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Dr. Bill Brackney, the former Chair of the Board of Governors of CBS passed away on November 13, 2022 at the age of 74.

The Canadian Bible Society (CBS) hosted its first Ontario & Nunavut regional district dinner after the start of the pandemic. It was a great occasion to meet CBS donors, patrons and supporters and learn more about the Canadian Bible Society’s support of Indigenous language Bible translations.  

Over 1.6 million people in Canada are from Indigenous groups, 63% of whom self-identify as Christians. Mourning the loss of their language and wanting to preserve it for their children, a team of women, some over the age of 80, began translating the Old Testament into Inupiaq. They are now supported by CBS translation specialists but at the outset they had no external guidance. In the backdrop of the beautiful Alaskan landscape, listen to them share their story of Inupiaq Scripture translation.

Worldwide Bible distribution topped 32.6 million in 2021, showing the extraordinary commitment of Bible Societies to provide the hope of God’s Word amid a global pandemic.

In 2020, CBS launched a pilot program to support individuals in long-term care homes, in the form of audio Scriptures and music delivered through specialized easy-to-use audio devices and selected large-print Scriptural resources.

CBS offers new resources to help people engage with God's Word.

CBS partners challenge some of the darkest evils in the world, reaching out to rescue and empower teenage girls from spiritual and physical bondage.

In 2021, thousands for whom God might have seemed silent, were helped through your gifts. Although COVID slowed progress, day by day more people who are visually or hearing-impaired gain access to the tools they need to encounter God’s Word.

For CBS, publishing in the languages of the heart of Indigenous communities and the diaspora church is a high priority. One’s own language is the way God speaks most clearly and powerfully.

Despite a second year of COVID disruption, in 2021, Bible Societies across the world completed Scripture translations in 90 languages used by 794 million people—just over 10% of the world’s population.