President's Message – All Things New

You need to see what happens when someone, after waiting her entire life, finally holds a copy of God's Word in her own hands. It's a joy that is literally beyond words. And it's the day-in and day-out story of our Bible ministry across rural China. Here,… Read More

China – A Hunger to Read

Teacher Zhang points out a difficult Chinese word from Matthew 11. Photo courtesy of UBS/China Partnership. Thousands of rural villagers, including an 80-year-old man in teacher Zhang's class, are learning to read by attending Scripture literacy classes. Since 2006, seven rounds of classes have been conducted, training some 25,000… Read More

History of Translation in China

Scripture portions distributed to the homeless More than 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their heart language. God's Word has been translated into Mandarin, as well as nine minority languages. But, there are 55 minority languages and an unknown number of dialects within each minority language. Read More

Going the Distance

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

90 Years, A Labor of Love

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

History of Translation in China

More than 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their heart language. God's Word has been translated into Mandarin, as well as nine minority languages. But, there are 55 minority languages and an unknown number of dialects within each minority language. This means there are still millions of… Read More

Labors of Love

Katherine Hsu made contributions to pediatric medicine, and was a champion of the Bible cause. Photo courtesy of Katherine Hsu Foundation This past September, at age 93, Katherine H.K. Hsu, MD, went home to the Lord. Yet she leaves behind a lifelong legacy of giving to others. Born… Read More

Secretary of State Receives Amity Press Bible

Bible presentation to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, during diplomatic visit. Photo Courtesy of Beijing Christian Council. On a diplomatic visit to Beijing in February, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended Sunday services at Beijing's Haidian Protestant Church. Following… Read More

Leading a Multitude

Photo by Dag Smemo Pastoral overload. It’s quite possibly the dilemma of every pastor in the world today. There are always people to visit, budgets to balance and sermons to write. There never are enough hours in the day. But what if you serve a flock made up of… Read More