It’s a common practice for Christians in Benin: church on Sunday morning, voodoo temple on Sunday evening. For many of the 1.2 million Aja speakers living in the West African nations of Benin and neighboring Togo, the ancient religion of voodoo is woven into the fabric of everyday… Read More

This spring, I spent time with several of our American Bible Society ministry partners in the Middle East. I had the immense honor of worshiping in a small underground church with a handful of Christians. When I was asked to share from God’s Word, the Holy Spirit compelled… Read More

1 Million Bibles for Africa! Since 1816, believers like you have helped send more than 6.9 billion Bibles around the world. This year, you added to that number by 1 million! Thanks to you, people in 34 African nations now own a personal copy of God’s Word—most for the… Read More

A field laborer who wakes up at 4 a.m. each morning to provide for her daughter. A rural Sunday school teacher without any Scripture resources. A young child who helps his family scrape together a living on the shores of Dau Tieng Lake. These… Read More

Trauma comes in many forms, from personal betrayal to the lasting effects of brutal persecution and war. It is a deep wound of the heart and mind that can destroy a person’s relationships, health . . . and their faith. Trauma often causes a person to question God’s faithfulness and… Read More

Abigail* is a beautiful teenage girl growing up in Angola, Africa. Joyfully holding her first Bible in her arms, she exclaims, “To me, the Bible is a precious treasure! Today, I learned that Jesus died for me and my sins. I was never aware of this truth.” Thanks to… Read More

About 47,000 people live in remote villages throughout Colombia’s Amazon region in South America. They represent roughly 26 different indigenous ethnic groups with dozens of different spoken languages. Last year, our partners help reach thousands of men, women, and children in these remote river villages with Bibles, audio Bibles,… Read More

For as long as Mu Yang* could remember, his extremely rural village in southern China only had one Bible. Since he had the ability to read it when few others could, Mu Yang’s mother asked him to help her church by reading the selected passages of Scripture aloud for the… Read More

In this episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas takes you on a tour of a Chinese New Testament once gifted to China’s last emperor, Puyi. Similar to a previous New Testament presented to Puyi’s predecessor, the Empress Dowager, this copy has an ornate silver cover. It… Read More

Sometimes, life feels like a whirlwind parade of one bad thing after another. Your car breaks down. Your basement floods. Your child starts struggling in school. Your flight to visit family in a different state gets canceled. You can’t seem to find a way to plug into your church,… Read More