Six-Year Research Study Presents Complex Picture of State of Bible in U.S.
To commemorate American Bible Society’s 200th anniversary, the organization unveiled The Bible in America, a joint effort with Barna Group providing an in-depth review of its six years of research on behaviors and beliefs about the Bible from American Bible Society’s annual State of the Bible report. While many Americans still value the Bible, the number of skeptics is rising.…
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World Bible Leaders Assemble to Create Blueprint for the Future
Next week, leaders from some 140 Bible societies working in more than 200 countries and territories will converge on Philadelphia. Some 500 Christian leaders will attend the United Bible Societies’ World Assembly, a conference that occurs just once every six years. This year’s event is being hosted by American Bible Society. The World Assembly is strategically timed to coincide with…
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200th Anniversary, American Bible Society Still Focused on the Future, at Home and Around the Word
On May 11, American Bible Society will celebrate a milestone few organizations ever reach: its bicentennial anniversary. During the following week, the organization will welcome more than 450 Bible ministry leaders from around the world, not to glory in the past but to look ahead to the future. “American Bible Society has spent 200 years increasing access to the Bible…
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Half of Americans Think Bible Is Best Hope for Politicians
PHILADELPHIA, March 30, 2016—President Obama recently called the current election cycle “vulgar,” suggesting that the tenor of the current presidential campaign is divisive and damaging to the reputation of the United States. It seems that many Americans agree.In the 2016 State of the Bible: The Bible and Politics released today, American Bible Society found that 51 percent of American adults…
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Tennessee Cities Again Top List of America’s Most Bible-Minded Metropolitans
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20, 2016— The title of America’s most Bible-minded city has been awarded to a Tennessee city for three of the last four years. Chattanooga has once again topped American Bible Society’s annual ranking of America’s Most Bible-Minded Cities. Tennessee is the only state with three cities in the top 10, with Tri-Cities ranking in fifth place and Knoxville…
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Best Christmas Gift for Teens: Time Together Reading the Bible
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15, 2015— As Christmas approaches, a new report suggests the greatest gift parents can give their teens this year is to sit down and read the Bible with them. American Bible Society’s 2015 Teens State of the Bible survey, conducted by Barna Research, found America’s teens emulate the beliefs of their parents’ overwhelmingly positive views of the Bible…
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