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Healing Heart Wounds in Little Ones
Children like this boy in Goma, DRC, benefit from child-focused trauma healing. Photo credit: Peter EdmanSeven-year-old Kasi awoke one night to shouts from his older brother to flee the house as shots rang in the night. Kasi and his family ran, eventually arriving safely in a new town where they tried to resume their lives, but Kasi was quiet. He…
READ MOREBy His Wounds We are Healed
Suzanne received training at a trauma healing equipping session in 2012. Now she provides trauma healing to others where she lives in Duru, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Peter Edman Pastor Ndri was happy with life. He had a wonderful wife and a thriving congregation. But all that changed when rebels seized the main town, showering bullets like rain. Countless…
READ MOREPray Around the World
The Bible Society of South Africa celebrated the launch of the Isindebele Bible in November 2012. This was the last of South Africa's official languages to get its own Bible. A girl is shown holding a copy of the new Bible. Bible Societies around the world are helping to spread God's message of hope and love to those who need…
READ MOREInternational Update Summer 2013
This church in China has five services each weekend and still does not have enough room for parishioners.” Photo by Andrew Hood.Training Tomorrow's ChurchChinaIn China, many churches lack enough trained staff to meet the rapid growth of Christianity. On Sunday mornings, Pastor Xiaoli Liu, who serves at a church in Nanjing, China, is so busy that that there's not a…
READ MOREABS Launches Global Prayer Initiative
Pray for the whole world. Every day. This month, American Bible Society launched a global prayer initiative to channel this incredible power of prayer to the whole world every day. The prayer initiative is web-based and features an interactive map of the world. Volunteers can choose a country to pray for by clicking on the map. “Praying for the entire…
READ MORE100 Million and Counting
This special edition Bible with wooden cover was made to commemorate the 100 millionth Bible printed at Amity Printing Press. On Nov. 8, 2012, Amity Printing Press in Nanjing, China, celebrated the printing of its 100 millionth Bible. Not long ago, printing Bibles in China was illegal. But today, Amity is the biggest Bible publisher in the world.Liu Shaoqin has…
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