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Record Spring/Summer 2008 Issue
China: 50 million Bibles and Counting; Middle East: Stories of Hardship and Grace; Easter: New Publication on The Life of Christ; Simon Barnes; Katherine H. K. Hsu MD; USA, French Antilles, Uganda, Malawi Download this issue
READ MORERecord Winter 2008 Issue
Bibles for Children: Helping young people around the world discover Scripture; Russia: History of Bible Society; Presidential Wisdom: quotes on God or God's Word by George Washington, John Quincy Adams, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson; Rev. Emilio A. Reyes; Lotus Harris; Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Peru Download this issue
READ MORERecord Fall 2007 Issue
Tell Every Nation: Scripture translation in the 21st century; Heaven and Earth: Former astronaut Frank Borman; Dr. Lamar Vest; Elizabeth Sedat; Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Russia Download this issue
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Fun with the Bible
Young Egyptian Christians are the minority in their classrooms. Photo by Francine Lange This fall, a lively new attraction comes to the Heliopolis suburb of Cairo. Bible World is an interactive exhibition that promises to deliver fun and history to the 500,000 Christian children in the Greater Cairo area.Sprawling over seven rooms on the ground floor of the Bible Society…
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Elementz Takes the Streets
Photo Courtesy of the American Bible Society.The fourth volume of Elementz of Life® magazine came out in August. The vibrant pages target inner-city youth and hip-hop culture, inviting transformation through Jesus Christ. In this issue, the cover story features Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin, who gave editor in chief Tonya Wilder-Butts open access to his time and family at…
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Over the Hills
A brave team from the Bible Society of Tajikistan took Bibles all over the remote north of the country— including over two of the highest mountain passes. The trek, which spanned more than 600 miles, brought the travelers in contact with speakers of Tajik, Uzbek and Russian and allowed them to distribute Scriptures in those languages.Although the central Asian country…
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