When Nigeria hosts the African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) forum in October, the country’s media will cover it. We’ve been working with the local Bible Society team to prepare the ground for this exciting, Bible-elevating event which will be held in the capital.
The African Bible Leadership Initiative (ABLI), funded by supporters of Bible Society, explored the biblical concept of mentorship at its annual gathering.
Songs of praise in The Gambia as the Jola people receive their Bible
‘We are giving people what they have longed for! The Bible can address our nation’s problems, and people’s needs will be met, in word and deed,’ said Bible Society in The Gambia’s leader, Michael Ellis.
‘I think this is the most difficult time I’ve experienced,’ Ismail, Sudan’s Bible Society leader, told us. His team members, who share the Bible in an environment that’s challenging at the best of times, have been scattered by the civil war in their country.
Making Bible stories memorable for children in Kenya
Joy Children’s Village was started 12 years ago by Nazareth Hospital, a Christian outreach just outside Nairobi. It cares for about 60 children with HIV/AIDS, providing a family-based environment for girls and boys who might be ill or orphaned or abandoned by their parents.
How Bible translation changes lives
Translation lies at the heart of Bible Society’s work, and has done since we were founded in 1804. In 2021 we completed translations in 90 languages that are spoken by some 794 million people.