New Translation for Tanzania

The team of translators working on the Datooga-language Bible is trying to harmonize the different dialects involved in the project for the Bible Society of Tanzania. “I saw another angel. This one was flying across the sky and had the eternal good news to announce to the people… Read More

Kids Raise Money to Support Bible Ministry

This summer, the American Bible Society is partnering with Focus on the Family’s Clubhouse, Jr. magazine to encourage young readers to support the Bible cause. Clubhouse, Jr. is a magazine and web site for kids that reinforces traditional values and encourages families to take on activities to support… Read More

Inner-City Youth Experience God's Love

The economic recession in the United States has worsened the situation of disadvantaged residents within inner cities. According to Create Now, a nonprofit arts program for disadvantaged youth in Los Angeles, Calif., nearly 1 million children are abused, neglected or abandoned each year in the… Read More

Empowering Christian Artists

Since its founding in 1816, the American Bible Society (ABS) has consistently supported organizations that promote the life-changing message of the Bible through innovative and meaningful experiences. Today, ABS carries on this tradition through creative collaborations. This summer, the American Bible Society is an official sponsor of IMMERSE, the… Read More

Changing Lives in American Prisons: An ABS Initiative

Volunteer and evangelist Reggie Thomas distributes ABS Bibles at the Joplin City Jail. Photo by David Singer. Shelia Smith had been in and out of prisons her whole adult life. And now she was back in, only this time it was by choice; she teamed up with Bill… Read More

Amy Grant: Experiencing a Rich History of God's Word

Amy Grant and Dr. Liana Lupas. Photo by David Singer. Dr. Liana Lupas, keeper of the largest collection of Bibles in the Western hemisphere, has a contagious appreciation for the American Bible Society’s collection of some 45,000 copies of Bibles and New Testaments. She often has opportunity to share… Read More

Spring/Summer 2009 – Please Pray

I look to the mountains; where will my help come from? My help will come from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121.1, 2 (GNT) China Thank God for the successful expansion of the Amity Printing Press facility in Nanjing in 2008. Pray that its increased… Read More

Battling HIV/AIDS in Africa

Home-Based Care workers visit an HIV/AIDS patient in a poor area of Nairobi, Kenya. African Evangelistic Enterprise, supported by the Bible Society in Australia (New South Wales), is running an HIV/AIDS Awareness Project and a Home-Based Care Project in areas like this one. Photo by Martin Johnson. In his… Read More

New Hope for the Blind in Burkina Faso

Rev. Tarnagda (who is visually impaired) proudly displays the New Testament in Mooré Braille in the yard of the Boulsa Center for the Blind, Burkina Faso. Photo by Boubakar Ouedraogo. The ceremony took place on March 24 at the headquarters of the Bible Society of Burkina Faso (BSBF) in… Read More

Record Spring/Summer 2009 Issue

Delivering Hope: The Bible in Rural China; Together for Africa; Good News for Veterans; Shelter and Strength Download this issue