Pélagie was a little troublemaker. She admits it. The 10-year-old did not do well in school and was known to hit and insult her classmates. She even admits to stealing. When her mother began attending Bible Society literacy classes in their village in Benin, Pélagie wanted to go along. Read More

China’s East Lisu people are farmers by trade, but you wouldn’t know it by their soil. Forced off their fertile farmland by more powerful tribes, the East Lisu people eke out a living on the hard, stony mountainsides of Yunnan Province—a rural territory in southwest China. In the dry… Read More

When Cheryl Holland reflects on the story of her life, she sees God’s fingerprints on every page. “This is a God story,” Cheryl says. “God has always stood by me.” Cheryl traces God’s faithfulness back to when her father accepted Christ at a Billy Graham revival. As a result,… Read More

At first glance, there’s nothing special about Rugero Gaudance’s house in Rwanda’s Southern Province. Perched on a mountainside, the blind widow’s one-room home is comprised of four walls caked with mud and small, reddish stones. The roof is a sheet of metal slung across wooden beams. But as Rugero hobbles… Read More

A new Bible translation for the Xirhonga people, primarily located in Mozambique, is set to launch in 2017, bringing God’s Word to people who have waited more than 40 years for an understandable Scripture translation. Xirhonga speakers do not understand their original Bible translation due to changes in their language… Read More

Suffering communities in Central African Republic found strength through God’s Word, thanks to a series of Bible-based trauma healing workshops coordinated by American Bible Society and its partners in the fall of 2016. “People shared things they had been holding on to for a long time, unable to forgive, and… Read More

American Bible Society’s financial partners are bringing the Scriptures to Cuba’s deaf community through a sign language Bible, translated through a partnership with the Biblical Commission of Cuba and Cuban Council of Churches. “God is doing an amazing work in Cuba,” says American Bible Society’s Senior Vice President of Ministry… Read More

American Bible Society’s generous financial partners helped bring Bible-based trauma healing to suffering communities in Ecuador after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck on April 16, 2016. The deadly quake killed more than 600 people and injured 12,000. The ministry offered spiritual healing by combining the redemptive message of God’s Word with… Read More

Amity Printing Company in China reached a historic milestone on July 18, 2016, when it published its 150 millionth Bible. Of the Bibles printed by Amity in its 30-year history, 74 million have been distributed in China to meet the needs of a growing Christian church. In 1987, American Bible… Read More

Every year, children in Egypt engage with the Bible for the first time at Christian festivals. Many of them have their first encounter with Bible stories because of a likeable lion named Kingo who shares stories and lessons from Scripture. “Kingo! Kingo!” All of the children excitedly chant the… Read More