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Blowing Away the Smoke
Photo Courtesy Isobel Stevenson
Equipping Bible teachers around the world while working from home
Isobel and William Stevenson
By Karen Stiller
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sobel Stevenson, who attends Heritage Park Alliance Church in Windsor, Ont., may work from her home, but the impact of her editing and writing are felt around the world. In Africa, her editorial hand oversaw the production of the Africa Bible Commentary, the first onevolume commentary on the whole
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Bible written by African scholars for Africa and for the world. She is also excited to have helped produce textbooks such as African Christian Theology and African Christian Ethics that are being used by Bible college students across Africa. In Asia, she is involved in producing the South Asia Bible Commentary, written by scholars
from India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. She has also led writing workshops in India and Malaysia at which scholars and pastors are given time and encouragement as they write for the people to whom they minister. She has had the joy of seeing books that were worked on at these workshops published in India, Nepal and the Philippines.