Young Vietnamese read the Bible provided by Vietnam Partnership during a church service. Nguyen Thanh Huyên, 28, lives in a world of unrest and stress. Her native country, Vietnam, has one of the fastest developing economies in the world, and is quickly becoming a major economic player in the… Read More
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
A Sunday school teacher with children's Bible resources for victims in Chile. Photo courtesy of Chilean Bible Society. Chilean coastal cities and towns were in ruins after the February earthquake — the worst in 50 years — and then the tsunami struck. The combination destroyed thousands of homes and… Read More
73 year-old Yan Hanquan, one of the original translators of the East Lisu New Testament, is overjoyed to see his work finally come to fruition. Photo by UBSCP/Yeo Tan Tan. In thanksgiving ceremonies last fall, church leaders unveiled the newly translated Bible for the Miao and the New Testament… Read More
Copies of the Miao Bible at its launch at The congregation at a Miao church in Manpo, Yunnan Province, China. Daqing Village Church in Yunnan Province, China, September 2009. The Big Flowery Miao have had the New Testament in their everyday language since 1917, when a missionary named Sam… Read More
A young boy in Jakarta receives a gift, including a children’s Bible. Photo courtesy of Tommi & Poppi Smith Ministries American Bible Society President R. Lamar Vest provided a grant for the purchase of children’s Bibles in the Alkitab language for 1,500 children across the poorest parts of Jakarta. 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
Operation Compassion, Water Missions International and ABS worked together to meet immediate needs for water after the earthquake in Haiti. Photo by David Singer “I am asking God to give me strength I need to participate in [the reconstruction] of my country. We have to rebuild it,” declared… Read More
Railroad in Logan County, West Virginia. Photo by Chris Leaman Pastor Michael C. Hartwell is a jolly, talkative man who likes to tell funny stories, do impersonations and preach the Scriptures to the broken and needy who live in the heart of Appalachia in southern West Virginia. A former… 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
