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.
Ethiopia: New Bible Translation Reaches Waiting Christians
A new Bible translation was recently completed for Ethiopia’s Tigrai people group, whose heart language is Tigrigna. Although other Bible translations circulated within the Tigrai community for a decade, Tigrigna speakers could not understand them. But thanks to the new Tigrigna Bible translation, 4.5 million Tigrai people now have access to God’s Word in a dialect they clearly understand.“The people…
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Raised in a Non-Christian Family, One Girl Overcame Darkness to Encounter God’s Word
Even on a cloudless day, sunlight rarely permeates Aholou’s mud and straw hut. Located in Togo, West Africa, the home is completely sheltered from the light, a mandate imposed by her father. But Aholou’s father’s behavior has kept her family from experiencing more than just sunlight. For as long as she can remember, he has discredited the Bible, ensuring everyone…
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One Man in Tanzania Gave Up Drinking and Fighting after Reading the Bible
If you walk through a bookstore in Tanzania’s Kigoma Region—a lakeside territory in the northwest corner of the country—you may overhear customers asking an excited and increasingly common question: “When will the Kiha Bible be available?”Over the course of a decade, the Ha tribe in Kigoma Region has watched God’s Word gradually come to life in their heart language of…
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Alone on the Streets of Uganda, One Boy Found Healing in God’s Word
Kiho*, a ten-year-old boy from eastern Uganda, sat speechless in a small classroom. Facilitators of a Bible-based trauma healing session—organized for young victims of disaster and abuse—smiled next to him. The facilitators could tell he had something to say. They just didn’t know how to reach him.Eventually, Kiho burst into tears and began sharing his story.More than a decade earlier,…
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How a Homeless Orphan Clung to the Bible for Hope
While awaiting the birth of her child, Sarafina* had nowhere to go. Liberian soldiers had murdered her parents during a violent uprising. And her aunt—who adopted her at a young age—wanted nothing to do with a single, pregnant teenage girl.So, while searching for a place to call home, Sarafina packed her belongings and headed for central Liberia. She planned to…
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Robbed and Deceived, One Pastor Found Healing in God’s Word
When two homeless men stumbled into his church in Mali—a large desert country in West Africa—Pastor Sylvain immediately came to their aid. He listened as they spoke of their recent escape from Liberia, where violence and unrest had driven them from the country. He listened as they shared a plan for finding long-term work in Mali. And he listened as…
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