Details have been releasedsurrounding the launch of a new Bible museum on the National Mall in Washington D.C., a project founded and funded by David Green, president of arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby.

Museum of the Biblewill open in 2017, displaying artifacts from theGreen Collection, “one of the world’s largest private collections of rare biblical texts and artifacts,” along with other antiquities,replicas, and various exhibits.

“Washington, D.C., is the museum capital of the world,” says Green, “So, it’s only fitting that our board selected Washington as the home for this international museum. We invite everyone—adults and children, the intellectually curious and most seasoned of scholars alike—to Museum of the Bible to explore the most important and influential book ever written.”

Although the Green family is known for proudly promoting its evangelical beliefsand openlystanding athwart the HHS contraception mandate, the museum will not take an overtly evangelistic approach, relying on academic scholarship and telling its storiesfor believers and skeptics alike. As Green told Religion News Service, “”The Bible can speak for itself, explain itself.”

And indeed, based on the range of artifacts in the collection and the professionalism of the team they’ve assembled—including experts in architectural, interior, and environmental design from some of the greatest museum projects in the world (listed here)—this is not likely to be another Holy Land Experience.

Exterior rendering of the eight-story, 430,000-square-foot Museum of the Bible

The projectis ratherextraordinary in and of itself, buttheinvolvement of the Green family makes it all the more noteworthy, further amplifying their consistent exampleofstewardship done well.

This is a family that truly believes “God owns it”—all of it—and they have proceeded by building a successful and life-giving business, donating to countless causes and ministries, and now, this museum.What a remarkable witness for the rest of us, demonstrating how powerfulit isto takethe talents we’re givenand put them in the active and obedient service of spreadingthe Gospel and contributing to mon good.

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