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Seeking to Understand America’s Relationship with the Bible

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.

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The Book of Luke in Patois Released in the UK

The Book of Luke in Patois Released in the UK

The prospect of the Bible's appearance in Patois has outraged some traditionalists in the U.K., but the Book of Luke has just been released, and the rest of the New Testament will soon follow. Patois is a language that is traditionally considered slang or broken English and is spoken by 90 percent of Jamaicans. Up until now, there has never…

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Haitians Reach for the Hope of God’s Word

Haitians Reach for the Hope of God’s Word

Mie Gisèle Roc sits by the tent that became her home after the earthquake.Scripture: “. . . people need more than food to live — they need every word that the Lord has spoken.” Deuteronomy 8.3b (CEV)On the afternoon of January 12, 52-year-old Haitian Mie Gisèle Roc was watching television at a friend's house. Suddenly, at 4:53 local time, the…

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6 Million Bibles in One Year

6 Million Bibles in One Year

Brazil’s Bible Society printed a record number of Bibles in 2009. Photo by ThrowingLight.comThe Bible Society of Brazil (BSB) is commemorating an unprecedented accomplishment: in 2009, the BSB surpassed its record by 5.7 percent—it distributed 6 million Bibles in Brazil and across the globe. Rudi Zimmer, general secretary of BSB, said, ”As we were coming to the end of 2009,…

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Help and Hope for Haiti

Help and Hope for Haiti

Operation Compassion, Water Missions International and ABS worked together to meet immediate needs for water after the earthquake in Haiti. Photo by David Singer“I am asking God to give me strength I need to participate in [the reconstruction] of my country. We have to rebuild it,” declared Magda Victor, general secretary of the Haitian Bible Society.The January 12, 7.0-magnitude earthquake…

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A View from the Summit

A View from the Summit

Rwandan worship leader, Jean Paul Samputu, at left, and traditional drummers performed at the Global Bible Summit. Photo by David Singer.Celebrated writer and Bible teacher, Philip Yancey, opened the American Bible Society's fifth Global Bible Summit with a simple and powerful invitation. “The cross set loose a stream of grace and it carves its way through history, like water, it…

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Operation Christmas Child Goes to Panama

Operation Christmas Child Goes to Panama

New graduate and recipient of a New Testament in Panama. Photo by Chris Leaman.The first thing that strikes you is the laughter — it's contagious as each child holds for herself, a first, personal New Testament. It is not the sound you expect, given the lives too many of these children have experienced — abandoned by parents, forced into drug…

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“All who call out to the Lord will be saved. How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them?”
Romans 10:13–14 CEV
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