For five days, between July 15-19, 2025, representatives of the Catholic Church from various dioceses and institutions were present and gathered at the Catholikc Center Building, in Denpasar. The National Meeting of Indonesian Biblical Institutes is a tradition and an important moment in promoting and developing the Apostolate of Scripture in Indonesia.
The National Meeting (hereafter abbreviated as National Meeting) was attended by Diocesan Scripture Delegates (members ex-officio, who are usually the Chair of the Diocesan Scripture Commission and individuals and representatives of institutions engaged in the study and apostolate of Scripture, who were accepted as members by the Board, who are usually expert members (LBI Direktorium 9). The theme is: "Proclaiming Christ in the Asian and Indonesian Context."
The activities of National Assembly 2025 began with a meeting of lecturers/teachers/bible activists from each Catholic STFT throughout Indonesia. On this occasion, the Biblical Institute of Indonesia invited the Head of the LAI Translation Department, Rev. Anwar Tjen, to discuss the history and process of translation up to the publication of the New Translation (TB) and New Translation 2 (TB-2) of the Bible. Rev. Anwar particularly emphasized the history of cooperation between Protestant and Catholic churches in the translation of TB1 and TB2. In the end, both the TB and TB-2 Bibles have become the Bible that unites the churches in Indonesia from various denominations and confessions.