All Nations
Bible Society

“Bringing the Word of God to all nations”

Language & the Bible

Researchers estimate there are at least 6,500 languages in the world. The Bible, or at least some part of it, is now available in about 2,400 languages. The Bible is available in 426 languages, while New Testaments have been published in 1,115 more languages. Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America claim the largest share of Bible translations. (Info from United Bible Society as of December 31, 2005.)

Our accountability

Best in America seal

All Nations Bible Society has been certified by the Independent Charities of America as being in the top 5% of charities in the U.S. for meeting high standards of program and cost effectiveness.

Here are some highlights of All Nations Bible Society’s activities in reaching out with the Word of God during 2006-2007:

Brazil

All Nations Bible Society supported the ministry of Larry Darby, who trains new Christian church leaders at Seminario SDC in Guarapari. Last year’s classes included 235 students in the 5-year course. During the past 35 years he has trained over 1,500 pastors who are serving throughout Latin America and in other parts of the world.

China

All Nations Bible Society supplied Chinese Bible cassette recordings to over 20,000 pastors and church leaders. Students study independently for up to 4 years and, at various levels, earn certificates, diplomas, degrees, and ministerial certification. There are 40 courses on 600 cassette tapes, which are shared in about 5,000 study groups led by Chinese Bible teachers.

Fiji

All Nations Bible Society participated in the Impact World Evangelism program in Fiji, organized by Youth With a Mission. During this “saturation evangelism” event, hundreds of personnel from various parts of the world focused on impacting the spiritual needs of the Fijian people. There were mass evangelism rallies in churches and stadiums, television and radio crusades, witnessing to individuals on the streets and distribution of Christian literature, teams of doctors, nurses, and counselors offering help for physical and emotional needs, and special outreaches to schoolchildren and college students.

France

All Nations Bible Society provided support to a Wycliffe Bible Translators missionary who is engaged in ethnolinguisitic surveying among the large number of displaced people groups in France to determine which may still need the Bible translated into their language or dialect.

Ghana

All Nations Bible Society provided funding toward an outreach by Ghanaian Christian organizations to distribute 376,000 Scriptures to eager recipients in churches, schools, hotels, hospitals, and prisons.

Guatemala

All Nations Bible Society supported the Christian radio broadcasting ministries of Latin American Evangelistic Association, with 2 stations in Guatemala as well as 1 each in El Salvador and Nicaragua.

India

All Nations Bible Society shipped a container filled with assorted baled clothing weighing 35,000 pounds to a mission in New Delhi, to help families living well below the poverty line. 18,000 individuals benefited from the shipment. Fair market value was $210,000.

Macau

All Nations Bible Society ANBS provided financial assistance to missionary Thelma Alfsen, who travels widely in Hong Kong, mainland China, and elsewhere in the world distributing Bibles, tracts, and Christian literature in 28 different languages.

USA

All Nations Bible Society supported the ministries of The Centre for the Study of Biblical Research, Redlands, CA, helping underwrite the costs of a graduate-level biblical research program and state-of-the-art library/resource center

© 2006 All Nations Bible Society

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