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.
Scripture Comforts Grief-Stricken Listening Group in Cameroon
People in Central Africa long to hear about God’s love for them and his plan for their lives. Lanna*, who lives in Cameroon, is one of those people. Her husband was transferred to a job out of town and had to spend many nights away from home.Around the same time, Lanna’s baby passed away. She sank into a deep depression.…
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Healing is a Marathon
Heather Evans lives in two places at once. Most of the time, Heather serves as a social worker in Pennsylvania’s beautiful Lehigh Valley. She cares for broken families, traumatized teenagers, and sex trafficking survivors in her community. But her heart has also made a home in Africa. “My heart has been captured by the country of Rwanda,” she says. Heather…
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Signing God’s Love in Nigeria
A deaf translation center has been established to bring the full Bible to Nigeria’s deaf community. Until now, many people within this community struggled to read written Scripture. Now, they’re receiving God’s Word alive and in motion, and it’s transforming their understanding of the Godwho loves them. Pray: God, thank you for sharing your message with the deaf community in…
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“I am surprised to hear Jesus speaking in my language.”
For 88 years, Ataners Mollel waited. A shepherd in rural East Africa, he waited for hope, for peace, and for Good News. Now through American Bible Society’s special ministry outreach in Tanzania, Mollel’s wait has ended. Mollel’s journey of faith began when he saw the JESUS Film. He was so moved by the Gospel that he agreed to lead a…
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“I could finally read the Bible translated in my language.”
Bangou grew up in a large family that practiced idolatry. While he considered himself a Christian, he had not yet read the Bible. “Without a Bible, I could not move forward in faith,” he says. “I lived my Christian life the way I wanted by ignorance.”It would have been easy for Bangou to continue down a path of idolatry. But…
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Lyélé People Rejoice Over Bible Translation of Leviticus
Drums beating. Voices raised in song. Beads clanking. Feet dancing to the beat. All of this could only mean one thing. Someone important, like a chief or a king, was arriving in this small Burkina Faso village.But Maxime Bakiono, a local villager and a former leader of the Bible Society in Burkina Faso, knew it was the arrival of a…
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