by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 21, 2021 | Articles, Stories
Our digital ministry touched people under pressure As soon as the world recognized we were in a pandemic, CBS began making available digital resources that many turned to for comfort, strength, and direction. The speed with which people began downloading and using...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 21, 2021 | Articles, Stories
Emergency support to people and partners in Canada and internationally We all suffered pandemic pain. But CBS supporters looked past their own circumstances and continued to support people who needed to hear God speak in 2020. That generosity allowed CBS to support a...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 10, 2021 | Articles, Stories
Andrea Chávez, 16, is serving a sentence of nine years and ten months in a Detention Centre for Minors in Guatemala. Andrea was eight when her mother died and the family disintegrated. At 11 she was sexually abused, began using drugs and joined a criminal gang. A time...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 10, 2021 | Articles, Stories
In Kalbale, Uganda, Phiona grew up blind, ridiculed by other children, and burdened with the knowledge that her father had discarded her in a pit just days after her birth. A Braille Bible provided by donors through the Bible Society of Uganda launched her on a path...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 10, 2021 | Articles, Stories
On the other side of the world, in Myanmar, translator Rev. Thang Ngai Om wept as he held the first Bible in his language – Cho Chin. Years of travelling long distances between his home and the translation office and taking great risks in crossing flooded rivers in...
by Canadian Bible Society | Sep 2, 2021 | Articles, Stories
Ellomwe is a language spoken by nearly 2.3 million people in Malawi. In 2019, overjoyed Ellomwe speakers marched around the town of Chiringa, carrying a giant replica of the new Bible to symbolize the arrival of God’s Word in their midst. Just five years earlier, they...
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