Editing Contemporary English Version (section)

==Usages==
* In the aftermath of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], the [[American Bible Society]] published a special booklet titled ''God Is Our Shelter and Strength''.<ref name=ubs>{{cite web
  | author=Staff reporter.
  | title = New York City: in the wake of September 11...
  |work=United Bible Societies
  | date = November 2009
  | url = http://www.biblesociety.org/wr_364/364_pictorial.htm
  | accessdate = July 11, 2010
  | quote = Dr [[Eugene Habecker]], President of the ABS, with copies of the special Scripture Portion God Is Our Shelter and Strength in hand, offered words of support and encouragement to rescue workers at ‘Ground Zero’ (above) nine days after the attack.
  | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020301072601/http://www.biblesociety.org/wr_364/364_pictorial.htm
  | archivedate = March 1, 2002 }}</ref> The booklet contained passages from the [[Psalms]] and other parts of the Bible. This booklet was also published after the [[Hurricane Katrina]] disaster in September 2005.<ref name=abs>{{cite press release |author=Staff reporter. |title=American Bible Society Provides Bibles and Scripture Portions to Those Affected by Hurricane Katrina |work=American Bible Society |date=September 8, 2005 |url=http://www.americanbible.org/absport/news/item.php?id=99 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618012516/http://www.americanbible.org/absport/news/item.php?id=99 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 18, 2008 |accessdate=June 30, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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* In October 2005, the [[Bible Society]] in Australia launched a project called ''SMSBible'', which was the entire CEV in [[Short message service|SMS]] text messages. News reports about the service claimed that the Bible spanned more than 30,000 text messages.<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4318750.stm
 | title=SMS Bible launched in Australia 
 |publisher=BBC 
 | date=October 7, 2005
 | accessdate=June 28, 2008
}}</ref>

* On October 25, 2005, a church in New Zealand began a project called PodBible to produce an audio version of the CEV available via [[podcast]] or [[webcast]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10350204
 | title=Auckland church to read whole Bible on internet
 | publisher=The New Zealand Herald
 | date=October 14, 2005
 | accessdate=June 28, 2008
}}</ref>

* In 2009, through the [[UCCF]] 'FREE Gospel Project' 400,000 copies of the book of Mark in CEV were handed out at over 150 universities in the UK.