3 Ways to Pray for Those Affected by the California Wildfires

As fires rage through parts of Southern California, many of our fellow Americans are experiencing heartbreaking devastation and loss. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes, and firefighters are struggling to control the blaze and stop more damage.  Even as many of us witness… Read More

GLOBAL MINISTRY UPDATES

HOLY LAND BIBLE SOCIETIES PROMOTES PEACE AND HEALING THROUGH GOD’S WORD In the midst of war and unrest, our three Holy Land Bible Society partners are tirelessly promoting peace and healing through God’s Word. From workshops on trauma healing, sharing Bibles and scripture booklets, providing critical aid, and Bible-based children’s… Read More

“NOW, BECAUSE OF YOU, I KNOW WHO JESUS IS!”

Hundreds of thousands of children like Elias* are growing up as refugees in Malaysia after escaping the horrors of war, violent persecution, or extreme poverty in their home countries. Among these refugees are the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group seeking refuge from genocidal atrocities in Myanmar.   Because of the… Read More

“WE DID NOT HAVE BIBLES IN MUONG.”

Thanks to you, the very first Muong Bible translation has reached waiting hands and hearts in Vietnam!     Linh* is part of the indigenous Muong people group living in the mountainous regions of northern Vietnam. The Muong are traditionally animists, worshiping ancestral spirits and deities. There has never been… Read More

“OUR CHILDREN ARE TRAUMATIZED. OUR COMMUNITY IS TRAUMATIZED.”

Trauma is a critical issue in American churches. We interviewed 1,000 pastors across the United States, and several of them estimate that nearly half of their congregants have experienced some form of trauma in their lives that still causes pain and hinders their walk with God.   A few of… Read More

“I’M NOT AFRAID TO DIE. I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING.”

The Eastern Cham people, a minority ethnic group in Vietnam, are predominantly Hindu. However, many Cham Christians have prayed fervently to have a Bible in their heart language. Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, those prayers were answered last year! Pastor Binasour*, delighted to receive one of the… Read More

GLOBAL MINITRY UPDATES

152 MILLION SCRIPTURES DISTRIBUTED IN 2023! The Bible Society global network distributed 152 million printed Biblical texts last year, raising the total distributed since 2014 to nearly 300 million Bibles, 107 million New Testaments, and 2.5 billion Scripture portions. That means almost 3 billion Biblical texts have been placed… Read More

GLOBAL MINISTRY UPDATES

SHEKGALAGARI BIBLE, BOTSWANA —    The completion of the Shekgalagari Bible translation earlier this year was widely celebrated among the Bakgalagari people in Botswana. Previously, the only Scripture they could access was in a different, ancient language that was very difficult to understand. This new Bible, along with an audio… Read More

“THE NEW TESTAMENT I RECEIVED HELPED ME CHANGE MY BEHAVIOR.”

Young people in Niger are navigating several challenges, such as extreme poverty and illiteracy, while also encountering a rise in aggressive groups within the predominantly Islamic country.   Thanks to faithful partners like you, the local Bible Society is placing God’s Word into the hands and hearts of thousands of… Read More