An Evangelical church in Sweden wants to use drones to drop thousands of electronic bibles over parts of Iraq controlled by Islamic State. The Word of Life (Livets Ord) group says it wants to spread a message of hope to “closed” areas of the Middle East. Announcing the plan on Instagram last week, Senior Pastor Joakim Lundqvist said the church would use “military drones, three meters wide” to drop the bibles. “Let’s pray the message of God’s love in Christ will conquer that of darkness and hate!” he added. Packed out church tonight as I got to reveal our brand new mission project: @livetsord will start using military drones, three meters wide, to drop thousands of electronic bibles over closed areas in the Middle East. Let’s pray the message of God’s love in Christ will conquer that of darkness and hate! #EK16 A photo posted by Joakim Lundqvist (@joakiml) on Jul 30, 2016 at 4:36pm PDT Christian Åkerhielm, the church’s mission director, told SVT: “The Bibles are the size of pill boxes and have a display. They require no electricity, but work on their own.” He said the church hopes to begin the drop in the autumn, however they will