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 Living History of God's Word
Dating to the thirteenth century, this Ge’ez (ancient Ethiopian) Gospel book contains a colophon indicating it was commissioned by a woman and dedicated to her daughter. This is one of the earliest-surviving Ethiopian manuscripts, gnawed by rodents. The Gospel book illustrates female literacy and readership of Scripture and a mother’s strong desire, at great cost, that her daughter would have…
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A Ray of Hope in Turkana
Villagers in Nepeikar, Lodwar County, Kenya, carrying food supplies brought by the Bible Society of Kenya and the Anglican Church of Kenya in December 2011.Thanks to an American Bible Society emergency appeal last summer, some 2,000 Kenyan families had food this winter, despite the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in 60 years.Although 4 million people in the…
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A Great Multitude That No One Could Count
Every Tribe Every Nation website Forty years is a long time — just ask the Children of Israel. Or ask the Eastern Jacaltec of Guatemala, who waited 40 years for the completion of a Bible translation in their heart language. The image of one Eastern Jacaltec man in tears as he received his long-awaited Bible made a lasting impression on…
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Record Spring 2012 Issue
In China, Christians celebrate the one hundred millionth Bible printed at Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, China. Many of these Bibles go directly to a growing population of Chinese Christians. Around the world, American Bible Society works to work with other Bible agencies through the Every Tribe Every Nation partnership to share innovative Bible resources. Orphans around the world also…
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Finding Comfort in Difficult Times
A lifeboat Bible from World War II. Photo courtesy of American Bible Society archives. The Museum of Biblical Art is proud to present Finding Comfort in Difficult Times: A Selection of Soldiers’ Bibles. On view from February 3 to May 20, 2012, the exhibition showcases 36 of the most significant Scriptures published for U.S. military personnel. In the last 150…
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Surprising the Children of China
Young boy from the Henan Province intrigued by seeing a foreigner. Photo by Michael Gibeault. En route to our first distribution site, I’m lost in thought as I watch the unfamiliar Chinese countryside roll past the van window. It’s not a busy area—nothing like the city of Nanjing we left just 24 hours earlier. The open landscapes and rural roads…
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