Ever since she was little, Gweneth Alexis had a dream. “After giving my life to Christ when I was 14 years old, I wanted to be a missionary!” Gweneth says. “I used to read books about missionaries when I was a kid. I wanted to go to India.” But… Read More

This issue of Record magazine is all about how God’s Word is overcoming barriers and changing lives, even in the direst of circumstances. Whether it’s through an innovative Bible translation project in the hills of rural Guatemala, a trauma healing ministry bringing hope to war-torn Armenia, or just an old-fashioned… Read More

Across our screens we have seen nurses and NICU babies hiding in makeshift bomb shelters, burning homes and besieged cities, scared families piling in cars driving west to seek safety. We have witnessed devastation and suffering spread throughout the country of Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of its small neighboring country has… Read More

On Wednesday, March 16th, President and CEO Robert L. Briggs and Reverend Enid M. Almanzar, Director of Global Access Partnerships talked about the unfolding crisis in Ukraine and how American Bible Society is helping to meet the urgent need with Bibles, Scripture resources, and humanitarian aid. If you weren’t… Read More

This Deaf History Month, we reflect on the legacy of Bible ministry among Deaf communities around the world and praise God for the way Scripture is transforming hearts and lives today. Right now, an estimated 98 percent of Deaf people have never been introduced to the gospel in… Read More

While the world was shutting down at the start of the pandemic, many who wished to find comfort in their faith were unable to meet, choosing to stay safe but separated. Some could look to their Bibles for strength, but still others, like Ruth*, had no Bibles of their own. Read More

Yuhao* knows deep suffering ‑ first-hand. Fifty years ago during the darkest days of the Cultural Yuhao knows deep suffering fi rst-hand. Fifty years ago during the darkest days of the Cultural Revolution (1966 – 1976), Yuhao was thrown in prison. He was beaten, starved, and paraded through the streets… Read More

Hundreds of believers gathered to rejoice and praise God in North Central Nigeria as the very first Okun New Testaments were delivered. Okun, a dialect of Yoruba, is spoken by more than 600,000 people in the region. Though 85 percent of Okun speakers are Christian, this is the first Bible… Read More

Airman Brian Thomas clung to God’s Word in the midst of the dangers and horrors of war. “I remembered how one of my brothers in arms died under a troop carrier next to me, but I was still standing on the hope of Psalm 91.” “I had bullets flying… Read More

We may never know their names. We may never know where they live. But we know this . . . our partners are changing eternities. Through our friends’ heart for the Bible, we are reaching the unreached in some of the most hostile and least evangelized regions of… Read More