Answering the Seeking Heart
The history of the Canadian Bible Society is anchored in the call to help all people hear God speak
More than a century ago,
English immigrants, Gaelic-speaking highlanders, Moravian missionaries, travelling salesmen, relentless volunteers and outward-looking churches fuelled the establishment of what became the Canadian Bible Society.
Today through the Canadian Bible Society (CBS), God’s voice is being made clear to people in thousands of communities across the country and in multiple languages.
We serve young and old, those in prisons and in the military, people in Indigenous communities and the most recent immigrants.
We direct people to God’s Word, from those struggling to make ends meet or find a place in society, to those in the highest reaches of power.
Our impact is intensely personal and felt around the world through projects we support and our membership in United Bible Societies.
Donor Powered Service
Everything we do or have ever done is made possible by donors – individuals, families, churches, ministry partners, foundations – people who want others to hear God speak in the language closest to their hearts.
Explore Stories from the Field
word@work Issue 1 | 2022: Bible Translation Changes Lives
Through your generous support, Christians in eastern Kenya celebrated an historic milestone. The Gospel of Luke in Mwimbi Muthambi was launched on July 1, 2021...
word@work Issue 1 | 2022: Providing Bibles in China’s Cloudy Mountains
China’s national language is Mandarin Chinese, but China’s Education Ministry reports that approximately four hundred million people — or 30 percent of the population — don’t speak it.
word@work Issue 1 | 2022: Bible-Based Trauma Healing
While the worst days of the conflict in Syria are now over, its impact on people’s lives continues to be devastating. But your generosity is helping to restore families like Miriam’s through Bible-based trauma healing.
Helping People Hear God Speak in Extreme Crisis
Canada has welcomed people of diverse cultures over the years, and in the recent months, as more people from Afghanistan are arriving, CBS
Christmas Gifts for Isolated Indigenous Communities
In December 2021, CBS along with Crossroads First Peoples Voices provided Bibles and Scripture resources to...
Bringing Hope to Children and Youth
To bring hope to the next generation, CBS partnered with One Hope Canada, an organization that works with children and youth through camp ministry.
Bibles for Children of Parents in Prison
Most of the time, children whose parents are in prison have a challenging time. What would their summers look like? This year, the Canadian Bible Society (CBS) partnered with...
Where faith is under siege
CBS partners with the Bible Societies of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan to address the spiritual needs of refugees, supplying volunteers with Scriptures and Bible-based Trauma Healing training.
Embracing doubts
Julia was gifted with a Bible through the through Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO), a university student movement dedicated to evangelization.
“The burden in my heart and soul has gone”
CBS partners with the Bible Societies of Syria, Austria, Lebanon and Jordan to address the spiritual needs of refugees, supplying volunteers with Scriptures and Bible-based Trauma Healing training.