Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: As a director of the East India Company he spent large sums in promoting the spread of Christianity in the East , contributing liberally to missionary societies and to the expenses of translating the Bible or portions of it into various languages .
Simplified: As a director of the East India Company Boyle spent large sums in promoting the spread of Christianity in the East . He contributed liberally to missionary societies and to the expenses of translating the Bible or portions of it into various languages .