Sill from the original JESUS film movie. The JESUS film, an internationally renowned movie that recently hit a landmark number of 1000 translations, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The American Bible Society played a key role in the film’s development as the boundary-breaking translation of ABS’… Read More
The colorful faith of the Russian people is shown in military distribution programs. Photo courtesy of Bible Society in Russia. The Bible Society in Russia was founded in 1813, during the period of history recounted in War and Peace. As the story goes, in 1812 the mighty Emperor Napoleon… Read More
The Nida School engenders dynamic interactions between participants, as evident in this picture from the 2009 Nida School program held in Misano, Italy. Photo by Malorie Tull. The Eugene A. Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship will hold its fourth annual Nida School for Translation Studies (NSTS) in June 2010,… Read More
Bookstore sign at the Bible Society of Palestine. Photo by Malorie Tull. The Palestine Bible Society is in the midst of a “Proclaim It” Scripture encounter media blitz that will expose as many as 10,000 Palestinians to the Word of God when complete. Palestinians are seeing and reading… 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
Sugar cane cutters receiving Scriptures from the Bolivian Bible Society. Photo by Jan Peddersen. Divorce rates country-wide have reached an all-time high in Bolivia; it's nearly doubled since 2002. The Bolivian Bible Society (SBB) is equipping Catholic and Protestant churches with biblical materials to strengthen pastoral and counseling… 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
Photo by Malorie Tull Nabil*, on staff with one of the Bible Societies in the Holy Land, describes the work there as “sowing seed on rocky ground.” “But the Seed is being sown,” Nabil declared, “because we are bringing them the living Gospel.” He went on to explain,… 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
