With great sadness, the Bible Society movement saw the passing of one of its champions on April 11th, 2019 – the former UBS General Secretary Rev. Dr. Ulrich Fick, at the age of 95. At the time of the founding of United Bible Societies in 1946, Fick was still a prisoner of war, but he […]
UBS and WCC offer new insights on the Bible in Christian traditions
United Bible Societies (UBS) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have released a joint publication entitled Your Word Is Truth: The Bible in 10 Christian Traditions. The book is a collection of essays by theologians and historians on how the Bible is used and understood in various traditions. Focusing on ten streams of historic […]
Scripture Distribution Report 2017: One in five Bibles distributed online
More than 20% of all Bibles distributed by the United Bible Societies (UBS) fellowship in 2017 were downloaded from the internet. It’s the first time Scripture downloads have been recorded separately by Bible Societies – and it shows that online distribution is increasingly significant. While overall Scripture distribution fell by 12% globally, the number of […]
How the Bible Society of Burkina Faso’s Braille Centre changed a young woman’s life
Awa Bouda, 24, is blind and a teacher at the Bible Society of Burkina Faso’s Braille Centre. She shared her moving story with Bible Society Communications Manager Gladys Guienguéré. “I was born blind to a family that lived in the village of Goodin in Kombissiri. I suffered a lot during my childhood because of my […]
2017 Global Scripture Access Report – gathering momentum
In 2017, Bible Societies assisted in the completion of Scripture translations in 49 languages1 spoken by more than 580 million people. 2017 was a ‘first’ for 20 languages, spoken by over 14 million people. 7 communities received the very first full Bible in their language, 4 received their first New Testament and 9 communities received their first, or additional, portions of Scripture. […]
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