initiates a campaign of writing out the Bible, planning to copy the complete Bible in his handwriting within three years. It attracts over 60 people to join the line.