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.
A new beginning for Christians in Uzbekistan
Representatives of American Bible Society are rejoicing over a new openness and support for Bible work in the Muslim-majority nation of Uzbekistan. The country once known for its religious restrictions in Central Asia is now seen as a model for other former Soviet nations. The government’s participation in several 2018 Bible Society of Uzbekistan events has given the country’s 300,000…
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Lessons from Grandpa’s Chair
Little Gabby tip-toes up the stairs. She can barely reach the handle to her grandparents’ bedroom door, but her sticky fingers still twist the doorknob with all their might. She peeks inside and discovers just what she was hoping to see: her grandfather, Anthony, sitting in his big black chair with a Bible in his hands. Early morning sun pushes…
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Discover Joy in God’s Promises this Easter
I had been waiting my whole life for what my parents had promised me. Okay, so it was only a few months. But to my six-year-old brain, it was an eternity. When I finally got to cuddle the fulfillment of my parents’ promise—a fluffy puppy of my very own—I discovered it was worth the wait. I often feel this kind…
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Record Spring 2019 Issue
This issue of Record contains stories that start in dark places. Violence. Oppression. Persecution. Praise God, however, that they don’t stay there! When God’s Word enters the scene, a person’s whole perspective shifts. Read how you provided a 90-year-old with her first Bible. Hear one American soldier’s take on why reading the Bible really matters. Rejoice at how Scripture is…
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Israeli Children Love the Illustrated New Testament
With so few Christians living in Israel, Jacoba* wanted to be sure that her granddaughter knows Jesus. Christians make up less than two percent of Israel’s population, and even fewer are Hebrew-speaking Christians like Jacoba.Jacoba tries to encourage her granddaughter’s growing faith, but with few resources designed for children, that’s not always easy to do. She has a Bible, but…
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The Bible Transforms Lithuanian Drug Addicts
Ten years of illegal drug use had all but killed Petras*. “Because of drugs … my health was completely ruined. I saw no hope, no way of escape — just spiraling down and down toward my sure death,” says the resident of Lithuania.But God didn’t give up on Petras. He reached out to him through one of Petras’s old friends…
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