Elizabeth Alanya seated at her sewing machine in her workroom at home in Lima. The machine was a gift from Alan García — president of Peru until July 2011 — after he heard about her case. Photo by Liz Smith. It's been 20 months since Elizabeth Alanya's boyfriend threw… Read More
GreeceWe thank God that, despite the difficult economic situation, the distribution of the Word of God by all churches continues smoothly. We thank him, too, that the Greek New Testament on CD had a warm welcome. We pray that we may continue to be partners with all… Read More
Bibles in production at the Bible Society of Brazil's printing facility in Sao Paolo. Photo by Andrew Hood. ALBANIA: Free Coffee and New Testaments Bring About a ConversionThe head of the Bible Society of Albania recounted his conversion story to American Bible Society staff at a recent… Read More
Every Tribe Every Nation website Forty years is a long time — just ask the Children of Israel. Or ask the Eastern Jacaltec of Guatemala, who waited 40 years for the completion of a Bible translation in their heart language. The image of… Read More
Villagers in Nepeikar, Lodwar County, Kenya, carrying food supplies brought by the Bible Society of Kenya and the Anglican Church of Kenya in December 2011. Thanks to an American Bible Society emergency appeal last summer, some 2,000 Kenyan families had food this winter, despite the worst drought to hit… Read More
Dating to the thirteenth century, this Ge’ez (ancient Ethiopian) Gospel book contains a colophon indicating it was commissioned by a woman and dedicated to her daughter. This is one of the earliest-surviving Ethiopian manuscripts, gnawed by rodents. The Gospel book illustrates female literacy and readership of Scripture and a… Read More
Elder Fu Xianwei, Chairman of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement Barely more than 30 years ago, printing a Bible in China was illegal. Yet later this year, Amity Printing Company in Nanjing will roll its 100 millionth Bible — legally — off the printing presses. This event is nothing short… Read More
Learn more about American Bible Society’s work in China » Send Bibles to Brothers and Sisters in China »… Read More
Young boy from the Henan Province intrigued by seeing a foreigner. Photo by Michael Gibeault. En route to our first distribution site, I’m lost in thought as I watch the unfamiliar Chinese countryside roll past the van window. It’s not a busy area—nothing like the city… Read More
When Bill and Rita Bartlett talk about God, they can hardly contain themselves. Their excitement flows from seeing him at work in their lives and in the lives of others. They dedicated their marriage — 37 years and counting — and their international business to God. When they sold… Read More
