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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“It’s a miracle!”
Yuhao* knows deep suffering ‑ first-hand. Fifty years ago during the darkest days of the Cultural Yuhao knows deep suffering fi rst-hand. Fifty years ago during the darkest days of the Cultural Revolution (1966 – 1976), Yuhao was thrown in prison. He was beaten, starved, and paraded through the streets to be mocked by the people in the village. He…
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“I felt there was no life without the Bible.”
Hundreds of believers gathered to rejoice and praise God in North Central Nigeria as the very first Okun New Testaments were delivered. Okun, a dialect of Yoruba, is spoken by more than 600,000 people in the region. Though 85 percent of Okun speakers are Christian, this is the first Bible translation they have ever been able to read in their…
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“I had bullets flying all around me.”
Airman Brian Thomas clung to God’s Word in the midst of the dangers and horrors of war. “I remembered how one of my brothers in arms died under a troop carrier next to me, but I was still standing on the hope of Psalm 91.” “I had bullets flying all around me,” he recalls. “It’s strange to raise your head…
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“They’ve never heard the name of Jesus.”
We may never know their names. We may never know where they live. But we know this . . . our partners are changing eternities. Through our friends’ heart for the Bible, we are reaching the unreached in some of the most hostile and least evangelized regions of the world. From the Middle East to Africa, to South America and…
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Changemaker: Frances Snow Hamilton
The Changemakers Series is designed to inform and inspire you with stories of ordinary people who dedicated their lives to spreading God’s Word around the world. Today, learn about Frances Snow Hamilton, the first female Bible agent in American Bible Society history. —- March is Women’s History Month, and American Bible Society celebrates the contributions of women to the Bible…
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Liana’s Favorite Books: Episode 3
In this new episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas shows off what bibliophiles refer to as an incunabulum. That’s a Latin word referring to the rarest of printed books—those produced during the infancy of the printing press (1455–1500). The precious book in question, which Dr. Lupas says she wants to wrap in a blanket and place in a…
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