Photo courtesy of Benjamin Leaman. ‘A Soldier's Hope' at ChristmasChristian trio Point of Grace gave 10 concerts in December, singing traditional and original Christmas music and promoting American Bible Society's Armed Services Ministry. From Nashville to California, the concerts featured a compelling video inviting attendees to support ministry… Read More
What does the Bible have to offer in terms of reliable financial advice? More than 2,000 Scripture verses to be exact. The Financial Stewardship Bible, released November 2011 by American Bible Society and Compass, shows the Bible is a relevant source of financial wisdom, offering… Read More
Every Tribe Every Nation website Forty years is a long time — just ask the Children of Israel. Or ask the Eastern Jacaltec of Guatemala, who waited 40 years for the completion of a Bible translation in their heart language. The image of… Read More
Villagers in Nepeikar, Lodwar County, Kenya, carrying food supplies brought by the Bible Society of Kenya and the Anglican Church of Kenya in December 2011. Thanks to an American Bible Society emergency appeal last summer, some 2,000 Kenyan families had food this winter, despite the worst drought to hit… Read More
Dating to the thirteenth century, this Ge’ez (ancient Ethiopian) Gospel book contains a colophon indicating it was commissioned by a woman and dedicated to her daughter. This is one of the earliest-surviving Ethiopian manuscripts, gnawed by rodents. The Gospel book illustrates female literacy and readership of Scripture and a… Read More
Elder Fu Xianwei, Chairman of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement Barely more than 30 years ago, printing a Bible in China was illegal. Yet later this year, Amity Printing Company in Nanjing will roll its 100 millionth Bible — legally — off the printing presses. This event is nothing short… Read More
Learn more about American Bible Society’s work in China » Send Bibles to Brothers and Sisters in China »… Read More
In China, Christians celebrate the one hundred millionth Bible printed at Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, China. Many of these Bibles go directly to a growing population of Chinese Christians. Around the world, American Bible Society works to work with other Bible agencies through the Every Tribe Every Nation partnership… Read More
2011 Bike Tour members. Photo courtesy of Lewie Briggs. Last summer, a group of college students embarked on a bike tour from Florida to Maine, with the united goal of raising both funds and awareness for the victims of rape in the Congo. This summer you… Read More
Young boy from the Henan Province intrigued by seeing a foreigner. Photo by Michael Gibeault. En route to our first distribution site, I’m lost in thought as I watch the unfamiliar Chinese countryside roll past the van window. It’s not a busy area—nothing like the city… Read More
