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.
Ugandan Woman Waits 13 Years for the “Book of Life”
Grace and her family grew up in a mountainous area of Uganda. The family of 10 lived in a small home with no electricity or running water, and Grace often had to travel far away to fetch water. When she was in sixth grade, Grace nearly drowned. She remembers waking and finding herself near the river bank, amazed she was…
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Thanking Bible Translators for their Life-changing Gift
Over 1,600 years ago, a man named St. Jerome translated the Bible into Latin. His efforts made Scripture more accessible to his contemporaries. September 30 was named International Translation Day in honor of St. Jerome, the “patron saint of translation.” It serves as a way to recognize translators who dedicate their lives to opening up languages for others to understand.…
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Zambia: Record-breaking translations reach waiting language groups.
A mere three and half years after the translation projects started, the Nsenga and Ila New Testaments officially launched in Zambia in July 2016. Together these two translation projects made God’s Word available in the heart languages of approximately 1 million people.In the past decade, New Testament translation projects like these took an average of eight years to complete. But…
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Zambia: Record-breaking translations reach waiting language groups.
A mere three and half years after the translation projects started, the Nsenga and Ila New Testaments officially launched in Zambia in July 2016. Together these two translation projects made God’s Word available in the heart languages of approximately 1 million people.In the past decade, New Testament translation projects like these took an average of eight years to complete. But…
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Hope and Healing for Cameroon’s Hard Places
As General Secretary of the Bible Society of Cameroon, Luc Gnowa has helped bring God’s Word to thousands of Cameroonians. But one Bible recipient stands out in Luc’s memory—a woman named Mama Catherine, who recently died at the age of 118.Although Cameroonians have had access to the Bible in French and English, Mama Catherine didn’t hear the Scriptures in her…
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Malawi’s Elhomwe Speakers Receive Their First New Testament
Imagine hearing or reading God’s Word for the first time in your own native tongue. How powerful to finally know that God speaks your language!The Elhomwe speakers of Malawi in Africa experienced that recently when—after a lifetime of reading the Bible and listening to sermons in a language that is not native to them—they received the first ever New Testament…
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