The Forum of Bible Agencies International is an alliance of more than 25 international Bible Agencies and other missions organizations which provides access to the Bible and encourages its use worldwide. The Forum provides standards for Bible translation and opportunities for the collaboration of Bible Agencies in many different countries. The members of the Forum of Bible Agencies International do work in more than 120 countries and are headquartered in five different nations. Mission The Forum of Bible Agencies International exists to promote collaboration and cooperation among Bible Agencies in order to provide access to the Bible and encourage its use worldwide. The Forum promotes and pursues collaboration by: strengthening the relationships between the agencies undertaking strategic global initiatives together advocating for the centrality of the Bible in life and mission fostering professional excellence of its members through training providing support for the development of regional and national forums. History At the 1989 Second International Congress on World Evangelization, workshops took place on the topic of Bible translation and distribution, which led to the formation of The Forum of Bible Agencies International the following year. The Forum was founded on the belief that collaboration and cooperation would significantly increase the speed and widen the scope for bringing about worldwide access to the Bible. The first annual meeting of the Forum was held in 1990 at Wycliffe Bible Translators' centre in Horsleys Green, England. In 2001, the Forum of Bible Agencies International set out to create an Internet catalog of the world's Bibles. However, it wasn't until 2006 that the Forum was able to accomplish this goal and launched Find-a-Bible, a web directory providing links to Bibles and biblical resources in the 6000+ languages of the world. The Find-A-Bible directory primarily consists of content created by members of the Forum and contains links to print Bibles, print-on-demand Bibles, digital Bibles, audio Bibles, visual Bibles and Bible resources in multiple formats. In 2013, the Forum commissioned the Digital Bible Society to create and maintain a single location on the Internet where people looking for Bibles and biblical resources could obtain them. In June 2002, at the Southern Baptist Convention, sponsors of the TNIV, in response to charges of inaccuracy about the translation from its critics, stated that their translation guidelines met the standards of the Forum of Bible Agencies International. Later that month, the Forum stated that it does not "approve, endorse,