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
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
In partnership with the Bowery Mission, the American Bible Society is reaching out to more than 15,000 homeless adults in New York City with programs that will empower their lives with the Word of God. During Thanksgiving, and in January, when record numbers of homeless people are often feeling their… Read More
Working alongside the Christian relief and development organization, World Vision, ABS launched The Poverty & Justice Bible to help bring focus to the Scripture’s deeply-rooted message of compassion and care for the world’s poor. By highlighting over 2,000 key verses and providing an in-depth study tool, The Poverty… Read More
”The sky and the earth won’t last forever, but my words will.” Matthew 24.35 (CEV) When America's earliest settlers arrived in the New World, they brought their Bibles with them — Bibles written in their heart languages — languages such… 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
At left is John Colligan, and far right is Thom May, both from the American Bible Society, and Cherilyn Frei, of RMH, presenting Bibles to RMH patients. In June, American Bible Society staff members delivered 150 Bibles to the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) on Manhattan’s Upper… Read More
Andy Crouch. Photo by Courtney Brooke “The Bible” as we know it — a printed book with numbered chapters and verses — is only a few hundred years old. Is it possible that the Bible of future generations will look and feel very different from ours, while still… Read More
