Scripture engagement leads to knowing God—and lives changed forever. Now more than ever, Americans need to know God’s Word and the hope we have in its transformative message. The State of the Bible is a yearly, in-depth study, asking Americans their opinions and practices relating to the Bible, all made possible by generous supporters like you.
These Bible insights can provide critical information and give you direction for your Biblical ministry to help better serve the needs of people in your community.
“This Bible is everything to me . . .”
There was nothing for Carlos* to go home to . . . except brutal beatings.The young boy’s stepfather beat him viciously and repeatedly. One time it was so bad that Carlos ended up in the hospital. After that, he fled home to live on the streets in the slums of Panama.The streets were no better place for a boy. Carlos…
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“I tried to look for God.”
Marco* grew up in an extremely violent home. His father and mother brutally beat him and his siblings. But Marco thought there might be a better life possible.“When I was 11 years old, I tried to look for God,” he says. He went to church for a short time, but when his father found out, he wouldn’t let him go…
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“God Was Giving Me Answers to All My Troubles . . .”
When Ana* found out her daughter had liver cancer, she had no idea what to do. They were alone in the city, far away from their small home on a farm in southern Nicaragua where Ana’s husband and their 3-year-old son still lived. With nowhere else to stay while her daughter was in the hospital, Ana lived in a women’s…
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“This is the book that shows me the path to God.”
Yannick* was raised with anger and hate. Born into extreme poverty in a rural village of Benin, Yannick was taught to be a zealous Muslim. He knew nothing but anger for anyone who did not share his beliefs. But the anger really grew out of fear. “We lived in constant fear,” he admits. Yannick was desperate to find peace. But…
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Faith Explosion in Cuba!
The growing numbers of Christians in Cuba are crying out for Bibles! Since the communist country lifted the 50-year ban on importing God’s Word in 2013, the need has grown exponentially.More than one million Bibles have been distributed in the past six years. But with a population of more than 11 million people in Cuba, many still don’t have Scripture.…
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A Soul Saved from a Life of Crime
Mario* was just 6 years old when he joined a gang in Central America. Abandoned by his mother and violently abused by his father, he longed for a ‘family,’ and the gang took him in. He began with shoplifting and other minor thefts, and by age 12 he was arrested by the authorities and placed in a rehabilitation shelter for…
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