ABS staff members Tom Trageser and Frank Gomez, and others, packed Thanksgiving baskets for inner-city families in New York city. Photo by Timothy Walsh, Jr. This Thanksgiving, ABS staff assembled 34 baskets of food to give to Metro Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to serving inner-city children… 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
President Lamar Vest Especially with Christmas just around the corner, it's good to be reminded of the precious gift we have in the Word of God. Honestly, it's hard for me to imagine not getting the chance to discover the amazing love of Jesus waiting in God's Word. Read More
Recipient of Angel Tree® gift. Photo by Timothy Walsh, Jr. Nine-year-old Elijah misses his daddy desperately. His mom took him to visit his dad in prison, but it overwhelmed Elijah and he never went back. The American Bible Society is joining forces with Angel Tree®, a program of… Read More
The American Bible Society welcomed His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of the Orthodox Church to Bible House on October 30 with an exhibition at MOBIA. Photo by ThrowingLight.com “The Green Patriarch,” more officially known as His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, was welcomed to Bible House in October. He… 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
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
A volunteer helps an inner city boy learn to read with God’s Word. How can we both improve critical literacy deficits and introduce children to God’s Word? Answer: Mission: Literacy. Many low-income urban school districts report that up to 70 percent of fourth-grade students cannot read at a basic… Read More
Amy Grant visits the Rare Scriptures collection at Bible House “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (KJV). Reading these words from Psalm 119 brings to mind “Thy Word,“ a song by Amy Grant, one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian… 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
