Scripture engagement leads to knowing God—and lives changed forever. Now more than ever, Americans need to know God’s Word and the hope we have in its transformative message. The State of the Bible is a yearly, in-depth study, asking Americans their opinions and practices relating to the Bible, all made possible by generous supporters like you.
These Bible insights can provide critical information and give you direction for your Biblical ministry to help better serve the needs of people in your community.
“The Bible transformed my life.”
Freddy* grew up in poverty in a small mud hut in Africa with no electricity. He was barely a teen when his father died. He felt abandoned and alone. When he was at his lowest, strangers arrived at his village in Benin and shared a message about a loving Heavenly Father. “Before this time, I wondered, ‘What is God?’ I…
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“My Bible is the Word of God.”
Gabon is a nation on the west coast of Africa where over a third of the population lives below the poverty line. Power losses and water shortages are frequent, and the majority of roads are unpaved. Due to the widespread poverty and the effects of the AIDS epidemic, children in Gabon are especially vulnerable. Children like Serena* . . .…
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Ancient Hope for Africa’s Future
The encyclopedia will tell you that Ge’ez is a dead language. It will tell you that Ge’ez, an older cousin of Latin, is no more than a dry, liturgical language used in Ethiopian church services and holy readings. But whoever wrote the encyclopedia has never walked the streets of Addis Ababa in the early morning, hearing ancient psalms reverberating off…
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“The Bible is a gift for all my life, my eternal advisor.”
As a child in Rwanda, Roger* knew very little about love or compassion. He was 4 years old when his country spiraled into civil war and genocide — a conflict that claimed the lives of over 800,000 men, women, and children. Roger’s father, an alcoholic, beat him. When he tried to escape and live with relatives, they turned him away.…
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“God Was Giving Me Answers to All My Troubles . . .”
When Ana* found out her daughter had liver cancer, she had no idea what to do. They were alone in the city, far away from their small home on a farm in southern Nicaragua where Ana’s husband and their 3-year-old son still lived. With nowhere else to stay while her daughter was in the hospital, Ana lived in a women’s…
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“My hope was restored!”
Emine* always felt something was missing from her life. Growing up in extreme poverty in rural Liberia, she had no running water or electricity. Her family and entire community clung to the practice of witchcraft. But it gave her no relief. “I always felt something was missing within me,” she says. “I have always felt empty. And because of the…
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