Below is an excerpt from his article: Most of us in America are given to hyperbole in our everyday conversations. “Traffic was brutal.” “The meeting was horrendous.” “Yesterday was a nightmare.” “You won’t believe what happened.” It isn’t a big deal that we tend to speak this way. Read More
In Kenya alone, over 4 million people have been affected. 370,000 people are threatened with starvation in the hard hit region of Turkana. Here, drought has severely threatened the livestock, destroyed the livelihoods of the people. The Bible Society of Kenya is responding to the need. Working in partnership… Read More
United Bibles Societies is currently translating the Bible within more than 450 projects worldwide (45 in the Americas). Many of these translations are carried out in peaceful settings, but others take place in difficult and even violent contexts. One such project brings us to the Philippines, where we meet… Read More
A student at el Bethel Yagma School in Burkina Faso is holding the illustrated Ma Première Bible. (Photo by Joyce Van De Veen.) Benin Thank God for his grace in granting peace for our country and The Bible Society of Benin. Thank him, too, for our good relations… Read More
These are leaders who were recently trained and now conduct local trauma healing workshops in their communities. Dr. Harriet Hill is pictured right of center wearing sunglasses and a blue and green dress. (Photo by Frederick Barasa.) “I was ‘blind'…I have been a pastor for so many years and… Read More
Photo by Timothy J. Walsh Q: What is the purpose of the Trauma Healing Advisory Council, and what do you anticipate will be accomplished through it? Our purpose is to guide ABS as it refines its programs, materials and training processes related to the care of individuals traumatized… Read More
Young Cubans receiving the H20 Bible. (Photo by Chris Leaman.) Like the mustard plant, the church in Cuba has taken root in this lush Caribbean nation. It was anything but easy in what had been an atheistic culture, where the church struggled to survive for many years. In… Read More
Members of the Chikunda translation team in prayer. The New Testament was released in 2009 and the whole Bible is slated to be finished by 2015. About 145,000 people speak Chikunda in Zimbabwe. (Photo courtesy of the Bible Society of Zimbabwe.) “People are really turning to God,” said Pastor… Read More
(Photo courtesy of the Bible Society of the Philippines.) The Philippines is the only predominantly Christian nation in Southeast Asia, but a 2005 Nielsen study, commissioned by the Philippine Bible Society (PBS), found that only 40 percent of Filipinos had a Bible. A five-year nationwide campaign is uniting key… Read More
J(Photo courtesy of the Bible Society of Nicaragua.) In the only pediatric hospital in Nicaragua, in Managua, cancer is a leading cause of death for children ages 10 to 19. The Bible Society of Nicaragua is meeting the needs of these pediatric cancer patients and their families with spiritual… Read More
