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
The Changemakers Series is designed to inform and inspire you with stories of ordinary people who dedicated their lives to spreading God’s Word around the world. Today, learn about Frances Snow Hamilton, the first female Bible agent in American Bible Society history. —- March is Women’s History… Read More
In this new episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas shows off what bibliophiles refer to as an incunabulum. That’s a Latin word referring to the rarest of printed books—those produced during the infancy of the printing press (1455–1500). The precious book in question, which Dr. Read More
