Fr. James is the author of "Surprised By Christ", a book which tells the powerful story of his journey from Judaism to Christianity. It has already been published in five languages. With Fr. James' blessing, the Russian Faith team is now working on translating this fine book into Brazilian Portuguese. Here is how you can help . . .
UPDATE: As of March 31, 2021, we have now FINISHED translating this book into Brazilian Portuguese, the book design is COMPLETED, and we are now ready to PUBLISH hard copies of this book, and ship it to various seminaries and churches in Brazil and Portugal.
Will we be able to meet the goal of printing a full 1000 copies of Fr. James' book? Or will we only be able to print a few hundred copies? That depends on whether you can help us complete our fundraising efforts . . . and we are now SO CLOSE to reaching our goal! Please DONATE NOW, so we will have the funds necessary to print 1000 copies of Surprised By Christ, and send them to churches throughout Brazil!
NOTE: Some users have reported difficulties using the GoFundMe website, and have asked if it is possible for the Russian Faith website to receive donations, and funnel them directly to this book publication project. For those who desire to do this, it is important to include a note with your donation, specifying that your donation is specifically for the "Surprised By Christ" book project. Such funds will not be used for maintaining the Russian Faith website. Donations made in this way will go directly to the book publication project. Please DONATE NOW.
By a miracle, if donations go above and beyond the goal, that would be an incredible blessing, because it would provide the funds necessary for shipping, to send more books to more individual locations. Instead of sending bundles of books to a few churches and waiting for eventual distribution, we may be able to increase the number of churches that will receive copies of the book, throughout both Brazil and Portugal. We may even be able to send Fr. James' books to churches in Angola, a nation in Africa which predominantly speaks Portuguese. Imagine Surprised By Christ being shipped to three different continents . . .
If you haven't already read the original fundraiser, it can be seen below:
With your help, Fr. James Bernstein's outstanding book may soon be translated into Portuguese, making it accessible for more than 200 million people living in Brazil and Portugal.
Fr. James is the author of "Surprised By Christ", a book which tells the powerful story of his journey from Judaism to Christianity. It has already been published in five languages.
On Saturday, March 16, 2019, two Orthodox priests met at a Russian Orthodox church in South America, discussing the possibility of translating this fine book into Brazilian Portuguese.
Fr. Anatolie Topala is rector of the church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and is the dean for the Russian Orthodox churches in Brazil. He is fluent in Russian and Portuguese, and has experience with book publication projects in Brazil.
Fr. Joseph Gleason is an Orthodox priest from America who now lives and serves in Russia. He is the senior editor for the Russian-Faith.com news website, and has had experience with book publication projects in America.
Geraldo Silva, a Portuguese translator working for Russian Faith, will be leading the translation effort.
All three men can be seen in the following photo:
Fr. Joseph presented Fr. Anatolie with a Russian language copy of Fr. James' book. The next step is for the book to be translated, published, and distributed in Brazil.
To complete this translation project, donations are needed. We are trying to raise a total of $7500 to cover all expenses. These funds are needed in order to complete the following tasks:
- Translating the book into Brazilian Portuguese.
- Properly formatting the text, in preparation for publication.
- Printing proof copies.
- Final proofreading and editing by a Portuguese native speaker.
- Publishing the book in paperback format.
- Making the book available in electronic format.
- Arranging Portuguese language phone calls and advertisements to promote the book.
- Shipping promotional copies of the book to key Orthodox churches, seminaries, and bookstores in Brazil and Portugal.
Please DONATE NOW.
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Please pray that all the pieces for this translation project will come together, pray that our fundraising efforts will successfully enable Fr. James' book to be translated and published in Brazilian Portuguese, and pray that many people in Brazil and Portugal will become Christians as a result.
Glory to God!
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