{"id":3432,"date":"2016-10-06T09:46:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T09:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2016\/10\/06\/norwegian-bible-society-honours-adventist-pastor\/"},"modified":"2016-10-06T09:46:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T09:46:56","slug":"norwegian-bible-society-honours-adventist-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/norwegian-bible-society-honours-adventist-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Bible Society honours Adventist pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"

6 October 2016 | Kristiansand, Norway [Tor Tjeransen, Norwegian Union Communication Director]<\/p>\n

Pastor Per de Lange and his wife, Monica, were honoured by the Norwegian Bible Society when they received the Bible Prize 2016 during in inter-denominational meeting in the cathedral of Kristiansand, Norway at the end of September.<\/p>\n

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Dr Ingeborg Mongstad Kvammen, Secretary General of the Norwegian Bible Society presented the Bible Prize 2016 to Per and Monica de Lange at an inter-denominational meeting in the Kristiansand Cathedral in Norway on Sunday September 25, 2016. The meeting was part of the celebrations of 200 years since the founding of the Norwegian Bible Society. Per de Lange is a Seventh-day Adventist pastor in the West Norway Conference. L. to r.: Ingeborg Mongstad Kvammen, Secretary General, Norwegian Bible Society; Per de Lange and Monica de Lange. Photo: Tor Tjeransen\/ADAMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cFor more than forty years the Prize winners have profiled the Bible through song and music,\u201d stated Dr Ingeborg Mongstad-Kvammen, Secretary General of the Norwegian Bible Society, during the Prize giving ceremony. \u201cThey have sung Scripture and songs about the Bible on a number of records and at innumerable meetings and worship services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During the citation from the Bible Society he added, \u201cMany have come in contact with the Bible through Per and Monica\u2019s appearances on radio and television. Through their ministry in the Seventh-day Adventist Church they have exemplified the message of the Bible. They have made an enormous contribution to the Bible Work in the Southern region of Norway and the Bible Committee in that region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mongstad-Kvammen emphasised the extraordinary contribution the de Lange\u2019s have made in uplifting the Bible through song and music, church work and their work on the Bible Committee. \u201cWe want to honour you for your work in uplifting the Bible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A major task of the Norwegian Bible Society is to foster a renewed use of the Bible in churches and congregations, in schools, in culture and in society. The Bible Prize has been awarded since 1995.<\/p>\n

The aim of the prize is to recognise one or more persons who have contributed to extending the use of the Bible or contributed to a revival of Bible use. The Prize is awarded to contributors in the area of culture, but also those active in promoting Bible use in schools among children and young people.  <\/p>\n

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