Flora, 27, raised goats and worked in other forms of agriculture in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. One day, she heard gunshots and ran into the bush for safety. There, soldiers captured and raped her. This experience deeply scarred her. But she believes in God’s power to… Read More
Rosalina Matola (right) and Rhoda Gathoga, Research Director of Global Scripture Impact. She greets visitors with a wide smile, dancing and joy. Abundant joy. But Rosalina Matola, founder of the Evangelical Church of the Divine Pastorate of Mozambique, also understands pain. “My own father died when I was 3… Read More
Silas Anamak is looking forward to having the Bible in his own language. Northern Cameroon, (Chad Border) October 2009. Photo by Jacqueline Zoutene Silas Anamak, 77, is beginning to worry. ”This translation business is taking too long,“ he says sadly. “You can see how old I am . . Read More
Jenny and the Bible she found in Rwanda’s jungle. Photo by Erle S. Deira. Deep in the jungle in Kigali, Rwanda, a few months ago, a torn Bible lay on the ground. Curious, Jenny, pictured, picked it up and hasn't let it go ever since. Here she displays her… Read More
A Datooga woman at the Bible launch. Photo by Gregory Fisher, Hosanna Ministries/FCBH. The walls inside the tin-roofed and rough-hewn yellow brick church were draped with colorful flags. Generators pumped a steady hum to power the keyboard, speakers, microphones and rotating fans. A crowd of around 300 dressed in… Read More
Eleven-year-old Idriss Segney reading an illustrated Bible donated by the Bible Society of Cameroon to an orphanage in Yaoundé, Cameroon, October 2009. Photo by Joaquim Dassonville. Orphanages in Cameroon are home to tens of thousands of children as a result of AIDS-related deaths and a generally high mortality rate. Read More
Don Moen. Courtesy of Don Moen. In October and November, the Bible Society partnered with Don Moen's national “I Believe There is More” tour to help bring God's Word and new churches to West Africa. Don Moen describes himself as a song writer and worship leader who “helps… Read More
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… Read More
Home-Based Care workers visit an HIV/AIDS patient in a poor area of Nairobi, Kenya. African Evangelistic Enterprise, supported by the Bible Society in Australia (New South Wales), is running an HIV/AIDS Awareness Project and a Home-Based Care Project in areas like this one. Photo by Martin Johnson. In his… Read More
Rev. Tarnagda (who is visually impaired) proudly displays the New Testament in Mooré Braille in the yard of the Boulsa Center for the Blind, Burkina Faso. Photo by Boubakar Ouedraogo. The ceremony took place on March 24 at the headquarters of the Bible Society of Burkina Faso (BSBF) in… Read More
