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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Making God's Love Visible
Dr. Dickerson and Sister Wang Shuyun, who helped found China's first rural church. Photo by James SheldrewWith other American Bible Society board members, I traveled to China for the opening of the Amity Printing Company's new facility in Nanjing. We watched as new pages of Scripture moved forward to be bound together and released for hungry believers across China and…
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Easter = Restart
Book page courtesy of the American Bible Society There is a timely new tool for those who yearn to know Christ and for those who yearn to know him better. The Life of Christ is a new book produced in a partnership between Time Inc. Home Entertainment and the American Bible Society. This beautifully illustrated volume helps readers at many…
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Fall 2007 – President's Message
It is particularly gratifying when stories come to my attention about young lives transformed by Scripture, like the one Tonya Wilder-Butts told at the American Bible Society Board meeting in June. I asked Tonya to present something about her experience visiting a Youth Commission facility in Texas. Afterward, I don't think there was a dry eye in the room.Tonya's work…
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Brazil's New Day
The Bible Society is active in Brazil, with an efficient printing factory in São Paulo. Photo from Throwinglight.comThe Bible Society of Brazil (BSB) is bringing the transforming light of God to the world. Each year, more than 9 million Bibles are printed in São Paulo and sent out to more than 100 countries. The heart of their story is not…
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Mission: Literacy
When a second-grader named Carlos first started in The Salvation Army (TSA) and American Bible Society literacy programs, he was overwhelmed. From the beginning he clearly enjoyed his time there, but he had so many questions: “Who is God? Was he before everything else? Can he see us all the time?”The more questions Carlos asked, the more he learned. And…
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Hearing is Believing
All kinds of vehicles rushed toward the remote village of Zamana for the March 7 meeting. Some were cars but most were carts pulled by donkeys, bicycles and mopeds. And many of the 300 delegates had simply walked to get to this rural area. Photograph by Joaquim Dassonville.“Late into the night local ministers continued to come and register for the…
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