Changing Lives in Midtown Manhattan

Anthony Kravit shares how the Bible is showing him the love of Jesus. Video still by Eliu Cornielle In mid-January, hundreds of volunteers gathered at Calvary Baptist Church in New York City, preparing for a citywide homeless outreach event called “Don't Walk By.” The American Bible Society and The… Read More

Changing Lives in Midtown Manhattan

Anthony Kravit shares how the Bible is showing him the love of Jesus. Video still by Eliu Cornielle In mid-January, hundreds of volunteers gathered at Calvary Baptist Church in New York City, preparing for a citywide homeless outreach event called “Don't Walk By.” The American Bible Society and The… Read More

ABS and Bowery Mission Reach out to Homeless

In partnership with the Bowery Mission, the American Bible Society is reaching out to more than 15,000 homeless adults in New York City with programs that will empower their lives with the Word of God. During Thanksgiving, and in January, when record numbers of homeless people are often feeling their… Read More

Thanksgiving Baskets

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

Love as Big as the Whole Outdoors

Children attending Camp Tecumseh in Hunterdon County, N.J. This fall, just over 1,000 kids came back to school with a very different story about what they did on their summer vacation. Leaving the sweltering streets of New York City, these inner-city children took advantage of scholarships provided by… Read More

Inner-City Youth Experience God's Love

The economic recession in the United States has worsened the situation of disadvantaged residents within inner cities. According to Create Now, a nonprofit arts program for disadvantaged youth in Los Angeles, Calif., nearly 1 million children are abused, neglected or abandoned each year in the… Read More

Shelter and Strength

WOW JAM: During outreaches in New Orleans and Houma, LA, 600 Elementz of Life™ magazines and over 1,900 New Testaments were given to those who made commitments to Christ, including Timothy Bolden with raised arm. Photo by Tonya Wilder-Butts, ABS You give them something to eat,” was Jesus’… Read More

Mission: Literacy

When a second-grader named Carlos first started in The Salvation Army (TSA) and American Bible Society literacy programs, he was overwhelmed. From the beginning he clearly enjoyed his time there, but he had so many questions: “Who is God? Was he before everything else? Can he see us all… Read More

Elementz Takes the Streets

Photo Courtesy of the American Bible Society. The fourth volume of Elementz of Life® magazine came out in August. The vibrant pages target inner-city youth and hip-hop culture, inviting transformation through Jesus Christ. In this issue, the cover story features Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin, who gave editor… Read More