National Update Fall/Winter 2013

New App Reaches Kids with the Bible This fall, American Bible Society launched Bible Adventures for Kids, a new Bible app designed for preschoolers. The app features 10 Bible heroes—from the prophet Jonah to the apostle Paul. Each story includes two games and interactive features on each… Read More

Responding to the Bible’s Call

Amanda Olsavsky Hu, coordinator of the She’s My Sister™ bike tours, gets ready to ride 558 miles for her sisters in Congo. Photo by Chris Pochiba. In the height of summer, cyclists braved heat, rain, emotional exhaustion and physical fatigue as they rode… Read More

One at a Time: Bible Translation Transforms Lives in Kenya

Today over 7 billion people populate the planet, and Jesus still speaks directly to individuals through the words of the Bible. But some – usually those who are poor, voiceless, “the least of these” – have no Bible in their own language. Yet God has not forgotten them. And… Read More

International Update

Pastor An, who is helping revise the Old Khmer Bible, at the opening of the country's first Bible House in August 2012. Photo credit: Grace Smith Bolivia – Bibles for Orphans The Bolivian Bible Society is working with social service organizations to help the country's street children… Read More

Bikers Take Action for Sisters in Africa

Eight determined cyclists with their gear rode from Daytona Beach to New York City, cycling close to 2,000 miles to carry the stories of abused and traumatized women and children. Blown tires. Summer heat. Crazy Tennessee drivers. These were only a few of the challenges facing this year's… Read More

Two Sisters Meet

Jenna, a volunteer cyclist on the first She's My Sister bike tour, meets Consolatta for the first time. Words weren't necessary. Their smiles, their hands touching, conveyed what was in their hearts. Two women from separate worlds, different languages and life circumstances, and yet, they connected instantly. The threads… Read More

Restoration Ministry Unfolds

This Congolese woman and many like her are being helped through ABS's Restoration Ministry. ABS has just launched a new ministry called Restoration, an initiative that seeks to stop trauma in its tracks around the world, in all of its expressions, using Scripture-based trauma healing programs tailored to specific… Read More

Pray Around the World

Bible Societies around the world are helping to spread God's message of hope and love with those who need it most. Here are prayer requests from a select group of Bible Societies that ask you to lift them up in prayer. Cyprus Praise God that we, the Bible Society… Read More

International Update

Members of the Afrian Children's Choir performed at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Project Round Table, held in Nairobi, Kenya. China – Expanding Ministry in China On July 2, Chairman Elder Fu Xianwei of the three Self Party Movement/China Christian Council visited American Bible Society. Elder Fu thanked… Read More

National Update

American Bible Society staff members set aside time to pray for our donors' concerns. Names were noted on slips of paper, prayed for and gathered into glass jars 7,000 Prayers In One Day Our donors pray for American Bible Society's ministries and American Bible Society prays for its donors. Read More