New Building for Madras Printing Operation
The Gladys Dauch Trust provides funds for purchasing a building to house the printing work in Madras, India. Renovation work on the building begins.
Russian Translations
Bible Believers prints first book in the Russian language, Follow Me.
Church Building in Yugoslavia
Bible Believers purchases a church building for the believers in Subotica, Yugoslavia. The church was dedicated in June 1990.
Poland & India
Brother Byskal made his first Missionary trip to Poland in 1989, just as the communist wall in Berlin was being removed. The believers there asked for assistance in getting more of the Message translated and printed in Polish. One year later, plans are finalized and the work begins. Computer upgrades for the typesetting work in India was needed, and Bible Believers purchased the latest in state of the art computer typesetting equipment; 2 Apple computer work stations and a 300 DPI Laser printer, subsequently reducing costs by eliminating the need for commercial typesetters.
Upgrades to Printing Press in India
Major upgrade in India. Old letter presses are sold in order to purchase newer off-set, single dummy press to meet increased demands for more message books. Capacity increased to 40,000 books printed per month!
Printing Press Established in Madras, India
In 1985, The William Branham Good News Society was established in Madras (now known as Chennai) and Bible Believers purchased a large printing operation in Madras, allowing the translation and printing of the Message to be centralized there for all of India. For over 25 years Bible Believers, with the support of many around the world, funded the work in India and printing of the messages. The operation grew from commercially printing one book per month, to a full-fledged computerized printing operation in its own 4,000 square foot building, printing the Message in 12 of the major languages spoken in India.
Yugoslavia
In 1983, Brother Byskal made his first Missionary journey behind the Iron curtain. Shortly after this initial visit, translation into the Serbo-Croatian language began. Later on, the Message was also translated into the Slovenian language. This work continues to this day, supported by the Believers living in the former Republic of Yugoslavia.
Brother Jacobs Reaches Out
Brother S.C. Jacob of Madras, India contacts Brother Byskal for help in printing the Message in Tamil. Brother Byskal travels to India to film the first Missions video of India
Master Set of Cleaned & Filtered Tapes Gifted to Voice of God Recordings
Once the project of filtering the tapes (started in 1975) was complete, Brother Byskal, in conjunction with the trustees, gifted an entire master set of the cleaned reel to reel tapes to Voice of God Recordings. In addition to this, all of the cleaning and filtering equipment was sold to the Voice of God Recordings to help them in this project of cleaning more of the original recordings that were being found.
Printing Press for the Telegu Language
Bible Believers purchases a printing press for Brother Daniel Evans, and printing of the Telegu message books begins.