While serving with the Armed Forces in the Korean and Vietnam wars, Dale Akins received two Bibles from American Bible Society after an officer left a box of them in the control room of his submarine. Dale was stationed at a pier in Manhattan before leaving for a 56-day patrol… Read More

Joanna Lothers, 8½, sold cookies at her father's office to raise money for Scripture distribution to the troops. Her mother, Laura Lothers, said, “Yes, she made a lot of cookies and sold them for $.25 each.” Dad, Michael Lothers, creates software for Wycliffe Bible Translators, so the folks at the… Read More

In 1817 Bibles were distributed to the crew of the USS John Adams, thus beginning a Scripture grant program to the armed services that continues today. Exactly 150 years ago, in 1861, at the outset of the war between the States, the ABS Board of Trustees determined to place… Read More

The cover of Make-Your-Own Children's Bible in Suriname Dutch. Photo courtesy of Suriname Bible Society. American Bible Society has broken new ground in directing international support for a new Bible Society in Nickerie, the second largest city in Suriname, near the border of Guyana. The Suriname Bible Society is… Read More

Photo by Robert Hodgson. In 1943, Eugene Nida joined the staff of American Bible Society, serving as a linguist. He has been a pioneer in translation theory. The Eugene A. Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship, a ministry of ABS, continues his legacy. American Bible Society's Nida School of Translation… Read More

Brother Ricardo Grzona (in the blue golf shirt) presenting the Spanish version of Lectio Divina at the Bronx, New York Passionist Spiritual Center, May 2010. Photo by Alicia DeFrange. “To get the full flavor of an herb, it must be pressed between the fingers. So it is the same… Read More

For 193 years (1817-2010) and through nine wars, ABS has provided Scriptures to millions of men and women in the U.S. armed forces. 1817Bibles go to the crew of the USS John Adams. 1846 – 1848Mexican WarBoth the American forces and Mexican civilians are supplied. 1861 –… Read More

American Bible Society's God Sets You Free™ program hosted a Correctional Chaplain Conference in August at which the life-sentence inmate, David Berkowitz, was permitted to address those in attendance with the personal letter shown below. A Message to the Members of the American Bible Society I would like to greet… Read More

January 2011Confess Jesus as Lord1 Romans 1.1-172 Romans 5.1-213 Romans 6.1-234 Romans 10.5-175 Matthew 1.1-256 Matthew 2.1-15 Epiphany7 Matthew 2.16-238 Matthew 3.1-179 Matthew 4.12-2510 Matthew 8.1-1711 Matthew 8.18-3412 Matthew 9.1-1713 Matthew 9.18-3814 Matthew 10.1-2515… Read More

There is a piece in the Christmas narrative that catches me every year. It is the blazing message, shouted across the night sky and declared by a babe in a cattle trough — love will not be stopped. With all the flash and flurry of our holidays, this still remains… Read More