Anthony Kravit shares how the Bible is showing him the love of Jesus. Video still by Eliu Cornielle In mid-January, hundreds of volunteers gathered at Calvary Baptist Church in New York City, preparing for a citywide homeless outreach event called “Don't Walk By.” The American Bible Society and The… Read More
Copies of the Miao Bible at its launch at The congregation at a Miao church in Manpo, Yunnan Province, China. Daqing Village Church in Yunnan Province, China, September 2009. The Big Flowery Miao have had the New Testament in their everyday language since 1917, when a missionary named Sam… Read More
More than 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their heart language. God's Word has been translated into Mandarin, as well as nine minority languages. But, there are 55 minority languages and an unknown number of dialects within each minority language. This means there are still millions of… Read More
A Datooga woman at the Bible launch. Photo by Gregory Fisher, Hosanna Ministries/FCBH. The walls inside the tin-roofed and rough-hewn yellow brick church were draped with colorful flags. Generators pumped a steady hum to power the keyboard, speakers, microphones and rotating fans. A crowd of around 300 dressed in… Read More
Railroad in Logan County, West Virginia. Photo by Chris Leaman Pastor Michael C. Hartwell is a jolly, talkative man who likes to tell funny stories, do impersonations and preach the Scriptures to the broken and needy who live in the heart of Appalachia in southern West Virginia. A former… Read More
An Egyptian boy waves his Kingo flag. Photo by Malorie Tull. The first thing that strikes you is the volume — the sound of thousands of children singing and clapping, as more and more stream in. For a moment, the heat and grime of the surrounding shantytown are forgotten. Read More
Operation Compassion, Water Missions International and ABS worked together to meet immediate needs for water after the earthquake in Haiti. Photo by David Singer “I am asking God to give me strength I need to participate in [the reconstruction] of my country. We have to rebuild it,” declared… Read More
Soldiers unload supplies for Haitian earthquake victims (Photo courtesy of Water Mission International) “The thought of my pain, my homelessness, is bitter poison. I think of it constantly, and my spirit is depressed. Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The LORD's unfailing love and mercy still… Read More
Sill from the original JESUS film movie. The JESUS film, an internationally renowned movie that recently hit a landmark number of 1000 translations, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The American Bible Society played a key role in the film’s development as the boundary-breaking translation of ABS’… Read More
American Bible Society helps local churches reach remote people in China with the truth of the Bible. In Egypt, children in garbage city learn about the Bible’s message through a friendly lion named Kingo, and in Tanzania, the Datooga people finally have a New Testament in their heart language. Read More
