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“Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world.”
Mark 16:15 CEV
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A life transformed through access to Scripture
“The new Bible is everything to me…The Bible will make me a changed man and bring me nearer to God through Jesus Christ.”
John, Central Africa
State of the Bible Research
Seeking to Understand America’s Relationship with the Bible

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.

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Record Fall 2020 Issue

In 2020, COVID-19 wreaked havoc on ministry around the world, yet God used His Word to bring comfort in the midst of people’s loneliness and grief. In this special COVID-19 spiritual relief issue of Record, read how Christians have shared the Bible in crises throughout history and how Bible Societies around the world today are sharing the peace of Scripture…

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Record Fall 2019 Issue

Your prayers and gifts provide life-changing Bibles for people around the world. In this issue of Record, hear one American Veteran’s story on how a large-print King James Veteran’s Edition Bible turned his life around. Read how you’re bringing healing to thousands of broken hearts in Guatemala. And celebrate with us how people in the United States and abroad are…

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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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Record Winter 2018 Issue

Every Bible tells a unique story. In this issue, you’ll read how Bibles you provided have brought purpose, direction, and healing to people across the globe. For example, read what happened 5 years after Mercy, an orphan in Kenya, received her first Bible. Hear how Christie met Jesus in Scripture and was set free. Learn how the Bible and pottery…

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Record Fall 2018 Issue

For 200 years, Record magazine has been recording stories of how the Bible radically changes people’s lives for the better. In this issue, you’ll hear how your gifts and prayers are bringing God’s peace to members of our Armed Services, God’s hope to America’s next generation, and God’s forgiveness to prisoners in Ethiopia—all through the power of Scripture. Download this…

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Record Spring 2018 Issue

Through your giving and praying, you are handing first Bibles to Chinese believers who have waited a lifetime for them. You are sharing words of peace with refugees in Jordan. You are being a witness for Jesus here in America and to the ends of the earth. Read about these and more in this issue of Record. Download this issue

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“All who call out to the Lord will be saved. How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them?”
Romans 10:13–14 CEV
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