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.
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6 Million Bibles in One Year
Brazil’s Bible Society printed a record number of Bibles in 2009. Photo by ThrowingLight.comThe Bible Society of Brazil (BSB) is commemorating an unprecedented accomplishment: in 2009, the BSB surpassed its record by 5.7 percent—it distributed 6 million Bibles in Brazil and across the globe. Rudi Zimmer, general secretary of BSB, said, ”As we were coming to the end of 2009,…
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History of Translation in China
More than 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their heart language. God's Word has been translated into Mandarin, as well as nine minority languages. But, there are 55 minority languages and an unknown number of dialects within each minority language. This means there are still millions of Chinese people waiting to hear God speak in their language.…
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Jenny Finds a Bible
Jenny and the Bible she found in Rwanda’s jungle. Photo by Erle S. Deira.Deep in the jungle in Kigali, Rwanda, a few months ago, a torn Bible lay on the ground. Curious, Jenny, pictured, picked it up and hasn't let it go ever since. Here she displays her treasure to her Faith Comes By Hearing® listening group.Although the Bible is…
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90 Years, A Labor of Love
Copies of the Miao Bible at its launch at The congregation at a Miao church in Manpo, Yunnan Province, China. Daqing Village Church in Yunnan Province, China, September 2009.The Big Flowery Miao have had the New Testament in their everyday language since 1917, when a missionary named Sam Pollard came to work with them. As the Miao had no written…
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The Celebration of a Generation
A Datooga woman at the Bible launch. Photo by Gregory Fisher, Hosanna Ministries/FCBH.The walls inside the tin-roofed and rough-hewn yellow brick church were draped with colorful flags. Generators pumped a steady hum to power the keyboard, speakers, microphones and rotating fans. A crowd of around 300 dressed in plaid regalia and multicolored dresses pressed in along the narrow wooden benches…
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Nida School 2010 in Murcia, Spain
The Nida School engenders dynamic interactions between participants, as evident in this picture from the 2009 Nida School program held in Misano, Italy. Photo by Malorie Tull.The Eugene A. Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship will hold its fourth annual Nida School for Translation Studies (NSTS) in June 2010, in Murcia, Spain. Applicants are being reviewed now for this two-week program,…
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