Last year, United Bible Societies (UBS) distributed a record number of Bibles to waiting people around the world. In 2014, UBS distributed nearly 34 million Bibles. This marks a 14 percent increase in annual Bible distribution since 2010. UBS also broke records by distributing 2 million non-print Scripture resources, such… Read More
President & CEO of American Bible Society Roy Peterson co-authored a recent op-ed for Christianity Today arguing that Bible translators should never sacrifice the accuracy of the biblical message while pursuing faster and faster results. “We take very seriously our spiritual responsibility to ensure that each new translation accurately relays… Read More
When Bayar Garam was growing up in Mongolia, he didn’t know a single Christian. Neither did anyone else in Mongolia. As a closed communist country, everything from religion to the press was controlled by the Mongolian government. “We were exactly like North Korea is today,” explains Bayar. That all changed… Read More
Every year, September 30 commemorates the feast day of Saint Jerome for the Christian church. As it so happens, this date also marks the annual celebration of International Translation Day. But the overlap of these two holidays is no mere coincidence. Born in the middle of the 4th century, Jerome… Read More
Death is no rare thing in Zambia. Pastor Cyrus Miti has performed countless funerals in his day. But this? This was a first. During a funeral service in his village, Pastor Miti was reading aloud from John 11, in which Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, when he… Read More
In May 2014, more than 40 Christians gathered in a large room in Bangkok, Thailand. Their goal? To translate the Bible for one of the largest unreached people groups in Southeast Asia: the deaf. Deaf communities represent one of the largest unreached populations in the world. Just 10… Read More
In August, United Bible Societies—a global alliance of Bible Societies operating in more than 200 countries and territories—unveiled a digital copy of the Nepali New Revised Version of the Bible. The release of the digital translation serves as a step forward in the relief process for the Nepalese people,… Read More
Pastor Albertino Nunes glances up from his laptop at his two colleagues seated across the table. Bright office lights gleam off of the laptops of his coworkers as they type, diligently translating the Bible into their Angolan tongue of Umbundu. Their task is urgent; 6 million Umbundu speakers have no… Read More
In 2014, Bible Societies around the world accomplished a remarkable feat, empowering more than one billion people to access Scripture for the first time. According to the United Bible Society’s 2014 Global Scripture Access Report, Bible Societies helped complete translations in 51 languages spoken by… Read More
Whether browsing Scripture online, or flipping through passages in a print copy, Americans benefit from constant, uninterrupted access to the Bible. Nearly nine out of every 10 U.S. households owns a print Bible, with most homes owning several copies (an average of 4.4). This level of ownership supports a core… Read More
