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Census results: religion is still mainstream

The latest Census results show that there’s been a big fall in the number of people identifying as Christian in England and Wales over the last ten years, from 33.2 million in 2011 to 27.5 million today. That means we’ve dropped to under 50 per c...

Garden offers ‘peace and calm’ to Wallasey residents

A Psalm 23-inspired garden is being created this autumn around St Nicholas’ Church in Wallasey, Merseyside. The inspiration came when churchgoer Elizabeth Brandwood visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and saw Sarah Eberle’s Psalm 23 Garden.

God’s unstoppable word in China

Kua Wee Seng witnessed the stunning growth of the Church in China during his 28 years working in Bible mission in China. Kua retired in 2021 as Director of China Partnership, United Bible Societies.

Chinese Church leaders in Britain face the challenge of unprecedented growth together

Leaders of Chinese-speaking churches in Britain are adjusting to huge changes as they welcome new members in unprecedented numbers.

Working together with the Chinese Church

The Chinese Church is at a pivotal moment of change, but what does it mean for Bible work, and how is your support making a difference?

Empowering women in Pakistan with the word of God

Beena is a 76-year-old Christian woman living at the mouth of the Khyber region of Pakistan. She is a cheerful lady with eight children and 27 grandchildren, but until recently she lived in terrible fear. Gun-toting Islamists controlled and terrorise...

The Bible is about to be published in Bissa for the first time

Get a sense of the impact that the Bible will have on Bissa people in Burkina Faso through the stories of participants in a biblical literacy course. Through the generosity of people in England and Wales passionate about the Bible, speakers of the Bi...

The Queen and the Good Samaritan

At Christmas 2020 Queen Elizabeth's address to the nation was delivered in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic. She praised those in the front line of the response to it, saying: 'We continue to be inspired by the kindness of strangers and ...

Chains fall off, hearts are set free

Prison chaplain Dominic Dring thanks Bible Society supporters whose kind giving is enabling the gospel to spread so dramatically through prisons in England and Wales.

Lament in Ethiopia: Songs of solace in the face of loss

Ethiopia is a land of rich culture and complex history, with 88 ethnic groups and as many languages, not to mention religious plurality. The challenge of accommodating plurality has always been a fundamental cause for its tempestuous political history.

The sermon that triggered Boris Johnson's resignation

The National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast set off a political earthquake.

Scripture translations completed for 10 per cent of the world’s population in 2021

Thanks to your generosity, Bible Society completed translations for 10 per cent of the world’s population in 2021.

Eyewitness report from the Ukraine/Romania border

Filmmaker Matt Cooper (27) works part-time for Bible Society. While in Romania recently for the charity Big Love, he found himself at the Ukraine/Romania border. This is what he saw.

‘We thank God for the fog’

A Ukraine Bible Society spokesman reports fog is causing an ‘easier’ time in Ukraine, as news footage shows Russian forces closing in on Kyiv

Prayers said as fighting worsens

The Lord’s Prayer said as attacks increase on Kyiv

Keeping up appearances: Matthew 23.27–28 (Day 194)

In Jesus’ day, different groups of people responded to Roman occupation in different ways. The upper class clergy, the Sadducees, sought appeasement and the Essenes withdrew into monastic life, whereas the Zealots plotted political revolt.

‘We are safe’: news from the front line in Ukraine

Ukrainian Bible Society spokesman Rostik reports.

Nazareth teenager ends bullying spiral by reading Bible

A Scripture-based workshop has helped a Galilee teenager deal with bullying

With the Chinese Church in the UK at a crossroads, now is the time to act

We’re preparing to welcome many more Chinese Christians into the UK

On fire for Jesus in The Gambia

Michael Ellis wishes you could visit him in The Gambia to see how Bible mission is thriving in this small West African nation.

 

 

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