Cascade Township, USA - After a 22,000 mile, nine-month journey, a religious publisher in Michigan has assembled a handwritten copy of the Christian Bible, penned by 31,173 people from 40 states.
Zondervan Corp. in southwestern Michigan put on the Bible Across America tour to mark the 30th anniversary of its New International Version Bible translation.
Company President Moe Girkins joined about a dozen people Wednesday in writing out the Bible's last verses at the company's headquarters in Kent County's Cascade Township near Grand Rapids.
He penned the final verse from the book of Revelation: "The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people Amen."
The Grand Rapids Press says Zondervan will start selling a copy of the handwritten Bible in October.