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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Strengthening Marriages in Bolivia
Sugar cane cutters receiving Scriptures from the Bolivian Bible Society. Photo by Jan Peddersen.Divorce rates country-wide have reached an all-time high in Bolivia; it's nearly doubled since 2002. The Bolivian Bible Society (SBB) is equipping Catholic and Protestant churches with biblical materials to strengthen pastoral and counseling services for married and engaged couples for 24 months. The SBB is also…
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Scripture for Orphans
Eleven-year-old Idriss Segney reading an illustrated Bible donated by the Bible Society of Cameroon to an orphanage in Yaoundé, Cameroon, October 2009. Photo by Joaquim Dassonville.Orphanages in Cameroon are home to tens of thousands of children as a result of AIDS-related deaths and a generally high mortality rate. During 2009 and for the next two years, the Bible Society of…
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5,000 Radio Listeners Hear Scriptures
Bookstore sign at the Bible Society of Palestine. Photo by Malorie Tull.The Palestine Bible Society is in the midst of a “Proclaim It” Scripture encounter media blitz that will expose as many as 10,000 Palestinians to the Word of God when complete. Palestinians are seeing and reading Scripture at book fairs and in local newspapers as well as hearing the…
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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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Number of English Translations of the Bible
I am afraid no one can give you an exact number for the English translations and paraphrases of the Bible printed since Tyndale's New Testament of 1526. In part this is due to the difficulty of determining what should be defined as a new translation as opposed to a correction or a revision of an existing translation. There is the…
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Living the Gospel
Photo by Malorie TullNabil*, on staff with one of the Bible Societies in the Holy Land, describes the work there as “sowing seed on rocky ground.” “But the Seed is being sown,” Nabil declared, “because we are bringing them the living Gospel.” He went on to explain, “We provide the Scripture, and as we do, we demonstrate who Jesus is…
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