Where is the Bible Needed Most?
Where is the Bible needed most? Who needs the Bible most? What we believe about the Bible is, directly related to where it’s needed most! So people who don’t know Jesus need the Bible the most!
State of the Bible 2018
State of the Bible 2018 … Since 2011, the Barna Group has conducted an annual survey concerning the state of the Bible in the USA. The survey is commissioned by the American Bible Society and conducted by the Barna Group. It aims to gather insights into Americans’ multifaceted relationship with God’s Word. It includes findings […]
State of the Bible 2017
State of the Bible 2017 … Since 2011, the Barna Group has conducted an annual survey concerning the state of the Bible in the USA. The survey is commissioned by the American Bible Society and aims to gather insights into the multifaceted relationship that Americans have with God’s Word. This year’s findings revealed the following: […]
How to Measure Scripture Engagement
How to measure Scripture engagement … Since Scripture engagement is crucial to the spiritual health and growth of individuals and communities (churches, schools, Bible agencies, ministries), it is helpful to understand “the conditions necessary for such growth to be sustained – to become permanent – and to continue” (Mark Forshaw, Global Scripture Impact). Here’s how […]
International Day of the Bible
International Day of the Bible … Celebrate the Bible with the International Day of the Bible. You are invited to take a few minutes to share with others, face to face or screen to screen, how much the Bible means in your life. You can read, sing, act out, draw, paint, organize a flash mob, […]
Bible Engagement Defined
Bible engagement defined … Bible or Scripture engagement, defined by agencies, forums, societies, centers and research groups, has many shades of meaning. Here are some definitions: Scripture engagement is an identity-forming, learning experience, rooted in the Scriptures and practiced throughout the history of the church, involving the whole person, in which the Word of God, […]
Working Definitions of Scripture Engagement
Working definitions of Scripture engagement … Bible Research Summit working definitions. In ongoing efforts to understand the nature and scope of Scripture engagement, researchers and practitioners at the recent Bible Research Summit drafted the following three working definitions: 1. Scripture engagement is encountering God/Jesus through a process/lifestyle of quality interaction in/with the Story as part […]
State of the Bible 2015
State of the Bible 2015 … Weekly Bible reading is more likely among women, African-Americans, Southerners, and people from lower-income households than among men, Millenials, or people from the North East. This according to the State of the Bible 2015 report from the American Bible Society. Some highlights from the report: Four out of five […]
State of the Bible in the USA
What are the attitudes and behaviours of Americans toward the Bible? Here’s a summary of the current trends from the State of the Bible 2014 poll of a representative sample of Americans: sceptical views about the Bible have doubled in the last three years 56% of Americans are pro-Bible, yet only 37% read it once a […]