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.
Algeria’s Quiet Revival
When Idir surveys the rolling hills of Northern Algeria, he admires far more than the natural beauty of his homeland. He admires the bravery of his Christian brothers and sisters in Algeria.“In the early 2000s, Christians here used to meet in hiding—under the trees, in the mountains,” Idir says. “It was what the churches were like in those days! [That…
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Rwanda: God’s Word brings healing via the radio
The Bible Society of Rwanda recently launched an audio version of Bible-based trauma healing in Kinyarwanda, the country’s official language. Many Rwandans in need of spiritual healing live in areas where it’s almost impossible to attend an in-person trauma healing session. Now the trauma healing curriculum—which combines God’s Word with mental health best practices—can reach these hurting communities with the…
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Zambia: Record-breaking translations reach waiting language groups.
A mere three and half years after the translation projects started, the Nsenga and Ila New Testaments officially launched in Zambia in July 2016. Together these two translation projects made God’s Word available in the heart languages of approximately 1 million people.In the past decade, New Testament translation projects like these took an average of eight years to complete. But…
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Zambia: Record-breaking translations reach waiting language groups.
A mere three and half years after the translation projects started, the Nsenga and Ila New Testaments officially launched in Zambia in July 2016. Together these two translation projects made God’s Word available in the heart languages of approximately 1 million people.In the past decade, New Testament translation projects like these took an average of eight years to complete. But…
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Children Find Hope Through Trauma Healing Ministry
Fourteen-year-old Martha is the woman of the house—if you can call it a house. She lives with her two younger brothers and little sister in a small shack with gaps in the wooden slatted sides and floors made of dirt and rocks. They have no idea where their mom is. She abandoned them long ago. Martha and her siblings are…
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Hope and Healing for Cameroon’s Hard Places
As General Secretary of the Bible Society of Cameroon, Luc Gnowa has helped bring God’s Word to thousands of Cameroonians. But one Bible recipient stands out in Luc’s memory—a woman named Mama Catherine, who recently died at the age of 118.Although Cameroonians have had access to the Bible in French and English, Mama Catherine didn’t hear the Scriptures in her…
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