Two churches based in Fife, Scotland have set their sights on becoming the first in Scotland to read the entire King James Bible in a week.
Largo and Newburn Parish Church and Largo St David’s will embark on a King James Bible reading marathon as part of celebrations taking place this year to mark the 400th anniversary of the completion of the King James Bible.
The reading of all 66 books of the Authorised Version will start on a Wednesday at 7am and will involve around 80 hours of reading through the course of seven days.
The reading gets underway on Wednesday morning at 7am and the Minister of Largo and Newburn Parish Church, the Rev John Murdoch, estimated that it will take around 80 hours of reading to read the Bible cover to cover.
“This is a massive project and I very much hope that those taking part with us will enjoy reading the Bible from beginning to end," said the Rev John Murdoch, the minister of the two churches.
The reading marathon will be undertaken by readers in groups of four to six who will read for an hour.
"Obviously we wish as many groups as possible to read for as long as possible," Murdoch said, adding that he was very pleased with the public’s response to the marathon.
“We have already had a number of people sign up from all over the country. There’s a good mix of people out with the Church of Scotland, including Scottish Episcopalians, Baptists and Roman Catholics."
The ‘Bible-thon’ will attempt to raise donations in support of the Scottish Bible Society and an appeal fund for street children in Brazil.