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.
Building a City of God
Imagine a world where churches in cities across America engage Scripture with their congregations, who then go out into their communities to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and take care of the sick. And imagine a world where this living out of Scripture transforms the city itself: crime rates drop, literacy rates rise, domestic violence plummets, and children receive…
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BOLIVIA Please pray for the Bolivian population. Most people earn less than $180 per month. Pray also for the completion of the Quechua Bible and that the Word of God will reach special groups, such as victimized women, abandoned children, the elderly, those affected by HIV, and sexual abuse victims. EAST CARIBBEAN Please pray that local funding will continue to…
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Healing Broken Lives Through Scripture
Bill and Lucille Sapp For more than 25 years, Lucille Sapp shared God’s Word with female inmates in the Douglas County Correctional Center in Omaha, Neb. As a member of the Gideons Auxiliary, she would travel 60 miles round trip several times a month to deliver copies of the New Testament, offer Bible study, sing songs and pray with the…
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Celebrating God’s Word Around the World
Verbum Domini II: God’s Word Goes Out to the World is a remarkableBible exhibit that testifies to the power of Scripture and people’s thirst for the Word of God. Launched at Vatican City in early April, the exhibit showcased more than 200 sacred artifacts from the Green family’s private collection. It traced the Bible’s worldwide journey, which started in Greece…
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International Update Winter 2014
Iraq: Helping Persecuted Christians in Iraq Thousands of Iraqi Christians have been driven out of their homes by the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS. Most have fled with little more than the clothes on their backs. Many have taken refuge in Kurdistan to the north, a relatively peaceful and autonomous region of Iraq. The sheer number of refugees, however,…
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National Update Winter 2014
ABC Documentary Features Bible-based Trauma Healing Around the world 1 in 7 people suffer the trauma of war, abuse and natural disaster. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the number is even higher. The new documentary Hope Rising: Stories of Trauma and Healing , which will air on local ABC stations throughout the country, tells the stories of…
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