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Pray for peace

Join us in prayer for peace and for Bible mission around the world. Bible Society leaders in four countries deeply affected by conflict share their prayers. ‘God, use your people in these countries to be peacemakers.’

Children with special needs love to Open the Book

Alfredo and Irene Salazar’s child was an outcast in society. Alfredo Jr has Down’s syndrome and wasn’t made to feel welcome, even at the local church. But the couple, who live in one of the poorest regions of Guatemala, prayed for guidance and ...

Caring for creation in Costa Rica

In Costa Rica, Bible Society is working with churches to encourage better environmental stewardship and help preserve the country’s rich biodiversity.

New Bible gets green light from Chinese authorities

The Chinese authorities have given the go-ahead for the printing of Bible Society’s translation of the whole Bible into the Inner Mongolian minority language. The approval this year caps an amazing project that has taken 18 years to complete, with ...

God saw that it was good: Genesis 1.1–31 (Day 1)

The opening words of the Bible are perhaps the most famous ever written: in the beginning, God created. The rest of the chapter unfolds as a picture of every part of creation being carefully made to fulfil its own purpose. There's a refrain that...

Cycling through the life of William Tyndale

We’re coming up to the 500th anniversary (in 2025) of the publication of Tyndale’s English New Testament, the first to be translated directly from the original Greek. This year, Mike has planned a 350-mile ride in memory of the great Bible transl...

Gangs, drugs and Jesus

Children growing up in poverty, surrounded by illiteracy and violence, are embracing Jesus.

Why did Andrew Ollerton create The Romans Course?

The Bible changes lives. One particular book with a great record for this is Paul’s letter to the Romans. Dr Andrew Ollerton, author of The Bible Course, is someone who’s been transformed by this standout book.

Resisting gang culture with God’s word

The journalist Catherine Pepinster went to Guatemala to see the impact of your support for Bible mission as children embrace an alternative to the gang culture around them.

Publishing milestone as first Dyslexia-Friendly Bible completed

For the first time ever, the whole Bible has been made available in a dyslexia-friendly format. The Bible Society initiative began in 2015 and is now completed. Around 6 million people in the UK have Dyslexia and Bible reading can be particularly cha...

How you’re sharing the Bible in schools

It probably won’t surprise you that here at Bible Society, we don’t think that the Bible is just for grown-ups. The work we do to help children and young people to discover the Bible, to learn about it and from it, is really important to us.

The angel of prisons

Queen Victoria admired her, the King of Prussia travelled to London to see her impact, and Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton praised her work in Parliament. Because of her, thousands of prisoners in England had better lives. Get to know Elizabeth Fry.

From cult bondage to Bible storytelling

Emmanuel escaped from a cult in Africa, went to Dubai as a migrant worker, and it was there that he found his calling as a Bible Storyteller, thanks to your support of Bible work in the Gulf.

Teach to reach

Is your church running English classes for new arrivals in Britain? David Baldwin from 2:19 Teach to Reach is giving churches the tools they need to reach the nations in their communities. Find out how.

The all-new Children's Rainbow Bible is a 'work of love'

The Bible is God’s heart for us, made available on paper, and that’s not boring. But how can we engage children with its teachings and stories when many are thinking, ‘What does something written 2,000 years ago have to do with me?’

'God is Not a White Man' shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize

God is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations (Hodder & Stoughton, 2021) was shortlisted in November for the 2023 Michael Ramsey Prize. The prize seeks to generate awareness of the most promising contemporary theological writing for Christians to...

Three ways to share the Bible you may not have thought of

How often do you ‘think outside the box’ about giving? There are so many creative ways to approach supporting Bible mission.

A Bible bonanza in the Gulf

Oppressed migrant workers are turning to Christ in the Gulf and when they go to the Bible Society shop in Oman they find Scriptures in more than 60 languages. Lydia Abraham, the Bible Society in the Gulf representative in Oman, gives us this eyewitne...

The demand for Bibles in Egypt is overwhelming. You can help today.

You’d be amazed at the opportunities to share the good news in Egypt right now. Our team can give out as many Bibles as you can provide them with.

 

 

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