Bible Societies around the world are helping to spread God's message of hope and love with those who need it most. Here are prayer requests from a select group of Bible Societies that ask you to lift them up in prayer. Cyprus Praise God that we, the Bible Society… Read More
The prospect of the Bible's appearance in Patois has outraged some traditionalists in the U.K., but the Book of Luke has just been released, and the rest of the New Testament will soon follow. Patois is a language that is traditionally considered slang or broken English and is spoken by… Read More
Mie Gisèle Roc sits by the tent that became her home after the earthquake. Scripture: “. . . people need more than food to live — they need every word that the Lord has spoken.” Deuteronomy 8.3b (CEV) On the afternoon of January 12, 52-year-old Haitian Mie Gisèle Roc… Read More
Brazil’s Bible Society printed a record number of Bibles in 2009. Photo by ThrowingLight.com The Bible Society of Brazil (BSB) is commemorating an unprecedented accomplishment: in 2009, the BSB surpassed its record by 5.7 percent—it distributed 6 million Bibles in Brazil and across the globe. Rudi Zimmer, general secretary… 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
Rwandan worship leader, Jean Paul Samputu, at left, and traditional drummers performed at the Global Bible Summit. Photo by David Singer. Celebrated writer and Bible teacher, Philip Yancey, opened the American Bible Society's fifth Global Bible Summit with a simple and powerful invitation. “The cross set loose a… Read More
New graduate and recipient of a New Testament in Panama. Photo by Chris Leaman. The first thing that strikes you is the laughter — it's contagious as each child holds for herself, a first, personal New Testament. It is not the sound you expect, given the lives too many… Read More
Children in Mexico receive Gospel Portions. Photo by Greg Nemer. A new translation of the Books of Luke and Mark have been distributed in the Tzoltzil-speaking communities of South West Mexico. The Bible Society of Mexico worked with Missionary Greg Nemer since January to introduce the Portions, the… Read More
12-year-old member of the Iglesia Alégrate en Dios church, Leyla Esperanza Sosa Bustamante was one of the children who benefitted from the Bible studies. Unemployment and poverty have kept Nicaraguan children out of school. In a project of the Bible Society of Nicaragua, more than 19,000 at-risk children… Read More
Marie Rojas. Photo by David Singer Each month, a determined 88-year-old takes the bus to a nearby shopping mall, praying that the Lord will direct her to a Spanish speaker. Sometimes, the fluent Spanish that pours out of the mouth of this radiant gringo puzzles those she greets. Read More
